Jun 8, 2000
Deputy Secretary of State Eric Lipman received the Republican Party endorsement in district 56B on Thursday. He is looking to replace Peg Larsen (R–56B Lakeland). He emerged as the frontrunner in the five-person field on the first ballot and continued to gain ground...
Jun 8, 2000
The DFL Party and the Democratic National Committee are holding their first joint fundraiser on Saturday. If you haven’t bought your tickets they are still available. President Bill Clinton will be making maybe his last stop in the Twin Cities to share the stage with...
Jun 8, 2000
The Taxpayer’s League of Minnesota has filed a complaint with the Minnesota News Council against the Star Tribune. The complaint calls attention to the paper’s support for both Light Rail Transit and a new Twins Baseball stadium. The Taxpayer’s League alleges that...
Jun 8, 2000
There is a discussion, mostly amongst the Foley Clan, that former Ramsey County Attorney Tom Foley (DFL) is being recruited heavily to enter the 4th Congressional District contest as an Independence Party candidate. Currently, he is in Washington D.C. serving on...
Jun 8, 2000
The salvo fired off by Attorney General Mike Hatch (DFL-MN) against the United Airlines and US Airways merger is a preemptive strike. The reason is this: if these two combine they will control nearly 50% of the plane flights in the nation. This will only force a rash...
Jun 8, 2000
It seems that there is actually a heart beating in the chest of the Governor Jesse Ventura (IP-MN) with the tough guy image. When he came to office we heard slogans like “Love is bigger than government” and quips about the need for self-sufficiency. Maybe that was...
Jun 8, 2000
It is admirable to see three candidates vie for higher office while not retaining a foot in another electoral office to do so. DFL Endorsed US Senate Jerry Janezich, 4th Congressional District Betty McCollum and Primary challenger Steve Novak have all taken the big...
Jun 3, 2000
There is some chatter going around that began with the Pioneer Press story about labor relations between Jerry Janezich and employee’s at his Chisholm bar Tom and Jerry’s. The people who are pointing fingers are directing them at the David...
Jun 3, 2000
The DFL State Convention moved ahead today in a fairly normal fashion. The candidates spoke to the delegates in the following order: Steve Kelley, Michael Ciresi, Ole Savior, Steve Miles, David Lillehaug, Rebecca Yanisch and Jerry Janezich. The speeches didn’t differ...
Jun 3, 2000
(posted 11:02 pm) The Final Numbers Even though Ciresi withdrew his name from the race at 10:55 pm this evening, the committee is releasing the final vote tallies. They are: Janezich winning the endorsement with 811 votes for 64.67%, while Ciresi had 427.5 votes for...