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Jim Camery

River Falls, WI
Commenter for
5 years 6 weeks

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Posted on 09/01/11 at 11:01 am in response to Highway funding system is running out of gas

There isn't any chance of instituting a milage tax, and probably wasn't in the more progressive 90's, either. The only alternative is an indexed gas tax or just general revenues. The indexed fuel tax at least ties the behavior to the funding.

Posted on 08/17/11 at 03:24 pm in response to Sasquatch in Stillwater?

Mrs. Bachmann also skipped over the point that gas was $3.89 on June 30, 2008, six months before Obama was sworn in.

Posted on 08/16/11 at 10:03 am in response to Insurance company may deny 11-year-old $50K hockey prize

I'm rich and liberal?

Posted on 08/09/11 at 01:43 pm in response to Pawlenty on Obama: "A manure spreader in a windstorm"

The lifetime lawyer/politician is suddenly homespun.

Posted on 07/21/11 at 03:44 pm in response to District faces suit, investigation over alleged gay harassment

I support Espinoza's cause but certainly not his tactics. Grandstanding like that doesn't do anything to advance his cause.

Posted on 07/13/11 at 04:47 pm in response to Crisis time! Minnesota's bars are running out of beer!

The Repubs will start compromising the moment korn likker and chawin tobaccy disappears off the shelves.

Posted on 07/12/11 at 01:47 pm in response to New chapter in Wisconsin political saga begins today with primary recall elections

@#5, WI has two levels; recall, which means we had to get 15,700 signatures (which is 25% of the votes cast in Harsdorf's district in the last gov race) in 60 days; and impeachment, which is a judicial action. Its sort of a malfeasance vs criminal distinction.

We got to 22,300 sigs in about 5 weeks.

Jim Camery; Chair, Pierce Dems

Posted on 05/24/11 at 12:57 pm in response to Minnesota's government is like a dysfunctional family

I have to ask, Mr. Halverson, how in the world do you calculate spending going up 22% every year? Including federal money administered by the state like food stamps? Cherry-picking selected programs?

Posted on 05/20/11 at 10:46 am in response to Key anti-gay marriage legislators are divorced

Regarding the median real estate values being skewed by a few very large sales, no it wouldn't be, and that's why the results are reported using medians instead of averages.

Posted on 04/11/11 at 12:26 pm in response to Vikings stadium bill: the good, the bad, the ugly -- a close look at its details

Don't see how the lottery thing can fly. Adding a new game probably just shifts purchasing around from game to game instead of adding to the total purchase. It won't be new money.

And its got constitutional issues: Article XI, Sect 14 of Constitution says "Not less than 40 percent of the net proceeds from any state-operated lottery must be credited to the fund until the year 2025".

So 40% of lottery is off limits, and dedicating a chunk of the remainder is the same as cutting...