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jody rooney

withrow, MN
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2 years 9 weeks

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Posted on 05/13/13 at 10:55 am in response to Minnesota budget deal offers no hint of Vikes stadium solution

an uneducated populace?

I have always thought that "paying for other people's children" to go to school was one of the strangest complaints I have ever heard. If you really want to see how that works for you move to one of the southern states that's answer to segregation was to make school optional. It's not the heat it's the stupidity.

It is in societies best interest as a whole that children are educated (how well we are achieving that can be debated) they then can...

Posted on 05/10/13 at 10:50 am in response to Gay-marriage advocates hold off celebration plans till Minnesota law is signed

Although my Neanderthal legislators probably won't surprise me.

Posted on 05/10/13 at 10:45 am in response to What the author of ‘Nickel and Dimed’ thinks about Minnesota’s minimum wage

He said there were the "deserving poor" and the "undeserving poor."

As Ms. Ehrenreich points out a lot of the poor fall into the undeserving poor. But a lot of the stereotypes bandied about are classifying them as deserving poor.

Raising the minimum wage will help but no one is going to be living large on minimum wage.

Posted on 05/08/13 at 09:17 am in response to Kline becomes top booster for GOP labor bill

is that unless there has been a change in the Fair Labors Standards act only exempt Federal Employees have the option of compensation time of over time.

I may not be remembering this correctly but I seem to recall a lot of informal juggling when I supervised exempt and non exempt employees.

Posted on 05/08/13 at 09:12 am in response to Metro-area ice-out 42 days later than 2012

Perhaps it must be "universally assumed, as far as I know" to contain some sort of hallucinogenic.

I would think that he might want to refresh his perspective. Of course it is an apples to puppies comparison to start with.

Posted on 05/07/13 at 09:47 am in response to 21 Senate Republicans vote for new taxes

Mom and pop could be using a computer to print postage so there can be a pretty simple addition to also calculate the tax.

My guess is Ebay figures it out first.

Posted on 05/06/13 at 12:25 pm in response to Do Minnesota issue ads have much impact?

with local knowledge of the Minnesota flair for the understated and which ones aren't.

The "The want you to pay more" add was so over the top for hysteria and drama we started laughed.

Adds with non midwest regional accents also sound a bit off.

I guess that would be my suggestion to anyone looking at the ads if they were produced by someone "not from around here" my guess is they don't fly.

Posted on 05/06/13 at 12:37 pm in response to The next multimillion-dollar subsidy: the Mall of America

aren't we killing those with the minimum wage hike?

These aren't really investments in higher quality jobs.

Posted on 05/03/13 at 11:37 am in response to Nonprofits nervous about proposed Minnesota tax change on charitable contributions

journalists. He takes the care to explain policy implications on an easily understood although still eye glazing level.

Thank you for a very good article.

Posted on 05/03/13 at 11:44 am in response to Sharon Stiteler: Birdchick and birding author

She is a great resource and I have been a fan since then. My grandson who is 7 months loves watching the birds at the feeder. I thought it was a great way to get him interested in wild life as early as possible. Now if they only had bird Duplos.