Senate & House Leadership

Minnesota Report The DFL Senate Caucus met yesterday and the Carpenter’s Union Hall in St Paul to select their new leadership team. The wisely picked a pragmatic, thoughtful and seasoned veteran in Sen Kari Dziedzic (DFL-60, Minneapolis). We understand this was a one...

Thompson Paid Per Diem on Day He Missed Major Vote on Tax Bill

On March 21st, the Minnesota state Senate voted on the Tax Bill HF1777 the Senate Journal shows the bill passed on a recorded vote of 58-5. The five Senators voting in the negative: Sens. David Brown (R-15, Becker), Senate Minority Leader David Hann (R-48, Eden...

Checks & Balances Self-Defense

I write this as an open letter to Sally Jo Sorenson. My original intent was to email it to her to see how much she was willing to post, but like many political websites, there is no direct way to contact the person’s behind the diatribes. No phone number and no email,...

Chasing the DFL Delegate Numbers

We learned a long time ago in politics the only way to get anything is to first ask for it. So we called the various campaigns to try and find out their respective numbers in the fight for the DFL Party endorsement. We received a varied response. Some would not...