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Neal Rovick

St Anthony, MN
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3 years 6 weeks

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Posted on 01/10/12 at 11:58 am in response to Minnesota's city aid discussion dominated by cuts, confusion, criticism

2 meetings since 2008? Really?

Nobody understands the formula? Really?

Go to: http://www.lmc.org/page/1/property-tax-state-funding-fiscal-issues.jsp

There is a pretty good set of documents related to LGA calculation, which comes down to a half-dozen or so calculable numbers.

It is far likelier that...

Posted on 01/09/12 at 01:15 pm in response to GOP's firing/unfiring of Susan Thornton shows 'growing pains' of handling legislative power

#2--you can look at the 2011 projects here:

http://www.lccmr.leg.mn/all_projects/2011_projects/2011_appropriations.pdf

No mystery, no secrecy there. Although it is true, there is a lot of that damnable science stuff.

The mystery is the "boots on the ground" proposal. Or should it be "pants on the...

Posted on 01/05/12 at 03:33 pm in response to Where were the Iowans?

A couple of comments:

From the Huffington Post:

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...entrance polling puts the number of independents who voted in the GOP caucuses at about 23% of the turnout or approximately 28,000 voters. Ron Paul polled 44% of that independent vote, as compared with Mitt Romney's 18% and Rick Santorum's 13%....

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Posted on 01/04/12 at 02:33 pm in response to Bachmann: 'I have decided to stand aside'

I suspect she will move into a field that transcends politics (ala' Palin).

After all, it's kind of demeaning to have to hold up your beliefs to a plebiscite.

Especially when you are rejected emphatically by those you courted the most assiduously.

Posted on 01/04/12 at 11:22 am in response to New Year's resolutions for Minnesota's economy

A hard, clear-eyed examination of the problems facing Minnesota (and the US) would address the inefficiencies of the health insurance system in America whereby we pay twice as much as the next industrialized nation and have worse outcomes; and, the outscale size of the military/defense expenditures to an extent far beyond the remainder of the world.

Both of these issues affect the international competitiveness of US business and workers--they are essentially non-tradeable goods that...

Posted on 01/03/12 at 08:46 am in response to Bachmann: 'This isn't over'

One wonders what a psychologist would make of the "Iowa-only"/"President of Iowa" campaign run by Bachmann who left the state as a child.

And, on the Wilf front, it is becoming clear that the biggest carrot for Wilf is the money to be made on the Arden Hills site that will not be available elsewhere in the country. That is a bargaining chip that a smart negotiator would pick up on.

Posted on 12/29/11 at 10:34 am in response to Choice of Senjem moves GOP Senate caucus one step toward middle

(#7) Bitter? Just a tiny bit bitter?

Inquiring minds want to know how authorizing a "racino" and rewarding a certain couple people at a particular company is any different than rewarding a tribe with a casino?

And how much money has been pushing the "racino" interests for years? It's not like they haven't been lobbying for years and I would guess Mr. Day is not working for free.
It's big money for anyone who twists the decision in their favor.

Perhaps it has...

Posted on 12/22/11 at 02:30 pm in response to Should the media report Brodkorb rumors in Koch scandal?

A 'profession' that is more resistant to the admission of wrong or fault than blogging is hard to imagine.

The unfavorable comments can be deleted. Comments can be blocked. Everything moves on once there is a new post. The topic changes. On-line memory is short.

I suspect that this is part of the silence.

Or, of course, it could have been someone else....

That's the other advantage of blogging under an anonymous identity about rumors and half-truths.

Posted on 12/22/11 at 11:43 am in response to Two key elections will try to move GOP in new direction

It is interesting the watch the gyrations of a political party that has become so enmeshed and enamored with the desires of the far right end of a "non-party" T Party that they lost sight of the fact these people do not really support the Republican Party. The Republican Party was just the most convenient and accommodating tool available.

Why really should people who don't believe in government financially support a party that wants to work in government? And, on the other end, the...

Posted on 12/23/11 at 09:47 am in response to Ramsey County seeks partners for depot project

The problem is that the station is a significant walk from the current centers of daily activity in St. Paul. Trying to create a new center of commercial activity away from the existing struggling one is courting doom for one or the other areas.

Long-term visions are great, the problem is that the bills of the tenants of the station will have to be met monthly. And the small boutique/artisanal tenants mentioned above won't have the reserves to wait out even 6-12 months of new shop...