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Rosalind Kohls

Glencoe, MN
Commenter for
2 years 35 weeks

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Posted on 04/05/13 at 01:37 pm in response to Outside groups doing more and more of GOP's work

I've always suspected the original plan for the alternative teacher licensing program was to get minorities who weren't qualified to teach on school district payrolls. When the concept shifted to include training, and licensing for teachers from other states or professionals who wanted to switch careers, the original advocates of the program lost interest.

Posted on 04/06/13 at 08:23 pm in response to Outside groups doing more and more of GOP's work

I'll bet if the legislature approves all-day kindergarten and additional pre-school education there will be a push to waive the standards for the alternative teacher licensing program. We will be told that little children can't learn unless their teachers are the same race and ethnicity that they are.There won't be enough licensed teachers available, so school districts will need to rush to find alternative teachers. to take their places.

Posted on 04/01/13 at 03:09 pm in response to Tension bubbling between Dayton and business leaders

All of the money donated to the Decker fund should go to his kids, no adults. Whoever has custody of the kids should control the fund. It's too bad that lawyers will siphon money from the fund while adults haggle over who controls it. The kids will end up with a pittance.

Posted on 03/26/13 at 01:57 pm in response to Gov. Dayton 'not aware of particulars' of e-pulltab estimates

Tony Robinson must have had large quantities of unsupervised time to put together a scheme involving hundreds of bogus tax returns. Supervision at the Stillwater State Prison must be very lax. It's time the bigwheels at the prison investigate their staff.

Posted on 03/22/13 at 01:23 pm in response to More deaths than births in one-third of Minnesota's counties

Who is saying the $20-$30 billion tax on medical devices MUST be replaced with other revenue? President Obama? Congress should remove the tax, and cut spending in Obamacare by the same amount. Better yet, Congress should throw out the monstrosity of Obamacare entirely and replace it with sensible, cost effective reform.

Posted on 03/19/13 at 04:34 pm in response to Jesus 'enters' legislators' gun control debate

Notice that Luke 27 does not say, "If a man chooses to rape your wife, let him; whoever attacks your children, allow him; whoever strangles your elderly parents, do nothing to stop him," Jesus was not saying that Christians are not supposed to defend themselves or their families, or not protect their vulnerable neighbors from attack. He is asking Christians to not over-react to a slap in the face.

Posted on 03/20/13 at 01:47 pm in response to Jesus 'enters' legislators' gun control debate

Uh, Joel. Jesus was a carpenter-turned-rabbi. He was not a fisherman. However, several of his disciples were fisherman.

Posted on 03/19/13 at 02:30 pm in response to Health insurance exchange bill is on Dayton's desk

This is NOT a clear definition. "creating or exacerbating a power imbalance between students." If I were a teacher, principal or school board member, I would have no idea what kind of bullying this refers to.

Posted on 03/10/13 at 01:37 pm in response to So, what will actually work to reduce gun violence?

Take the man from Watertown/Delano, for example, who had killed his mother. If he had killed his mother, why was he out of jail or a mental institution, and free in the community to stockpile 15 guns? We can reduce gun violence by enforcing laws we already have.

Posted on 03/08/13 at 03:43 pm in response to Political boomerang: GOP’s defeated amendment put same-sex marriage on fast track

It might not be just the business owners who suffer from discrimination lawsuits for following their consiciences, but also people who exercise their rights to free speech or free thought. Someone who says publicly that marriage is limited to one man and one woman might be labeled a bigot and punished just for speaking. Belonging to a religious group that advocates only heterosexual marriage, even if the individual said or did nothing negative to or about gay married couples, might be enough...