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Robert Gauthier

Saint Paul , Minnesota
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1 year 11 weeks

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Posted on 05/17/13 at 09:19 pm in response to DFL tax deal will test economic and political strategies

Tobacco settlement money was used by Republicans to balance budget with those bonds, remember?

Posted on 05/14/13 at 09:31 pm in response to Dayton signs marriage-equality law on Capitol steps

For Minnesota. No more legal discrimination. Good for our business climate, good for business (am guessing those previously mentioned florists are happy for he new business), good for our children and bad for no one. And those apocalyptic claims of the end of society? Am guessing thy will disappear along with other claims historically used to oppress. History is full of said claims, no one remembers those who made them. They do remember the brave people who fought hatred and...

Posted on 05/13/13 at 09:01 am in response to Minnesota budget deal offers no hint of Vikes stadium solution

Are running out of tricks to halt the state recovery economically. It is financial lunacy to not bond when interest rates are so low, it will never be cheaper to build, but that is their real issue. They want tax breaks for the wealthy and to dump their debts from the Pawlenty era on the backs of the poor and middle class. And their concern for mothers? Please, don't insult our intelligence. You hate poor mothers and feel middle class mothers should be at home.

Posted on 05/07/13 at 11:25 pm in response to 'Inevitable' appears to be GOP attitude to gay-marriage approval

How religious conservatives always seem to use their own unique interpretations of scripture to define their arguments. This debate is over, get over it. the public declared their sentiment on this last election, so lets do what the right has been demanding, listen to the will of the voters.

Then lets spend our time on what we should have been done the previous two years, jobs and fixing the budget messes left by Pawlenty and Sviggum. The public spoke on that also. So act on it!...

Posted on 04/23/13 at 08:04 am in response to Catholic Church ramps up opposition to Minnesota anti-bullying bill

Do these guys still have tax exempt status? More bullying of legislators?

Posted on 04/11/13 at 08:10 am in response to Dead: Sanford takeover of Fairview

Looks like the U and Swanson overplayed their hand. Bottom line is status quo for U which is not sustainable.

Posted on 04/11/13 at 10:01 am in response to Dead: Sanford takeover of Fairview

The issue has never been about Fairview, it is the Medical School and what Fairview did to it. Fairview is a community hospital chain, nothing more or less. Does Mayo let someone else manage their hospital? No. Why? Money. No money, no mission. Same deal at U.
Mayo is a great place to be treated, but the U has been the place where great ideas become companies. That is not part of Mayo's DNA, never has been. And everyone wants to give Mayo 500M to create 45K jobs, but wash their...

Posted on 04/11/13 at 12:11 pm in response to Dead: Sanford takeover of Fairview

The answer is for the Medical School, UMP and faculty to make their case directly to the public. Quit waiting for someone to give a solution and force one. Clearly there is community support and concern. The time is now to move, not to proselytize on a message board.

Posted on 04/09/13 at 09:01 pm in response to Mayo Clinic CEO: Expansion funding 'the right thing for Minnesota'

500 M for 45K jobs is an investment of 11,111 per eventual job. Given hat most of these jobs are reasonable salaries, likely a good deal. However, this will not create much wealth outside of nice middle class jobs. Kind of like a good factory job.

How about a long term commitment to he U as well, say 200 M next session for research facility and technology upgrades for the Medical School?. The U creates more weath than Mayo does, as is inventions tend to be new company based. Both...

Posted on 04/09/13 at 11:10 am in response to As Rotenberg leaves U, left behind is petition on Markingson case

Mr. Rotenberg was central to the Najarian case, the sale of the hospital to Fairview, the NIH fraud investigation among other debacles. He seems to get around.