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I-TEAM: Money For Home Inspections Used To Plug Budget « CBS Minnesota

I-TEAM: Money For Home Inspections Used To Plug Budget « CBS Minnesota

This is what happens when we irresponsibly use budget shifts and cuts without any thought or reason.

In Honor of MLK

On The Eve of Election Day

Let's take a look at all the President and a Democratic controlled Congress has accomplished over the last two years.

I Remember... Do You?

Star Tribune Endorses Mick McGuire (HD25A)

We would like to congratulate Mick McGuire for receiving the Star Tribune's endorsement:

25A: Mick McGuire

Montgomery Mayor Mick McGuire's DFL candidacy gives voters in southwest-exurban District 25A the chance to send a pragmatic problem-solver to St. Paul. It's a chance they ought to seize as they replace GOP state Rep. Laura Brod.

McGuire, 58, has spent 18 years in nonpartisan city government, 10 of them as mayor, and 23 years as owner of a landscape contracting business. Those experiences have prepared him well for legislative service. They've instilled in him a deep understanding of what makes communities thrive, including a good sense of how government contributes to private-sector success.

His Republican opponent, Glenn Gruenhagen, declined our interview invitations. Gruenhagen, 58, is a Glencoe Silver Lake school board member whose campaign website prominently features his opposition to abortion, gay marriage and illegal immigration. Those are tangential matters at a time when state revenues are projected to fall nearly 20 percent short of scheduled spending in the next biennium.

As mayor, McGuire knows first-hand how to creatively cut spending to preserve basic services. He also knows that for cities like his, core services are now unavoidably on the chopping block if state aid cuts continue. State government could use that kind of knowledge.

( Full Story Star Tribune 10/26/10 )

Senate District 25 DFL's Statement on Recent Attack Mailers

As Chair and Associate Chair of Senate District 25 DFL we are very disappointed about the State DFL's use of attack mailers in our district.

We respect our candidates, volunteers and supporters too much to have had any part in these attack pieces.

We have officially notified the State DFL of our disappointment and have requested that they stop using such tactics.

Shawn Groth
SD25 DFL Chair

Harriet Wishnick
SD25 DFL Assoc. Chair