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David DeCoux

Saint Paul, MN
Commenter for
3 years 42 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 03/17/10 at 09:06 am in response to Anti-deficit crusader David Walker warns of ripple effect on states from nation's growing debt

You know that if someone at this level is pissing off both the GOP and the DFL they are speaking the truth.

Posted on 03/02/10 at 04:02 pm in response to City Pages story costs Minneapolis City Council president $200 fine

So what is the lesson?

Spend freely and if you're caught it won't be that bad? Because the last time I checked $200 is a pretty good deal for $1,449.54 worth of services.

Posted on 01/28/10 at 10:23 am in response to Longtime Mpls.St.Paul editor Brian Anderson enters hospice care

So sorry to hear about this, we get MSPMAG at home and Brian has long been one of our favorites.

Brian, our prayers are with you.

Posted on 01/15/10 at 01:23 pm in response to Continued Minneapolis schoolteachers contract impasse would mean $800,000 fine

An 800,000 fine? Isn't that just about the amount of money the state needs to borrow from the schools?

Hmmmm.

Posted on 01/08/10 at 10:21 am in response to Is the Star Tribune crazy to ask governor candidates about their mental health?

I'm in the same boat as Jason. I have a hard time sorting the differences between physical and mental health as they apply to serving in public office, both can be a factor in how a candidate can perform their duties and I think there's an arguement that mental health can affect the ability to perform duties more than something like a heart defect.

On the other hand, my wife thinks both mental and physical health questions are unethical to ask and should be ignored by a candidate....

Posted on 12/21/09 at 02:17 pm in response to Startribune.com: One billion page views served

One billion pages served says a lot about their webservers.

As for the content the community bloggers have been good and people will read news, no matter how good or bad.

That said, I often leave a browser open (sometimes on a home machine for days) and I wonder how many times it refreshes over the course of a day?

Posted on 12/09/09 at 02:25 pm in response to My conversation with Michele Bachmann: 'I'm a lovable little fuzz ball!'

Shouldn't that picture have a caption? "Laugh it up fuzz ball"

Posted on 12/02/09 at 10:28 am in response to Obama's Afghan speech: Unconvincing

I didn't watch the speech and it wouldn't matter to me if he were convincing or not. I disagree with the entire premise and I see pushing off troop withdrawl for another 18 months as political opportunism.

Just think, start sending troops home around and in the the last year of a presidency. Hmmmm.

What could that accomplish?

So yeah, I don't think any real solutions are being offered and I believe Obama is playing with American lives for political gain.

Still,...

Posted on 11/19/09 at 10:53 am in response to Civilian panel reviews police complaints, but gets little response

"Lubinski says she has nothing but respect for the people who serve on the board, but wonders if the CRA model isn't outdated"

I'm pretty sure that the outdated model is police being above the law.

Posted on 11/13/09 at 10:36 am in response to Why some people will say no to the H1N1 vaccine

"why is it that H1N1 feels so much more virulent"

One word, media.