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Kurt Anderson

Minneapolis, MN
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5 years 24 weeks

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Posted on 05/15/13 at 04:08 pm in response to Obama’s three scandals: a closer look

There have been only three times on our country's history in which a) the Republicans have controlled the House of Representatives; b) for two consecutive Congresses; c) in opposition to the President. The first two, 1865-69 and 1995-99, resulted in presidential impeachments in the third of the four years. As to the current instance, stay tuned. Will the Republican Party ever accept the idea of a "loyal opposition?"

Posted on 05/15/13 at 11:59 am in response to Senate's 17-hour day-care union debate shows importance of the 'L' in DFL

He was carried thru the primaries and the general election squeaker by AFSCME and this is pure political payback. There is no principled reason for using a collective bargaining model for independent day care providers but the bosses know where the money is. Stay tuned, and see how the DFL pays off its clients at the expense of the less powerful.

Posted on 05/16/13 at 09:44 am in response to Senate's 17-hour day-care union debate shows importance of the 'L' in DFL

Don't confuse the loss of union jobs in the private sector, which is tragic, with the growth of unions in the public sector, at the expense of taxpayers. Decades ago I listened to a college professor and self-styled Marxist struggle with the fact that labor unions only succeeded in successful industries. Now, the observation seems to be commonplace. Unions are like businesses, they go where the money is.

Posted on 05/16/13 at 09:41 am in response to Senate's 17-hour day-care union debate shows importance of the 'L' in DFL

You enjoy living in your comfortable blue house, generally minding your own (home-based) business. But for years there has been a powerful, well-funded neighborhood association that thinks it has a perfect, yellow-house solution for the area. It helps some candidates buck their own party endorsement process and get narrowly elected. Then those officeholders pass a law designating your twelve-block area as a neighborhood improvement district. You are allowed to vote on whether the...

Posted on 05/16/13 at 09:42 am in response to Senate's 17-hour day-care union debate shows importance of the 'L' in DFL

the middleman is collecting a huge political IOU.

Posted on 04/04/13 at 11:32 am in response to Civil unions: It looks like an uphill fight for compromise idea

I said it before and I will say it again -- count the votes! The Dems alone will not add gay marriage to Chapter 517 (our marriage statutes) and there are 29 Republicans elected from districts that voted "No" last fall. Which ones are going to take a cue from their districts' votes and support gay marriage?

Posted on 03/13/13 at 10:24 am in response to Marriage bill advances after emotional day of hearings

It will take at least 13 Republicans in the House and 7 in the Senate to pass this bill. Does anyone know who they are? The "missing" Democrats were elected from districts that also voted yes on the amendment.

Posted on 03/12/13 at 12:15 pm in response to Political boomerang: GOP’s defeated amendment put same-sex marriage on fast track

The bill will need at least 13 Republican votes in the House and 7 in the Senate. Who are they?

Posted on 02/19/13 at 04:06 pm in response to Minnesota gay-marriage opponents weighing new 'counter' strategy

If each legislator were to treat the 2012 amendment vote as an advisory referendum on gay marriage (ignoring abstentions) the legislature would vote like this:

HOUSE SENATE

Democrats 73 38
For GM 55 28
Against GM 18 10

Republicans 61 29
For GM 21 9
Against GM 40...

Posted on 12/18/12 at 04:55 pm in response to 9 worst urban planning moves in Twin Cities history

Hello design world -- the skyways are an Adaptation. Ask trilobites what they think about opposable thumbs. I make multiple skyway trips every working day (three so far today and counting) and I am happy to leave my coat in the office. If a further adaptation is needed, find it and implement it (my suggestion - a free skyway point-to-point navigation app for smartphones a la Google Maps -- I wish I were smart enough to write it myself).

PS -- I read this article with some...