Feb 16, 1998
The firm North Woods Advertising left the American Association of Political Consultants with four awards in tow. Bill Hillsman & Company walked away with four dust catchers for their work during the stadium debate. The placements and categories are as follows:...
Feb 16, 1998
Talk around the Capitol in recent months is about the need for a DFL Think Tank. To date, only public institutions like the Humphrey Institute and the DFL Education Foundation have played this role. At the national level the formation of the Democratic Leadership...
Feb 16, 1998
The availability of voter registrations cards has increased steadily during the watch of Secretary of State Joan Anderson Growe. Many innovative ways of have emerged to assist Minnesotan’s in voting. In light of the technology revolution, another idea should be...
Feb 16, 1998
The sole independent Democratic non-profit/Think Tank the DFL Education Foundation has made it into the technology era. The group headed, now by former state rep. Don Ostrom, unveiled its new website. This group discusses and writes about public policy concerns in it...
Feb 16, 1998
On the heels of the AFL-CIO’s decision not to endorse a candidate, at this time, the AFSCME Peoples Committee has decided not to endorse Mike Freeman. Freeman, by all accounts, was the odds-on favorite. In November, the People’s Committee met and screened...
Feb 16, 1998
Flanked by his wife Laurie, and his two children Mayor Norm Coleman (R) announced before God and everyone that he was a candidate for Governor of Minnesota. He imported his parents from New York who stood side by side with his in-laws during the announcement....
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...
