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Meet the Patricians – part 2 The Daytons

The Dayton family is legend in the Twin Cities. George Draper Dayton was the founder of the Dayton Corporation – the Dayton’s department store chain. Dayton’s merged with the J.L. Hudson Company in 1969 to form the Dayton Hudson Corporation, … Continue reading

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Meet the Patricians

As many of you heard, 203 of Minnesota’s wealthiest signed an ad that ran in the Star Tribune last week, stating that Minnesota isn’t taxed enough and that the wealthiest (according to their plan that is anyone who makes over … Continue reading

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Convictions

On June 20, the following letter to the editor appeared in the Strib: “I find it highly ironic that less than one week after the Star Tribune lambastes the Minnesota Republican Party for its criticism of “lame duck” Sen. Mark … Continue reading

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What have I gotten myself into?

Mitch (over at Shot in the Dark) did a post on the “Happy to pay more for a better Minnesota” ad from last week. In the comments section someone (thanks Thorley) suggested that an enterprising blogger would be well served … Continue reading

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What Party and Country is this again.

This was posted on Bachmann v Wetterling today. Sue Jeffers drove by, and I took a picture, but I might be flogged if I put that up here. I know it was written partly in jest, but after seeing the … Continue reading

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Happy to pay more taxes

A lot has been said in the last 24 hours about this story, some of it serious and some of it more“reactionary”. “More than 200 wealthy Minnesotans signed a full-page ad that appears in the Star Tribune today asking the … Continue reading

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Coleen is wrong yet again!

I have composed a few posts now on just why Coleen Rowley and her ideas for fighting the global war on terror are wrong and why she is the wrong person for the Second Congressional District to send to Washington … Continue reading

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Voting records are pesky little things…

Coleen Rowley has been seen around town with a banner stating that while “gas prices soar, Kline snores” but is that really what is going on? A quick check of the roll call vote record on the House website will … Continue reading

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A call to Action – Part 2

CD2 did there part.Will others follow.

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Coleen Rowley – WRONG

I posted previously on some of the reasons why Coleen Rowley is WRONG when she says that it is better to handle the global war on terror as a police action. Well thanks to the intrepid Dr. Tefft, I have … Continue reading

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