Congratulations Senator Al Franken

Finally! The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that Al Franken is indeed the winner. Read the opinion here.  Governor Pawlenty needs to do his job now and sign the election certificate. The sooner he does that the sooner he can get back to running for president. I have updated my side bar to reflect Senator [...]

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“Pray For Me, I Drive Highway 60″

“Pray for me, I drive Highway 60″. That is the slogan of the Southwest Minnesota Highway 60 Action Corporation that was organized in 1960. The groups purpose back then, as it is today, was to promote the improvement of Minnesota TH 60. They are still praying and waiting 48 years later. Last Thursday, July 24, [...]

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Hamilton and Magnus: Different Routes on Transportation

The recent passage of the transportation bill by the Minnesota House and Senate and the subsequent veto by Governor Tim Pawlenty has created an atmosphere of speculation on the possibility of an override of the veto, and consternation amongst the GOP base over those six Republican House members who voted with the DFL majority. Rep. Doug [...]

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H.R.676-the United States National Health Insurance Act

Health care has been one of the major issues of this current presidential campaign. Minnesota Central, a frequent visitor to Corner House comments, has left a comment about one of my previous posts which mentioned this issue and H. R. 676. Introduced by Representative John Conyers (D), of Michigan, HR 676 would institute a single payer health [...]

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Lewis & Clark amBUSHed!

More water woes! GW released his 2009 budget today and one of the casualties was the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System. News reports from KELOTV and the Sioux Falls Argus Leader state that the LCRWS will receive nothing, nada, zilch in the Bush 2009 budget. When completed, Lewis & Clark will provide safe, reliable drinking water [...]

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The Bridges of Rock County

The Rock County Star-Herald ran a story Thursday, December 27 about one of the bridges that I often cross. It appears that the bridge built by the WPA in 1931 that crosses the Rock River is ranked fourth in the state. Normally for Luverne and Rock County to be recognized would be a good thing but [...]

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Mandernach resigns Health Commissioner Job

According to a news report by MPR, Minnesota Health Commissioner Dianne Mandernach has notified her staff and Governor Pawlenty of her intent to resign effective October 2. Her last day will be September 20th. The Governor’s office is expected to make a statement Wednesday, August 22. The Health Department’s credibility has been suspect since it [...]

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Must MNDot Commissioner Carol Molnau go?

Marshall Independent editor Dana Yost in the Editors Blog on August 15 says, “…I think Molnau should be stripped of her MnDOT commissioner role, keeping just the lieutenant governor position. This will remove any suspicion that politics or fiscal fear is getting in the way of a responsible response to the collapse. Molnau has said money [...]

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It’s to late for us…

“It’s to late for us, but it isn’t to late for our children and grandchildren to have a better life”. Those are the emotional words of Mary Stodola of Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota as she testified before legislators at a public hearing on June 28 in Mountain Iron regarding the Minnesota Department of Health’s  withholding of information about asbestos [...]

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Big Dooker of the week-June 22, 2007

OK, so I missed last week. I make the rules at CornerHouse so this week we will have two Dooker’s. Actually, a tie. We expect our government agencies and officials to serve us-the public. Many of those people claim to be ‘public servants’,  or like to say they are ‘serving the public’. Two of Minnesota’s government [...]

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