No write-ins allowed… Pawlenty Excluded Wednesday’s TwinCities.com St. Paul Pioneer Press featured Republican Senate District 65 St. Paul precinct caucuses with a surprise visit by DFL Mayor Melvin Carter. What the article did not cover was the fact that the gubernatorial straw ballot only contained the names of declared candidates and provided no write-in opportunity Read More…
Minnesota Senate District 65 Republican Caucus – 2018
Bob Smith was in attendance at the recent SD65 Caucus, when St. Paul Mayor, Melvin Carter dropped by for a visit. For more on the SD65 Caucus, See the Pioneer Press article. As candidates try to woo caucus-goers, St. Paul mayor drops in on GOP meeting By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com and CALLIE SCHMIDT | cschmidt@pioneerpress.com Read More…
Repatriation… 2018 Minnesota Style Possibilities
Bringing Home The Bacon Our elected officials in the District of Columbia gave us some sort of tax reform or reduction and job creation legislation for a Christmas present. The corporate went to 21% to enable us to compete better internationally. It also provided a repatriation rate for corporate funds parked overseas of a one-time Read More…
Third in a Weekend, Franken Series
Things Get Murkier and Murkier… Was Al Part of the Conyers Package? What Next? When does the intrigue stop? We thought we had this resignation issue pretty well sewed up earlier but revelations keep coming. The District (of Columbia) is a swirl with word that the Congressional Black Caucus had balked about forcing Rep. Conyers Read More…
Who Should Dayton Appoint?
Should Franken resign? What’s best for Minnesota and Minnesota Dems? Try this… We think Al should stay and turn Independent! You betcha! Amid all the fuss and speculation over what many see as the railroading of Senator Al Franken, we would like to throw out a few more thoughts. Please check our posting of Friday, Read More…
Senator Franken Wimps Out…
National Dems throw him under the Wellstone bus. Orchestrated move negates Minnesota voters. Hypocrisy at work… can he redeem himself? Al was expendable and fell into the Get Trump At Any Cost trap. This is no accident as the timing worked out for the December 12 Alabama special election. With Al out the Dems will Read More…
