Feb 13, 1998
The AFL-CIO seems to be keeping its powder dry and everyone outside perplexed. Much talk surrounds an internal poll commissioned by the Peter Hart firm by the leadership. The poll queried the rank and file membership on the race for Governor. The results are being...
Feb 12, 1998
The formation of the group Minnesotan’s for a Republican Majority (MRM) has taken a while to get off the ground. We talked about it early last year, but better late than never. They did select a nice spot for their first soiree, Dixie’s Bar and Grill. The...
Feb 12, 1998
The allegations and questions over the campaigns don’t stop with Humphrey. Each campaign manager has a take on the various tidbits available for public scrutiny. Annette Burmeister of the Joanne Benson Campaign was surprised to see only 4500 people on the Norm...
Feb 12, 1998
Questions arising from the expenditures made from the Hubert “Skip” Humphrey campaign for Attorney General. As we reported last year, the Humphrey AG report had 106,453.95 on-hand coming into 1997. This report list payments to current campaign staff Amy...
Feb 12, 1998
Senator Rod Grams has achieved a bit of distinction. He is reported to be the greatest user of the franking privilege. He surpassed his colleagues by only $20,000. It’s good to see a fiscal conservative spending the people’s money wisely. Senator Grams is...
Feb 12, 1998
Yesterday, another of those non-media events became a media event. Lt Governor Joanne Benson made it official. She announced her candidacy for her Arne’s job. She has been touting the slogan ” Lifelong Minnesotan, Lifelong Republican.” This is a...
Feb 12, 1998
The answers are coming in fast and furiously. The Goober candidates are providing their pearls of wisdom about the needs of the state. The first two questions are about education and the economy. MN-Forum is fostering a substantial dialogue in cyberspace. The...
Feb 12, 1998
If light rail transit is ever going to get off the ground, it will need a large amount of public support. Since the public clamors for opportunities to name new sports teams, why not name a transit system. In Chicago, it’s called the El, San Francisco the BART and in...
Feb 8, 1998
The art of political oration and debate has been lost in many circles of our society. An organization has formed to pick up the cast gauntlet. The John Adams Society is a spin-off of another debating group, the Edmund Burke Society of Chicago. Eric Kaardal a former...
Feb 8, 1998
Some confusion occurred to person or firm who conducted the AFL-CIO poll. The Peter Hart Firm does polling for the Nation AFL-CIO so some assumed that this firm did the local poll. Seems that it was not the case, the poll appears to have been the work of Lisa Grove...
