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,...

Lobbyists New Clients. Who Represents Whom?

With the Start of the session, we thought it would be good to remind people, which lobbyists are carrying water for which organizations. The most recent additions are: Joseph Bagnoli Metropolitan Radio Board, Minnesota Golf Assn, Greater Minneapolis Building Owners...

DFL Moderate Momentum

Publicly the DFL party seems on a roll and the Republican Party back on its heels with the recent defections of the State Auditor Judy Dutcher (DFL-MN) and state Senator Dean Johnson (DFL-15, Willmar). The departures of two people, who were clearly at odds with the...

The Directory is Out

In 1990, Sarah Janecek produced a compendium of information on what she dubbed the Politics in Minnesota The Directory. The idea was hatched, in the venerable spirit of an urban tale, on the back of a cocktail napkin. At the time she was discussing this burgeoning...