Some questions asked in the House of Representatives are: Who will get which Chair and is this the end of the Pawlenty Administration selecting people from the House? Well if the Alice Seagren move occurs the answer to the last question is no and we are hearing there...
When we received word on the pending Rep. Rick Stanek (R-32B, Maple Grove) appointment to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) we held onto idea of Pawlenty Chief of Staff Charlie Weaver playing a dual role after completion of the legislative session and hence his...
Governor Jesse Ventura (IP-MN) is continuing to take steps to smooth relations with the state legislature. He visited with a number of legislators on their turf. Both last week and again this week he has met with Reps. Dan McElroy (R–36B, Burnsville), Ron...
Rep Alice Seagren (R-41A, Bloomington, had a negotiating advantage over her counterpart Sen. Larry “Poggie” Pogemiller (DFL-59, Minneapolis) she was a mother and a grandmother. many have used the term “saint” when describing Seagren. She was...
Now that the session has official started lobbyist are scrambling to establish a rapport with the newly selected Committee Administrators. The list of people was not made official until the start of session. We had it earlier than that, but with all of the activity we...
