Oct 26, 2017
We were interested to read the apologies from former City Council Member (Ward Three) Pat Harris (DFL) and St Paul Federation President Dave Titus on Wednesday in the Pioneer Press online after the original letter we first ran on...
Oct 26, 2017
Many attribute the election of College Professor Paul Wellstone (D) to the US Senate was the “Jewish Letter” sent out by the US Senator Rudy Boschwitz’s (R-MN) reelection campaign in 1990. The question is will the “Gun Letter” be a determinative factor in the election...
Oct 25, 2017
Early voting in Minneapolis is occurring at a faster pace than in St Paul. As of yesterday, two-weeks before the General Election Minneapolis mailed out 2782 ballots, received 866 mailed ballots, 3843 people have voted in person and 154 have cast ballots in a category...
Oct 24, 2017
Here are the reports for the various campaigns. We will delve deeper into these reports later. Melvin Carter III (DFL) Raised this report 127,494.74 Raised Cumulatively 392,137.80 Spent this report 71,296.12 Spent Cumulatively ...
Oct 24, 2017
Members of the press – Today the Carter campaign received a letter from the Saint Paul Police Federation. The following is a statement on that letter from campaign manager Emily Weber: “The letter we received from the Saint Paul Police Federation...
Oct 24, 2017
We have just received an electronic copy of a letter sent by the St Paul Police Federation to the former City Council Member (Ward One) Melvin Carter III DFL. It states a number of questions it wants to be answered by Carter regard the two stolen handguns from his...
Oct 24, 2017
The final two-week campaign finance reports are due today and we will see how much money is collected, how much spent and how much remains on-hand, or will we. No, we will not. The amount of money to be spent in this last period will determine the race. The bevy of...
Oct 24, 2017
An interesting discussion is underway about the candidate dubbed the transactional politician during the “bribery investigation” current City Council Member (Ward One) Dai Thao (DFL). The speculation is Thao will suggest to his voters that they select Harris as their...
Oct 16, 2017
On Sunday, the Capitol City’s daily newspaper swung its support to former City Council member (Ward Three) Pat Harris (DFL). The paper noted his depth of experience and commitment to the community of St Paul. The ringing endorsement said, “Our endorsement goes to...
Oct 16, 2017
The most interesting development in the St Paul mayoral race this week was the release of former City Council member (Ward Three) Pat Harris’ (DFL) “Safe St Paul” plan for increasing police by 50 FTEs during his four years in office. The cost of such a program would...
