How many U.S. presidents visited Duluth?
Do any history buffs out in cyberland know which U.S. presidents visited Duluth and when? Does anyone have some old photos?
Do any history buffs out in cyberland know which U.S. presidents visited Duluth and when? Does anyone have some old photos?
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.
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:
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.
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann gives the Tea Party’s State of the Union response another try.
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.
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.
[This post originally contained an embedded video that is no longer available at its source.]
The complete, unedited interview from last night.
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.
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:
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.
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?
Here’s an afternoon killer: Take a look at the challenged ballots in the Minnesota governor’s race recount.
(The three above are from Aitkin County.)
