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Charlie Quimby

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Posted on 03/16/12 at 01:32 pm in response to Michael Brodkorb raises the stakes for GOP

Not a bad analysis. A few tidbits jumped out at me.

"Believing that Mr. Brodkorb had leaked the document, which he had not," says the lawyer. Brodkorb's early career was built on leaks and leaking documents, so of course someone might suspect him. But he's also shrewd enough not to leave fingerprints.

He often crafted his more outrageous statements so the negative meaning fell to the receiver's interpretation. He didn't engage in dialog to build relations and improve policy;...

Posted on 03/17/12 at 09:02 am in response to Michael Brodkorb raises the stakes for GOP

You're quite right on this point. Bosses are not supposed to dally with subordinates because there is a potential coercive element to the relationship. Exchanging sexual favors (or being in love) with the boss gives the subordinate a presumed advantage others don't have.

As vice chair of the party, a feared hatchet man and member of the men's club, Brodkorb's power didn't come simply from his job or his salary.

His attorney may find examples where a subordinate female had a...

Posted on 03/09/12 at 05:25 pm in response to A 'Facebook for the neighborhood' expands in St. Paul

It's a good idea, but not particularly new.

I-neighbors.org dates back to at least 2005. I've tried to help 3 neighborhoods use it. Adoption is the biggest challenge, along with other tools that do the discrete elements better.

http://goodspeedupdate.com/2009/2628

Posted on 01/17/12 at 01:27 pm in response to Senate GOP choice of Steve Sviggum comes with strange twists

Bluestem Prairie covered the pension angle in more detail yesterday.

http://www.bluestemprairie.com/bluestemprairie/2012/01/reform-20-or-spar...

Posted on 01/13/12 at 12:39 pm in response to Examining how legislative leaders dealt with Steve Smith and Amy Koch

Unequal treatment? Perhaps, but the comments point out a lot of similarities in the timetables.

I also see a couple differences not noted here. Koch & her alleged paramour are married and put a major GOP ballot initiative under a cloud. More substantive were complaints of a hostile work environment in the Koch/Brodkorb office.

This Smith allegation doesn't appear to be on the same level.

Posted on 12/22/11 at 08:11 pm in response to GOP leaders take heat for misleading public on Koch affair

I have tried to think of a comment on Berg's "projection-addled" but find myself in a hall of mirrors.

Posted on 12/21/11 at 03:29 pm in response to Stadium politics played role in Koch and Brodkorb dismissal, insiders say

This piece [http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/polinaut/archive/2011/12/in_the_wake_of.shtml} posted yesterday said:

"When contacted by MPR News, Brodkorb said he is not commenting to reporters."

According to Brucato's story he was doing interviews with media members he figured he could manipulate.

Posted on 12/21/11 at 03:35 pm in response to Stadium politics played role in Koch and Brodkorb dismissal, insiders say

#4 "The Majority Leader is "collateral damage" to taking out a staffer. Give me a break."

This may not be how the part operates, but it sounds consistent with a certain staffer's view of the world.

Posted on 12/09/11 at 07:26 pm in response to Bullying gay and lesbian kids: How a school district became a suicide contagion area

According to Neal, my wife and I must be part of the "homosexual subculture" for participating in in the TC Pride festival along with lots of other straight people.

The fact that some SS officers were gay apparently means gays were not murdered alongside Jews.

And declaring oneself "moral" apparently means one can't be a bigot.

Thanks goodness my vote cancels his.

Posted on 11/09/11 at 05:25 pm in response to 'Washington Rules' and our path to permanent war

Dennis Tester's suggestions seem all right except for possibly eliminating the VA. I'd be shocked if putting vets into the private health care system saved any money at all, and the expertise of treating those with service-related health issues would be lost.

I spend 10 years plus with a major defense contractor and would agree that the global rules represented here have some truth. But unless the book talks about oil and its role in our international policies, I'm afraid it's missing...