October 14-15, 2014
Oct 14 00:45 Stewart Mills sets record straight Oct 14 00:48 Exposing Potter's denials Oct 14 16:19 Dayton's PolyMet doublespeak exposed Oct 15 00:52 SCTimes should read LFR Oct 15 08:23 Incoherent Dayton criticizes Perpich Oct 15 13:22 DFL disenfranchansing military voters Oct 15 22:50 Build the pipelines
Prior Months: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Prior Years: 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Stewart Mills sets record straight
I applaud Stewart Mills for putting this ad together:
Here's the ad's transcript:
It seems that Rick Nolan has based his campaign on attacking me for having long hair and a family that started a successful business. Well, I don't apologize for either one. But politicians like Rick should apologize for using our tax dollars to make themselves, and their friends, even richer, raising their pay, sending our tax dollars to Wall Street bankers and trade deals that reward outsourcers while killing Minnesota jobs. I'm Stewart Mills and I approve this message because I'm on your side, not their's.
Rick Nolan, Nancy Pelosi and Democrats insist that Nolan's on the side of the people of Minnesota's Eighth District because he isn't rich. Rick Nolan, Nancy Pelosi and Democrats insist that Stewart Mills can't be on the side of the people of Minnesota's Eighth District because he's rich. What utter dishonesty.
- When Rick Nolan sided with Twin Cities environmentalists to oppose final passage of a bill that would streamline the federal permitting process, that wasn't proof that Nolan was on the miners' side.
- When Rick Nolan proposed building a mining institute, that wasn't proof that Nolan was on the miners' side. It was proof he wanted to spend money on something that wouldn't help create mining jobs.
- When Rick Nolan and Nancy Pelosi fire off a steady stream of ads about Stewart Mills' wealth, isn't that proof that they don't want others to be wealthy?
The American Dream is to help the next generation have it better than your generation. Stewart Mills' family built a business that's created jobs with great benefits while saving people tons of money through cheap prices in great locations.
Mills Fleet Farm is successful because the Mills family identified a need for rural Minnesota, then built a region-wide chain of stores that caters to rural and exurban shoppers in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota. I've always thought that Mills catered to people who work with their hands on their farms, their vehicles and their back yards.
If Stewart Mills is as out of touch with Minnesota's Eighth District, why is Mills Fleet Farm the biggest retail chain in the district? If Mills were as out of touch as Nolan, Pelosi and the Democrats insist, Mills Fleet Farm wouldn't be the expanding retail chain it is.
There's another question Eighth District voters should ask. What do Rick Nolan and Nancy Pelosi have in common? 'San Fran Nan' wouldn't know a thing about Minnesota's Eighth District. She couldn't identify with the Eighth District's culture. She certainly hasn't approved of the Eighth District's pro-life and pro-Second Amendment views. She's as pro-gun control as any member of Congress. She's as pro-environmental regulation as any member of Congress, too.
Rick Nolan voted with Nancy Pelosi to allow the Secretary of the Army and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from unilaterally rewriting the Clean Water Act without an act of Congress. That doesn't sound like something the mining industry would approve of.
Rick Nolan voted with Nancy Pelosi in opposing making America energy independent . That's foolish considering how cheaper energy prices would make the Eighth District industries more profitable and more likely to keep people employed.
Nolan and Pelosi voted to let money appropriated to the Defense Department to be used to implement "climate change assessments and development plans." Jim Oberstar was defeated because he voted for Cap and Trade. Nolan's voting record is more green than Oberstar's.
There isn't any doubt which candidate is more in touch with the Eighth District's people. Stewart Mills, the man whose family owns the biggest retail chain serving rural Minnesota, is more in touch with Eighth District voters than Rick Nolan, the guy who voted a) against energy independence and b) for greater government interference with Eighth District businesses.
Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2014 12:45 AM
Comment 1 by walter hanson at 14-Oct-14 01:03 PM
Great ad! With all the attention that the DCCC has been giving Westrom I think Westrom should do an add like this!
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
Exposing Potter's denials
Enrollment Decline Denial
by Silence Dogood
When first pressed about SCSU's declining enrollment, President Potter declined to even acknowledge that enrollment was declining because the headcount enrollment was not declining by a significant amount. Although he should have known better, one can understand how President Potter could have been deceived when looking at the fall headcount enrollment. The data in the figure below is from the Office of Strategy, Planning & Effectiveness.
If you chose to look at the change from Fall 2012 to Fall 2013, the headcount enrollment declined only 154 students, which translates into a decline of 0.9%
The data in the table below is from the Office of Strategy, Planning & Effectiveness.
Unfortunately, headcount is not what pays the bills.
The reason why President should have known better is also available from the Office of Strategy, Planning & Effectiveness. The figure shows SCSU's FYE enrollment from FY00 through FY14.
Also on the website of the Office of Strategy, Planning & Effectiveness is a table showing the raw data, a part of which is reproduced below. The bold number is the total FYE enrollment, the number below it is the undergraduate FYE enrollment and the bottom number is the graduate FYE enrollment.
Additionally, there is a figure showing the year-to-year changes, a part of which is reproduced below.
The data clearly shows that for Fall 2011, headcount enrollment was down 5.6%, the FYE enrollment for FY12 was down 6.9%. Similarly, for Fall 2012, while headcount enrollment was down 3.9%, FYE enrollment for FY13 was down 6.4%. Lastly, for Fall 2013, headcount enrollment was down 0.9%, but FYE enrollment for FY14 was down 5.1%. While it's easy to understand why the St. Cloud Times might not understand the difference between headcount and FYE enrollments, President Potter and his management team should.
Only responding during the fourth year of enrollment declines over 5%, clearly demonstrates President Potter was fooled by headcount enrollments or simply asleep at the helm. At UW-Eau Claire, headcount enrollment is down this fall by 2.1% (two week numbers) but expected only to be down 1.5% for the final fall numbers and the administration is trying to analyze what has caused a 1.5% decline to see if they can quickly reverse the decline.
SCSU's FYE enrollment from FY08 through FY15 is shown in the following figure.
The FYE enrollment for FY15 assumes a 5.5% decline for the year. This summer's FYE enrollment was down 10.1% from the previous summer. This fall's FYE enrollment is currently down over 7% when compared to final fall enrollment numbers but only down 6% when compared to year-to-date numbers. As a result, assuming a drop of only 5.5% may actually underestimate the amount of decline.
With an FYE enrollment of 11,700 for FY15, SCSU will have lost 3,396 FYE since FY10, which represents a decline of 22.5%. Significant enrollment changes are hard to bring about quickly and the 'institutional inertia' will likely mean enrollments will continue down for the next few years. Last March, the Data Analytics Group projected enrollment for FY16 to be down 2.3% and FY17 to be down 1.3%. Given the significant underestimation of the enrollment declines the past two years, one can assume the declines will likely be double their estimates. Using declines of 4.6% for FY16 and 2.6% for FY17, SCSU will have an FYE enrollment in May 2017 of 10,872 FYE. If true, the enrollment decline from FY10 would be an astounding 28.0%.
While enrollment projections that far into the future may have only a little more reliability than the Farmer's Almanac and long-range hurricane predictions, it certainly is sobering and depressing to think that the enrollment is headed to numbers under 11,000 FYE, lows last seen in the early 1980's, which is almost 35 years.
Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2014 12:48 AM
Comment 1 by walter hanson at 14-Oct-14 06:45 PM
Gary:
I think what must be protecting Potter is that he is a democrat. I mean if a Republican had done this he will be asked to be talking to a House or Senate committee everyday. Maybe even the governor. Oh I forgot the only person in Minnesota who pays attention less than Potter is Governor Mark Dayton.
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
Response 1.1 by Gary Gross at 14-Oct-14 09:48 PM
Potter plays both sides so he's covered whoever wins. It isn't that Potter doesn't pay attention. It's that he makes crappy decisions, then insists that everything is going wonderful.
Comment 2 by Crimson Trace at 15-Oct-14 12:08 AM
A 5 year consecutive decline of 22.5% is anything but wonderful. That isn't consistent with other MnSCU universities or comparable universities. That isn't right sizing. It's a full blown crisis. An $8 to $10 million budget deficit isn't going to help, either.
Dayton's PolyMet doublespeak exposed
One of this morning's dramatic moments during a feisty debate between Jeff Johnson and Gov. Dayton came when Gov. Dayton accused Commissioner Johnson of pandering by saying he supported PolyMet:
In the first one-on-one debate of the campaign, Dayton labeled Johnson a "huckster" for promising mining permits on the Iron Range before environmental studies have been completed as a way to endear himself to a Democratic voting stronghold in northeastern Minnesota.
During this morning's gubernatorial debate in Duluth, Commissioner Johnson exposed Gov. Dayton's PolyMet doublespeak. Commissioner Johnson said his support for PolyMet was built on PolyMet being important for creating jobs on the Iron Range. Responding to Commissioner Johnson, Gov. Dayton said that it was irresponsible to hijack the environmental review.
That gave Commissioner Johnson he'd been waiting for. First, he cited the 9-year process as being too long and too expensive. Then he said that he didn't want environmental activists "from the Twin Cities" killing the project.
Gov. Dayton's response was classic DFL doublespeak. Gov. Dayton agreed that 9 years was too long for the review process. Then he said it would be wrong to hijack the process when the review was in its final stages. What's stunning is that Gov. Dayton didn't notice that he didn't complain that the process took too much time while he was governor.
The reason why it's noteworthy is because Gov. Dayton is only 'getting religion' now that he's up for re-election.
Commissioner Johnson repeatedly attacked Gov. Dayton as being beholden to the DFL's special interests. He specifically said that environmental activists "from the Twin Cities" were preventing Gov. Dayton from advocating for the PolyMet mining project because "they don't want mining."
Later, Commissioner Johnson accused Gov. Dayton's appointees to the Public Utilities Commission of killing the Sandpiper Pipeline project. When Dayton said that he didn't interfere with the Commission's business, Commissioner Johnson replied, saying that he presumed that the commissioners he appointed shared Gov. Dayton's views on the environment.
Then Commissioner Johnson accused Gov. Dayton of "hiding behind the process" instead of being a leader. After Commissioner Johnson accused Gov. Dayton of hiding behind the process, Gov. Dayton defended letting the process play out. Let's remember that Gov. Dayton said that the process had taken too long and that he didn't speak out about the process within his administration.
There's something else that hasn't gotten enough scrutiny. That's the fact that Gov. Dayton hasn't talked about whether the review process gives environmental activist organizations too much of an opportunity to drag the process out unnecessarily. The truth is that the process is intentionally convoluted to create the delays we've seen with PolyMet and Sandpiper.
This isn't a fair process. It's weighted to favor environmental activists' wishes. The process isn't streamlined so environmental issues are addressed and investors' issues are addressed. If the DFL won't untip the scales, then it's fair to highlight the fact that the DFL is a subsidiary of the environmental activist left.
Posted Tuesday, October 14, 2014 4:19 PM
Comment 1 by Terry Stone at 14-Oct-14 05:00 PM
Governor Dayton hijacked the permitting process when he packed his departments' leadership with environmental activists.
Comment 2 by walter hanson at 14-Oct-14 06:41 PM
Terry or Gary:
What happened during the five years that Tim P was governor? Was it a Tim P guy holding it up or were the environmental people in court?
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
Comment 3 by Jimmy H at 14-Oct-14 07:07 PM
Exactly. Jeff Johnson was in the legislature when this whole process started. Where was his leadership on streamlining the process from the outset? The republicans controlled the House and the Governor's office. Seems to me the blame rests more at the feet of those in charge when the process started than those who inherited the mess from their republican counterparts.
Response 3.1 by Gary Gross at 14-Oct-14 09:46 PM
Why would anyone think that the process is corrupted less than a year into the process? That's where we were when Jeff Johnson was last in the legislature. When Gov. Dayton took over, we were 5 years into the process. That's a crisis unless you don't want the mine to be built. Gov. Dayton's first pick to run the MPCA was Paul Aasen, then the head of the MCEA, an environmental organization dedicated to stopping all project unless they're sufficiently green.
Simply put, Gov. Dayton doesn't like mining. He just can't admit that right before this election.
SCTimes should read LFR
After reading this Our View editorial , it's clear that the St. Cloud Times doesn't understand what the transcript scandal at St. Cloud State is about.
That probe, begun almost 18 months ago, had centered on whether the university failed to return federal financial aid money it was required to return if the students whose grades were changed became ineligible to keep that financial aid.
That isn't how the scandal started. That came months later. By the time the US Department of Education showed up on the SCSU campus, along with the FBI, members of the FA had started questioning the Potter administration about why students' participation in classes were disappearing from SCSU's official transcript system. By the time the FBI and the DoE visited SCSU, the Potter administration had told the Faculty Association that they didn't view the transcript scandal as an investigation. The Potter administration said that they thought of it as data analysis :
FA: I have a clarifying question. I heard you say this is a preliminary investigation at looking so once you do your preliminary then am I hearing you say then you will decide what your next step is going to be in terms of your going after other data collection for the past four years before this?
Admin: Sure so then we have as to what kind of data is relevant and we go there and we can collect the information so that it makes sense for you. The other thing is I won't call it an investigation I would call analysis. So it's a data analysis to understand if there is a spike and then understand whether it is due to factors outside our control or if it is factors of the band of discretion becoming wider.
It's clear that the Potter administration, including Devinder Malhotra, then SCSU's Provost, and Adam Hammer, President Potter's spokesman, spun the situation :
In addressing this concern at a meet and confirm meeting conducted amongst university professors and administration, Hammer said the cause for concern primarily dealt with late drops and withdrawals.
Recently, questions about student registration and transcript changes, specifically late withdrawals and drops, at St. Cloud State University have been reported in a few media outlets. -- Devinder Malhotra
Here's what Tamara Leenay said about the scandal:
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Last spring, Tamara Leenay, a chemistry professor at St. Cloud State University, was reviewing grades when she came across the transcript of a student who failed an organic chemistry class she taught a couple of years earlier.
'I noticed the course was not even on his transcript,' Leenay said. 'There was no 'F.' There was no course number: It was completely gone. And I have [a] record that he was in my class and that I gave him a grade: and I was never notified of any of these changes.'
The St. Cloud Times either doesn't know about this video or they simply chose to not report on it:
In the video, Dr. Tracey Ore explained how easy it is to scrub grades from students' transcripts:
PROFESSOR: How long, um, how, Tracy, how long will it be ah, I guess she got the grades off of there. Is that, is that a semester-long process or is that a short process?
DR. ORE: It can happen in a day.
PROFESSOR: Oh, ok.
DR. ORE: When I did it last year, Sue wanted to meet with me and say here's my documentation and it might have to check with disability student services, check with the math department, check with whoever else. Considering all this, yeah...
I wrote that in late January, 2014. The St. Cloud Times has never reported on this tape. I know they have it because professors who met with them told them about it.
Contrary to the St. Cloud Times' Editorial Board's editorial, this isn't about the Faculty Association making additional suggestions. It's about the Potter administration's admitting that people within the administration, starting with Dr. Tracy Ore, started altering students' transcripts without justification. It's about the Potter administration conducting a thorough investigation into what really happened. That thorough investigation must start with interviewing Dr. Tamara Leenay, Dr. Phyllis VanBuren and other professors whose students had their transcripts altered to remove failing grades after they'd completed their classes.
Finally, it's time the St. Cloud Times stopped accepting everything President Potter, Bernie Omann and Adam Hammer said as gospel fact. It's time they started questioning their statements because their statements are questionable, if not laughable.
Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:52 AM
No comments.
Incoherent Dayton criticizes Perpich
The least competent DFL governor of my lifetime criticized the most successful DFL governor of my lifetime during Tuesday's debate in Duluth. Here's what Gov. Dayton, the least competent DFL governor of my lifetime said:
'I've seen the hucksters go up there and promise chopstick factories.'
There's only one person that fits Gov. Dayton's description:
Jul. 19, 1989 11:06 AM ET
HIBBING, MINN. HIBBING, Minn. (AP) _ Lakewood Industries, a Hibbing chopsticks factory that Gov. Rudy Perpich had called a major step in efforts to revitalize northern Minnesota's Iron Range, has closed.
Lakewood Forest Products, the plant's parent firm in Canada, said Tuesday that it closed the factory because of a financial restructuring. The company said in a press release that it had been talking with a potential overseas investor, but that discussions broke off Tuesday.
Discussions with other potential investors are continuing, but management "has determined that in light of the company's working capital position it is necessary to close the plant until adequate financing sources have been identified and a financial restructuring plan implemented," the release said.
In case that date doesn't remind you of something, this paragraph will:
On its first anniversary, the Hibbing plant was criticized by Independent-Republican leaders as a government-backed boondoggle conceived for Perpich's hometown. Perpich was unavailable for comment on the closing.
Here's Gov. Dayton's full criticism of Gov. Perpich:
'Irresponsible...you're just doing it for political advantage,' he said. 'I've been working on behalf of northeastern Minnesota for 37 years and I've seen the hucksters go up there and promise chopstick factories...and all those other things because they are dangling out the prospects of jobs. Well we're going to do this one responsibly.'
I'd love hearing Gov. Dayton explain how preventing PolyMet from being built is irresponsible but funding DFL GOTV call centers is responsible:
EVELETH, Minn. - Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (IRRRB) Commissioner Tony Sertich today announced that New Partners Consultants, Inc. will operate a call center for its customers at Progress Park in Eveleth. The company is finalizing plans to lease the space that formerly housed Meyer Associates, Inc. New Partners will utilize some equipment from the Meyer operation, which is currently under IRRRB's ownership. Staffing will begin as soon as all agreements are in place, possibly as early as next week.
'We are pleased to have played a role in facilitating the reopening of the center,' said Sertich. 'This project will result in new job opportunities, particularly for those displaced by the Meyer closing.'
The man running the IRRRB is Tony Sertich, who was appointed by Gov. Dayton. If anything fits the definition of hucksterism, that fits. By the way, here's the definition of huckster:
someone who sells or advertises something in an aggressive, dishonest, or annoying way
It's disgusting that Gov. Dayton accused Commissioner Johnson of hucksterism while Gov. Dayton is engaging in hucksterism. Commissioner Johnson is simply fighting for PolyMet and for the streamlining of a process that's corrupted by rich special interests. By comparison, Gov. Dayton is fine with maintaining the corrupt status quo.
Why shouldn't Gov. Dayton? The activists corrupting the environmental review are Gov. Dayton's and the DFL's biggest supporters. Putting the puzzle together, it's obvious that Gov. Dayton and the DFL don't want a straightforward, streamlined review process. If it was streamlined, the environmental activists wouldn't have the multiple opportunities to kill important projects that they hate. Right now, PolyMet and Sandpiper top their list of projects to kill.
Gov. Dayton and the DFL don't share Minnesota's priorities. They've proven that by calling people names without explaining why they're fighting for the corrupt status quo. Yesterday, Gov. Dayton got out of control, criticizing his first boss for being a huckster. I'm not even sure he realizes what he did.
Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2014 8:23 AM
Comment 1 by Chad Q at 15-Oct-14 11:32 AM
It's no wonder the Iron Range has had a depressed economy if Gov. Goofy has been the one working on their behalf for 37 years. All of those years (except 2 under Crvaavck) have been under strict DFL control and the people wonder why things don't change or get better. I feel for those struggling to make a living but they get what they deserve when they vote DFL.
Comment 2 by walter hanson at 15-Oct-14 12:22 PM
Gary:
Lets see Rudy P was trying to create real jobs. Johnson is trying to create real jobs. Dayton apparently doesn't want to create real jobs. I guess it's easy to see who deserves criticism here!
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
Comment 3 by Gary Gross at 15-Oct-14 01:43 PM
Walter, there's no question who's made life worst for Rangers.
DFL disenfranchansing military voters
Under DFL domination, the percentage of active military personnel serving overseas has dropped from 15% to a pathetic 5%. Despite the DFL's claims that their policies increase voter turnout, America's patriots don't seem to benefit from the DFL's policies.
Less than 3 weeks from now, Minnesotans have the opportunity to rectify that by electing Dan Severson. Severson has a plan to make it easier for military personnel serving overseas to vote:
Dan Severson says delays in mailing ballots and lack of awareness has brought military voter participation to as low as 5%. Severson proposes creating a secure online voting network for soldiers. A similar system has been used in Arizona.
Steve Simon, Severson's opponent for Secretary of State, has a less efficient plan:
Simon says military members benefit from the new, no-excuse absentee voting law he shepherded through the Legislature last session. He says Severson's online voting proposal is worth exploring.
Simon isn't accurate. No-excuse voting isn't that big of a benefit because it still takes tons of time to get ballots from war zones back to Minnesota. The online system that Severson is proposing eliminates the mailing of ballots. Ballots wouldn't have to be mailed to our service personnel. Our service personnel wouldn't have to worry that the military's post office would get the ballots back before the deadline, either.
Fill out the ballot. Hit enter.
That's about as simple a procedure as you'll find.
Steve Simon didn't insist on making voting easier for our military, which indicates it isn't a priority for him. That's unacceptable. Severson's commitment to service personnel guarantees that military turnout would be taken seriously. Our heroes deserve nothing less.
As long as we don't hire the people who designed MNsure or HealthCare.gov, we should be fine.
Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2014 1:22 PM
Comment 1 by walter hanson at 15-Oct-14 03:22 PM
Gary:
Lets not forget we had our primary date moved from September to August in part because it gave more time for absteen voters like the military to be able to get their absteen ballots and vote on time. I guess it's not working.
One thing to keep in mind Florida has a special process for members of the military where the ballots as long as they are post marked before election can still be counted a couple of weeks later. These were the ballots Al Gore in 2000 tried to get thrown out as he was trying to steal Florida and the election.
Walter Hanson
Minneapolis, MN
Comment 2 by Gary Gross at 15-Oct-14 03:43 PM
Walter gets the 'Great Memory Award' for remembering the Gore tactic of 2000. I was thinking about that the entire time I was writing this post.
Build the pipelines
This editorial , from the Mesabi Daily News Editorial Board, insists on getting the Sandpiper Pipeline project built:
Symbolic meetings by elected officials being held on the rail delays that are severely affecting transportation of products and goods to market, including iron ore pellet deliveries from the Range to the Duluth-Superior Port, are feel-good nice and make for good photo opportunities.
Yes, it's good to push for improvement of the U.S. rail system, even though the politicians are coming late to the issue, not dealing with it until it has reached a crisis level.
But what is really needed is a bipartisan meeting of all Minnesota office-holders along with business and labor leaders to endorse more urgency in getting oil pipelines up and running. Pipelines are the proven safest and most expedient way to get the liquid gold of our domestic self-sufficiency boom from the oil fields to refineries. And, pipelines also mean jobs.
Yet, it's delay and delay and delay and a lot of political posturing when it comes to allowing and constructing pipelines. Meanwhile, some politicians put out news release after news release on the all sides of the issue, except, of course, advocating for getting pipelines built and operational.
Whether it's the XL Keystone pipeline that would go from Canada's western slope to Gulf states or the $2.6 billion Sandpiper pipeline through northern Minnesota to carry North Dakota oil to a terminal in Superior, Wis., that feeds refineries across the Midwest, both are hung up in unnecessary regulatory delay.
Enough of the political rhetoric. Let's get at the core of the issue.
Enough's enough is right. Environmental activists are doing everything to prevent the Sandpiper Pipeline and the Keystone XL Pipeline projects from getting built. It's time they grew up. It's time for DFL politicians in Minnesota and Democrats nationwide to reject the consequences of these extremists' policies.
Their goal isn't to put in place technologies that make fossil fuels safe. These environmental activists want to eliminate the use of fossil fuels :
Sierra Club Programs
Priority Campaigns
Beyond Coal
Beyond Oil
Beyond Natural Gas
Our Wild America
The DFL agrees with the Sierra Club the vast majority of the time. Gov. Dayton's appointees to the Public Utilities Commission, aka the PUC, apparently agree with the Sierra Club. They took the unprecedented step of proposing a different route for the Sandpiper Pipeline. That step means a delay of years, not months.
That's time farmers and miners don't have. Farmers already have difficulty getting their crops to market. Miner have difficulty getting iron ore pellets shipped to the ports of Duluth-Superior.
Here's how serious the Sierra Club is about ending mining, fracking and drilling:
It's time for Minnesotans to reject the environmental extremists' agenda. Their agenda is about stopping the fracking revolution that's lowering gas prices and increasing the supply of natural gas, which lowers Minnesotans' heating bills.
If the DFL wants to stand with the Sierra Club, let them explain to Minnesotans why it's better to pay high prices to heat their homes while not creating good paying jobs on the Iron Range.
Posted Wednesday, October 15, 2014 10:50 PM
No comments.
