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Our man in Washington

Feb 18, 2011 23 Comments

I note that the first piece of legislation that Raymond Cravaack saw fit to propose involved defunding the U.S. Institute of Peace, a $46.5 million budgetary rounding error responsible for useless projects like the Iraq Study Group.

[The USIP is currently raising money to complete a relatively fancy headquarters on the Mall, but has for years been located on the second floor of the National Restaurant Association’s palatial headquarters in DC.]

This concludes today’s object lesson in the fact that Elections Matter.


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How many U.S. presidents visited Duluth?

Feb 15, 2011 29 Comments

Do any history buffs out in cyberland know which U.S. presidents visited Duluth and when? Does anyone have some old photos?


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Superior 2011 Primary Election Results

Feb 15, 2011 3 Comments

Superior Mayor
Bruce Hagen — 2,099 | 69%
Kevin Peterson — 710 | 23%
Don Raihala — 120 | 4%
Gilbert Davidson — 113 | 4%

Bruce Hagen and Kevin Peterson advance to the General Election on April 5.


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Really? And I had my hopes up …

Feb 15, 2011 13 Comments

I found out someone in my neighborhood is looking to run for mayor of Superior. I was excited! The mayor living so close to my house? He’s just a regular dude wanting to better this town? That sounds awesome! But then I got this flier in my door over the weekend. There are just so many issues — spelling, grammar, weirdness … I’ll let you judge for yourself:

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Duluth’s Giant Human Valentine for Marriage Equality

Feb 15, 2011 1 Comment

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Town Hall in Duluth

Feb 03, 2011 No Comments

Duluth area legislators: Sen. Roger Reinert, Rep. Mary Murphy, Rep. Tom Huntley, and Rep. Kerry Gauthier are holding the first of three Town Halls, on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Asbury United Methodist Church at 6822 Grand Ave.

The Town Hall will focus on the state budget deficit.  All are welcome to attend.


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Michele Bachmann’s Tea Party response to the State of the Union Address, take two

Jan 31, 2011 20 Comments

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann gives the Tea Party’s State of the Union response another try.


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25 Influential Minnesotans in Washington

Jan 26, 2011 No Comments

I just heard an interesting interview on MPR with Michael S. Berman, the UMD graduate who founded the Duberstein Group, a DC campaign consulting organization.

25 Influential Minnesotans in Washington


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Tim Pawlenty: President of the United States of Apocalypse

Jan 25, 2011 39 Comments

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Let’s Discuss Social Security

Jan 22, 2011 74 Comments

Someone recently wondered why there had not been a PDD post regarding Social Security being “bankrupt.” Here goes:

Social Security currently has a 2.5 trillion dollar surplus. This is partly due to Ronald Reagan raising SS taxes on working people. Then he started to raid the fund to make it look like he could cut taxes on the rich and corporations, bloat the military, and still “balance” the budget. Well, he still wound up turning a surplus into a massive deficit, but I digress.

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Tim Pawlenty on The Daily Show

Jan 13, 2011 30 Comments

[This post originally contained an embedded video that is no longer available at its source.]

The complete, unedited interview from last night.


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Who’s running for mayor in Superior?

Dec 30, 2010 5 Comments

Dave Ross is out after two terms as Superior mayor. He’s taking a job as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing.

Candidates must file the required number of signatures by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 4 to get on the ballot for mayor in Superior.

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Respect Your Elders. Namely Mark Dayton.

Dec 09, 2010 18 Comments

At age 63, Mark Dayton is the oldest person to be elected governor of Minnesota. A few weeks after he’s sworn in, he’ll be 64.

From the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library:


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Challenged Ballots in the Minnesota Governor’s Race — Duluth Edition

Dec 07, 2010 14 Comments

Now that the challenged ballots from St. Louis County are available online, here’s a look at the nine from Duluth.

The first one is from precinct 3 (Lakeside) and the next two are from precinct 7 (Hunters Park).

In the next set, the first is from precinct 11 (Kenwood) and the next two are from precinct 19 (Downtown).

In the last set, the first is from precinct 24 (Duluth Heights), the second is from precinct 27 (Piedmont Heights) and the third is from precinct 34 (West Duluth).

Someone explain why this is so fun.


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Oberstar/Cravaack, Chapter 17

Dec 05, 2010 5 Comments

I still have one nagging question that came up during the campaign: “Can you get good Malaysian food anywhere near Duluth?”

Anyone have an answer?


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