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...
Feb 8, 1998
If you call the Nation Federation of Independent Business-MN, Michele Olson will not be picking up the phone. She has left NFIB and Mike Hickey to be the Director of Governmental Affairs for Medical Alley. She seems happy with her new position. No word yet from Mike...
Feb 8, 1998
You have made in technology circles when you name appears in Wired. Senator Michelle Fischbach’s (R) SD 14, Ax the Car Tax ad, here in the pages of C & B, was covered last Thursday in Wired. The article also commented on the first paid political ad by former...
Feb 8, 1998
C&B Editor in Chief Shawn Towle has received a Pollie Award from the American Association of Political Consultants in the category Statewide Public Policy Issue Web Page. The award was for the issue covering the stadium debate during the third special session....
Feb 8, 1998
Last Thursday, a group of Humphrey supporters and sympathizers descended down Dale Street to Sweeney’s Saloon, for a technology pow wow of the Humphrey Campaign. This political happening aptly occurred, under the signature sign for the now demolished Blue Horse...
