http://electmahoney.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:35:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mike Wrote this for Quiche Moraine Caucusing in the DFL is a Good Thing Minnesota doesn’t hold a spring presidential primary, as other states do. Minnesota’s primary election is in the fall, usually forty-five days before the election, and so it wouldn’t make sense to decide on the ballot for president ... http://electmahoney.com/?p=122 The Governor Kills The Program Tim Pawlenty cut many necessary programs with his Unallotment Pen, and Minnesotans will have to struggle with reductions in public services.  It's going to be a tough time for many vulnerable residents of Minnesota, including those who have already been carrying the weight of his political ... http://electmahoney.com/?p=116 Why We Must Step up our Efforts for 2010 [caption id="attachment_111" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Tim Pawlenty's Idea of "Leadership.""][/caption] Governor Tim Pawlenty blames the Legislature and the Senate for not giving into his demands for the 2009 session to balance the budget in a way that benefits Minnesota. Instead, he refused to ... http://electmahoney.com/?p=110 We Need to Do More Memorial Day for most of us is a long weekend and a day away from work. It is a day of sales for those who work in car dealerships and furniture stores, trying to meet the month's quota with a final blitz of discounts and ... http://electmahoney.com/?p=103 There is No Need to Worry, Right? Tim Pawlenty has just decided that he can do alone with a few broad strokes of his pen and behind closed doors, what they legislature has been working on since January. The Legislature and the Senate have been holding open door meetings for you ... http://electmahoney.com/?p=99 Real World Issues Minnesotans testify that the Governor's proposed cuts would hurt the health of our hospitals, health care worker and the lives of millions of Minnesotans who depend on quality care. http://electmahoney.com/?p=95 Slash And Burn Governor Pawlenty is going to slash and burn the future of Minnesota with his plan to use line item veto to balance the budget. Call the governor and tell them that his hard line on revenue (so that he can raise righ-wing campaign funds for his 2012 ... http://electmahoney.com/?p=91 From Finance and Commerce, by Carley Shaw Jack Horner, general counsel for the Minnesota Multi Housing Association, warned state legislators this week that landlords would face steep and unnecessary costs if cities enforce ordinances that are different from the State Building Code. Horner told the House Labor and Consumer Protection Division on ... http://electmahoney.com/?p=85 From Rochester Post-Bulletin, by Jeff Hansell WORTHINGTON, Minn. -- G. Steven Burrill envisions a radically different future for U.S. health care, one in which diseases are predicted and stopped before they even produce symptoms. Burrill, who spoke Friday at the fifth annual Regional Bioscience Conference in Worthington, is CEO of Burrill and ... http://electmahoney.com/?p=80 From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune; Elizabeth Dunbar, Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn. - A state law prevents new nuclear power plants from being built in Minnesota, and some say that means nuclear can't even be part of a discussion about the state's future energy needs. An effort to change that suffered a ... http://electmahoney.com/?p=65