Articles from June 2009

40,000 to 8.2M … like those odds?

40,000, that’s the number of really wealthy taxpayers in the City of New York. 8.2M, that’s the total number of people living in that city (the metropolitan area is 18+M). One might ask what happens if those 40,000 pack up and leave? Or better, what if they decide to weigh in to the political agenda [...]

Read this article in full...

Voting for effect? Or non-effect.

In the military we hear of “fire for effect*”.  In a fine LTE by our own Doug Jones (click and scroll down),  to the Northfield News, Doug points out the duplicity of our SD25 state senator, as Sen. Dahle “votes for effect”. Excerpt: go to Northfield News and scroll down for the full story. Flip [...]

Read this article in full...

An Assessment of the 2009 MN Legislature’s performance

A recent LTE in the Belle Plaine Herald caught our eye. We need to keep the dialog going, keep those letters coming. To the Editor. The 2009 legislative session is over, but it failed to accomplish the one basic task that it was convened to do — create a balanced budget for Minnesota. The people [...]

Read this article in full...