May 21, 2001
The timing of the Special Session is in the hands of the Governor Jesse Ventura (RP-MN). In fact, it may just play into his hands. As we mentioned before, Minnesota Planning Director Dean Barkley has thrown around the 4th of July as the date for calling the session....
May 18, 2001
The St. Paul mayoral contest has taken a visible turn in the time following the Minneapolis City Convention with one reality taking hold. A DFL endorsement can have a great impact on the result of the September primary. We were early recognizers of the fact that the...
May 18, 2001
John Moravec, son of DFL Party Activist Sue Moravec, is taking a bold step and challenging DFL Party Chair Mike Erlandson at the meeting in Minneapolis on Saturday. Moravec may have an activist pedigree, but his personal experience is short and unimpressive. He...
May 18, 2001
President George W Bush (R) arrived in at the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport and was greeted by Gov Jesse Ventura (RP-MN), Mayor Norm Coleman (R-St. Paul), House Speaker Steve Sviggum (R-28B, Kenyon), former US Senator Rudy Boschwitz and a number of other Republican...
May 18, 2001
As of 2:30 pm there doesn’t appear to be an agreement reached between the House and Senate over the Biennial Budget for 2003-04. The offices of both House Speaker Steve Sviggum and (R-28B, Kenyon), and Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe (DFL-02, Erskine) were both busy...
May 15, 2001
The fact that a person drives intoxicated is not a good thing. A person who dies at the hand of another who is intoxicated is a tragedy, but tragedies do not require specific laws. Our state has been slow to provide any viable forms of mass transit so a person doesn’t...
May 15, 2001
Minnesota Twins President Jerry Bell sat before the House Tax Committee on Monday and would not make any commitments from the team on the bill moving through the committee or any other pending legislation. He was directly asked a by Tax Committee Chairman Ron...
May 15, 2001
The House is set to debate the Omnibus Agriculture Policy Bill, which contains the provision for BioDiesel. We understand BioDiesel is facing strong opposition and its future is uncertain. Currently, the fiscal conservatives in the State House oppose the mandates...
May 15, 2001
President George W Bush will be making his first stop in the Twin Cities since being elected. He is set to present his energy policy in front of a group of business leaders from the Capital City Partnership. He will be speaking at an invite-only event at the St Paul...
May 13, 2001
House Speaker Steve Sviggum (R–27B, Kenyon) held a press conference in the gallery of the House Chambers yesterday during the legislative session to address the status of the Health & Human Services Bill. Two things prompted the Speaker’s action one, the...
