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Last call: 7B DFL primary goes to the wire
Today I’m going to make my predictions for the outcome of Tuesday’s DFL primary in 7B. I do this for fun and to stir the pot. Obviously, the voters of 7B will control the results. This is a hard climate in which to make a prediction because I’d bet that half of the eligible voters…
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Highway 7 re-revisited
Another nice Iron Range feature ran Sunday (from Lynda Tyssen of the Mesabi Daily News) about the renaming of Highway 7 in north central St. Louis County for late polka great Bobby Aro. I’m a sucker for Highway 7 news and views. Related posts: No related posts.
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Rukavina suggests IRR budget fight should go south
State Rep. Tom Rukavina (DFL-Virginia) is calling for legislative oversight of the Iron Range Resources budget to occur at St. Paul in front of the entire legislature. I get that he’s frustrated with the agency, but if the intent is to keep local Range input on the agency’s budget this could be a very misguided…
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Obama camp trying new approach with heartland tour
This week, Barack Obama’s campaign is sending out an RV packed with information with a mission of collecting stories and concerns from voters across Minnesota. Local DFL leaders will speak on behalf of the campaign on “heartland” issues at each of 24 stops all over the state. Four Range-area towns are on the tour: Grand…
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Take two on the questions column
My weekly column for Sunday’s Hibbing Daily Tribune is the one that was scheduled to run last week. It didn’t run, presumably because of a ninja attack or pirates. Read it here. It’s a piece about StoryCorps which is in Grand Rapids gathering interviews for the unique historical and cultural project involving NPR and the…
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270 to win
My friend Anthony told me about this site, 270towin.com, that lets you play around with the electoral map to explore the various scenarios for one candidate or another to win the presidential election. It’s good clean fun. Related posts: No related posts.
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Range mining project has private investor
With all the politics going on, I have neglected to share an important Iron Range story. PolyMet, one of the companies exploring precious minerals mining on the East Range, announced it has a $50 million private investor for its project. Here’s the story from today’s Duluth News-Tribune. PolyMet is one of the rare Iron Range…
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Derbis officially drops from 7B race
Here’s the DNT story about John Derbis dropping out of the 7B race and endorsing Marsh Stenersen. It includes comments from Roger Reinert, who Derbis criticized in his press conference. We broke this story at MinnesotaBrown. And by we I mean me. It’s just me here. I keep forgetting that. Related posts: No related posts.
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7B DFL PRIMARY FOCUS: Marsh Stenersen
MinnesotaBrown is running a series of posts this week featuring the DFL candidates for Duluth’s House District 7B in their own words. The winner of the Sept. 9 DFL primary will face Republican Allan Kehr and Independence Party candidate Jay Cole, who do not face primary opposition. So far this week we’ve featured, in alphabetical…
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Brown on the Air: FRIENDS
My weekly essay for 91.7 KAXE’s Saturday show “Between You and Me” will deal with friends. What makes a friend a friend, or a “best friend.” I talk about the ease of childhood friendships and the complication of adult friendship. That’s the show’s topic and all of northern Minnesota and the world will have a…
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Iron Range on Rove’s radar
In this week’s Newsweek, GOP master strategist Karl Rove discusses the political trends in several key swing states across the country. It’s a mostly objective look at the lay of the land, but also gives you a quick idea of how deeply Rove and political strategists like him analyze these states. Here is Rove’s assessment…
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7B DFL PRIMARY FOCUS: Roger Reinert
MinnesotaBrown is running a series of posts this week featuring the DFL candidates for Duluth’s House District 7B in their own words. The winner of the Sept. 9 DFL primary will face Republican Allan Kehr and Independence Party candidate Jay Cole, who do not face primary opposition. Tuesday, we featured Brandon Clokey. Wednesday featured John…
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Here’s what you find in Range area online classifieds
From a local online listing: I’m looking to buy a non Casterated Boar. Fairly young. And wellmannered. We will haul. No ill-mannered non “casterated” boars, please. Just the nice, hot, young, polite kind of boars … to be hauled away for procreative purposes. Mmm. Boars. Related posts: No related posts.
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Culture wars
After watching Wednesday night’s Republican convention, I realize that our disagreements in this country are much more over personality and culture than they are political. Sure, there are plenty of political disagreements. But Sarah Palin’s selection as John McCain’s VP, her speech and the speeches that led up to it were not overt arguments for…
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7B weekend battle begins for DFL primary candidates
The series of candidate profiles continues, but there are several developments in House District 7B tonight that continue to suggest that the frontrunners in the race are Roger Reinert and Marsh Stenersen. First of all, candidate John Derbis told me tonight that he will be supporting Marsh Stenersen in the primary. He’ll announce this tomorrow…