Apr 16, 1999
A recent tipster on our TipNet sent us information on a plea for increases in the use of pork on a captive audience. The unnamed person stated that they felt the Minnesota Department of Corrections should follow the lead of Wisconsin in addressing the pork crisis by...
Apr 16, 1999
Publisher Shawn Towle penned a piece for a national online publication Intellectual Capital.com on our distinguished Governor Jesse Ventura (RP-MN). This is one that readers of this publication will find to be much easier to read. There are fewer typos…. This...
Apr 16, 1999
The mass exodus at the DFL Party headquarters is in high gear. Tom Kelly Communications Director of the DFL Party retained his commitment to the cause and remained after the 1998 election. On May 3rd, he will leave the political limelight for the non-profit sector. He...
Apr 16, 1999
Much of the credit for the Republican victories in the last two special elections should fall to Republican Senate Campaign Committee Executive Director Brian McClung. McClung along with a strike force of Young Republicans are providing the type of support necessary...
Apr 16, 1999
The new faces on the Metropolitan Council are quite dissimilar to those in the past. The criticisms of the lack of minorities in Governor’s appointment of his Cabinet may have impacted the selection of council members. For those with concerns about racial and...
Apr 9, 1999
If you’re a purist you believe that Common Cause stands up for clean campaign practices and good government. If you’re a Republican partisan you probably see Common Cause as a DFL front. If you’re Sen. John Marty (DFL-54, Roseville) you see it as an ally....
Apr 9, 1999
If you attended the Ranger Party at the Prom Center in Oakdale you were afforded the opportunity to show your true colors. There was a choice of two stickers you could adorn as a nametag one said “Ranger” and the other said “Ranger for a Day.”...
Apr 9, 1999
The ability for House Republicans to unify and support a spending bill seems to be one the greatest challenges facing Speaker Steve Sviggum (R-28B, Kenyon). Last Tuesday, a vote on what many consider a minor spending bill dubbed “The Governor’s Deficiency...
Mar 27, 1999
Politics is the art of compromise, not my way or the highway. Though the later seems to be how the game is played today. The litigiousness of our society is based on a win at all cost mentality. When a person or a group goes to the table to negotiate they will fight...
Mar 27, 1999
The Hennepin County Third District contest will be settled today. After 8:00 pm this evening the first contest in a usually strong DFL district will see whether an urban, black, fiscally conservative Republican male with Reform Party support can defeat a suburban,...
