Apr 11, 2001
The DFL Party’s largest annual fundraising event is the Humphrey Day Dinner. This year it will occur in Minneapolis Hilton at starting at 6:30 PM. This event is set to commemorate former U.S. Senator, Vice-President, and Ambassador Walter Mondale. We understand many...
Apr 11, 2001
Just because it makes sense to address election issues in a non-election year doesn’t mean it happens that way. Logic is not always about at the legislature. Governor Jesse Ventura has made it clear he supports shorter elections cycles, but what this means in...
Apr 11, 2001
In a very well receive overture Ray Waldron Secretary/Treasurer of the AFL-CIO met with the women of the DFL caucus. We understand meeting produced a balanced of dialogue and incorporated listening as well as talking. The presumptive head of the states largest labor...
Apr 11, 2001
In spite of the opposition from the Chamber of Commerce, the Trucking, Railroad, Airline and the Mining Industries the Bio-Diesel passed the Transportation Policy Committee Chaired by Rep. Tom Workman (R – 43A, Chaska) on an 11 to 4 vote. Workman amended the bill to...
Apr 11, 2001
Our last issue included an article entitled The Majority Should Pass Their Bills has generated some lively discussion inside the ranks of the DFL House caucus. Some members felt they were singled out because of the topic of tort reform, but that was not the case. The...
Apr 11, 2001
The email sent by Rep. Michael Paymar (DFL – 64B, St. Paul) to identify know tobacco lobbyists has met with some reprisals from his colleagues. Rep. Dave Bishop (R – 30B, Rochester) criticized the disparaging comments about the names listed in...
Apr 11, 2001
Many scenarios are emerging about the final result of the 2001 legislative session and one interesting item has come up. Minnesota Planning Director Dean Barkley surfaced the idea of the timing of a Special Session should there be a need. Since the discretion of...
Apr 4, 2001
The ability for someone to move from the land of journalism into to the advocacy side of politics is not always the easiest transition. Becoming a “flak” after trying to be objective, can cause some problems. We have seen Cyndy Brucato move from Channel 5 into...
Apr 4, 2001
The opinion piece signed by Ted Mondale, Sharon Sayles Belton and Peter McLaughlin may not have been the best political stroke. It was blatantly a whack at Attorney General Mike Hatch (DFL-MN) and people closely associated with him are taking names. It won’t be...
Apr 4, 2001
It didn’t take long for people supporting former Councilmember Bob Long for Mayor (DFL) to criticize our last item entitled, Long Odds in St Paul. Specifically, supporters took issue with the contribution made by Long to Republican state Senate candidate Dan...
