Jan 6, 2003
Thank you, Chief Justice Blatz. And it is an honor and a privilege to serve the people of Minnesota. It is an honor to follow in the footsteps of former State Auditors as Governor Arne Carlson, Senator Mark Dayton and Judi Dutcher. Each of them made significant and...
Jan 6, 2003
GOVERNOR VENTURA, LT. GOV. SCHUNK, AUDITOR DUTCHER AND TREASURER JOHNSON. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS STATE. SENATOR PAUL WELLSTONE SPOKE ABOUT A FOURTH GRADE TEACHER IN AN IMPOVERISHED PART OF MINNESOTA WHO ONE DAY WALKED INTO HIS CLASSROOM AND ASKED HIS...
Jul 24, 2002
We attended the Independence Party Convention in St. Cloud. Unlike the DFL and Republican Party Conventions, which were held in Convention Centers, this one was staged in an auditorium on the St. Cloud State College Campus. It had the size and feel of a local State...
Sep 14, 2001
In the aftermath of the terrorist hijackings in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania we are all taking different routes to try to get our lives back to normal. Many people are reflecting upon this tragedy and making a reassessment of there own lives and coming to...
Sep 11, 2001
National & Minnesota Report Our focus is mostly on politics and there is a great amount of politics associated with acts of terrorism. We were penning our Election Day predictions and talking with a source when the events in New York City, Pennsylvania, and...
Sep 5, 2001
Checks & Balances has confirmed Rep Tim Pawlenty (R-38B, Eagan) will formally enter the 2002 race for Governor. He called us to make it official. He will take a leave of absence from the software company Wismo, but he will remain as Majority Leader during the...
Aug 8, 2001
There is definitely a different perspective on Governor Jesse Ventura’s (IP-MN) selections for the University of Minnesota Board of Regents if you reside outside the 494/694 loop. The people who truly felt they got the shaft was from Greater Minnesota. Prior to...
Aug 8, 2001
If Michael Ciresi (DFL) had listened to the ultimate poll in 2000, the September primary, then his current efforts would not seem so ludicrous. To help jog your memory Ciresi came in third place with not even 22% of the vote after spending money on par with Mark...
Aug 8, 2001
Republican Party Executive Director Tony Sutton is leaving his position to run the Brian Sullivan campaign. This is interesting because it helps reinforce the belief that the party hierarchy is trying to grease the way for their handpicked candidate, Sullivan....
Aug 8, 2001
It took awhile for the major news media to catch on to the developing story between the attempts to plant anti-Hatch stories by the MPR board and management en route to news director Bill Buzenburg, but then even a blind chicken gets some grain. We first ran a piece...
