Mar 4, 2020
Minnesota Report The DFL Party is reporting the allocation of delegates to the DNC Convention, effecting the 75 apportioned and the 10 PLEO’s (Party Leader and Elected Officials). https://www.dfl.org/primary/ Vice-President Joe Biden-38 + 5 PLEO US Sen Bernie...
Mar 4, 2020
National and Minnesota Report When we attended the US Bernie Sanders (I-VT) rally at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium we chewed on the line about receiving money from billionaires as a logical fallacy. It is a both an appeal emotion and an appeal to poverty Billionaires...
Mar 3, 2020
National and Minnesota Report Tonight, it will be hard to fully access the depth of US Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) support in the Primary election, because the results will roll-in sporadically, but we believe watching the early returns will be the best indicator,...
Mar 3, 2020
National and Minnesota Report Last night, US Sen Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stood in center stage at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium as a victor. He came on a prescheduled appearance to challenge US Sen Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on her home turf and because she ended her campaign...
Mar 2, 2020
National and Minnesota Report In a Washington Post article posted at 12:37 pm Amy Klobuchar ends her presidential bid Amy B Wang is reporting “The Senator Nextdoor” is calling it quits. This is interesting because we are only one day away from Super...
Feb 28, 2020
Minnesota Report The February Budget Forecast shows a slight improvement, .02% over November’s as we anticipated. What is missing in any inclusion of data following the outbreak of the Corona virus or COVID-19. During the presentations by MMB Commissioner Myron...
Feb 28, 2020
Minnesota Report Yesterday, Sen Scott Newman’s (R-18, Hutchinson) SF3571 passed the State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee on a party-line vote 5-4. We find this interesting since in 2012, voters rejected this idea 52.16% to 46.16%. The constant...
Feb 28, 2020
Minnesota Report We spoke with State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee Chair Mary Kiffmeyer (R-30, Big Lake) and learned she will be revisiting Sen Mark Koran’s (R-32, North Branch) bill SF3385 Ranked-choice voting local government adoption...
Feb 27, 2020
Minnesota Report We are expecting a February Budget Forecast to be largely inline with the November Forecast. The quarterly report released by Minnesota Management & Budget Office showed a slight improvement on receipts, but some corporate figures are expected in...
Feb 27, 2020
Minnesota Report Last night, the Minnesota House passed two bills, HF3100 establishing an Emergency Insulin program 75-52 and HF3068 regulating the Presidential Primary results 72-55. Both set up a conflict with the Senate. In regards to Insulin the DFL wants the...
