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craig furguson

Minneapolis, MN
Commenter for
2 years 42 weeks

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Posted on 05/31/12 at 09:40 am in response to Scott Walker recall proponents focusing on Tuesday’s voter turnout

Is Wisconsin going to have a Wellstone moment? It could happen if the Dems can mobilize the voters.

Posted on 05/25/12 at 01:27 pm in response to Looking for a new way to pay for Minnesota’s roads

Bring back gravel, paved roads are overrated.

Posted on 05/24/12 at 01:47 pm in response to Agenda 21 and looming battles over urban development

I kind of like my cheap bus and bike ride to work. I also have a jeep, so I'm hardly a left leaning flower child. These folks should get a grip. We'd save a ton of money if we didn't have to keep adding to freeways that we can't afford to maintain with declining gas tax revenue.

Posted on 05/24/12 at 01:49 pm in response to FFA program brings farm animals to urban schools

The FFA actually meant Future Farmers of America and was not just simply an acronym? Ahh.. the good old days.

Posted on 05/16/12 at 04:47 pm in response to Social benefits of college education often get shortchanged in ‘cost discussion’

"Derek Thompson of The Atlantic ran the numbers and found that the median student debt load was $12,500. Further, 72 percent of college graduates owe $25,000 or less."

$25k seems reasonable (about the cost of a new car) if degree holders earn almost twice as much as non-degree holders. It starts getting dicey when someone holds loans equivalent to having a mortgage.

I'm a little suprised that there is not more difference between two and four year degrees. You'd seem to get...

Posted on 05/09/12 at 02:37 pm in response to How do businesses orient themselves? Exploring the Twin Cities' 'psychocommercial geography'

Just asking.

Posted on 05/09/12 at 02:36 pm in response to Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Switzerland)

My father in law also immigrated from Switzerland. Now to talk my wife into it....

Socialized medicine!

Posted on 05/09/12 at 11:38 am in response to Judicial independence: The new threat from within

I've been a bit disappointed lately by judges who try to drive policy on their own when in reality there are hundreds of judicial staff and other state and local policymakers. For example, Hennepin has 64 judges, but somehow Judge Zimmerman needed to make a statement about the safety of suburban courts by refusing to work in them. Judge Quam used the death of a jail supervisor to make a statement about persons awaiting civil commitment in the local jail. They are entitled to their opinions,...

Posted on 05/09/12 at 02:46 pm in response to Judicial independence: The new threat from within

I call it political when someone uses their position to influence the allocation of scarce public tax dollars to their favor using the media outside of the normal political process. The other 62 judges in the county were not doing that.

Posted on 05/08/12 at 01:30 pm in response to State GOP report reveals lack of accountability in party spending

You mean by the guy who was working for Sheriff Stanek in the Hennepin Sheriff's Office when he was booked and released from the Ramsey Jail for DWI in his underwear after refusing to put on his pants? And he was on the short list for a job with the GOP, no wonder they have problems.