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Rosalind Kohls

Glencoe, MN
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Posted on 11/14/12 at 03:19 pm in response to MCAD's Art Cellar and the ephemeral art of hand-made signage

The signs described in this story are very clever and humorous. However, My graphic designer daughter and I also have a lot of fun spotting really, really bad handmade signs. We've made it into a competition. The worst sign I ever saw was advertising a garage sale. It was on a piece of white 8 1/2-inch by 11-inch typing paper and placed along the curb of the house where the garage sale was. The lettering was done with a black Sharpie, in cursive, about 1/2- inch in size. The sign included...

Posted on 11/13/12 at 02:42 pm in response to Job growth: How is the Twin Cities doing?

Minnesotans aren't doing anything wrong when it comes to job creation. In fact, we should be glad we are able to get as many jobs as we have. The problem is that it's cold here, and everyone knows it. Entrepreneurs and job creators are looking at warmer climates.

Posted on 11/12/12 at 03:59 pm in response to The self-blinding brilliance of Jason Lewis

I agreed with Lewis that the Arne Carlson/Gov. Dayton commercial was misleading. First, the duo complained that showing photo ID when voting would be expensive. Most voters, including minorities and young people, would show drivers licenses they already have. How could that be expensive? Second, photo ID opponents seemed to have changed their schtick. In the beginning they complained that photo ID would suppress minority votes. Later, as shown in the Carlson/Dayton commercial, they acted as...

Posted on 11/12/12 at 04:06 pm in response to The self-blinding brilliance of Jason Lewis

Readers who want to complain about Kersten and Lewis in the Star Tribune should contact the Star Tribune, not Minnpost.

Posted on 11/08/12 at 04:43 pm in response to Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Vin Weber assess the vote

Sorry for the delay in responding. As a conservative Republican, I'm still grieving and trying to process what happened. My community happily re-elected our conservative state senator and representative so I didn't realize the rest of the state was dissatisfied with theirs. This caught me by surprise.
As for the presidential election, I thought Obama's abysmal performance with the economy would play a bigger role. Obama can't budget his way out of a wet paper bag. I was wrong. The...

Posted on 11/05/12 at 02:29 pm in response to Watchdog groups, political partisans plan busy Election Day at Minnesota polls

I've often wondered how election judges handle double voting by college students and snowbirds. A student votes at home with an absentee ballot, and again at the polls in Minnesota. Or a snowbird votes in Minnesota with an absentee ballot, and again at the polls in Arizona or Texas. Is there a system in place to prevent this from happening? Or do judges just assume all voters are honest?

Posted on 11/05/12 at 04:08 pm in response to Watchdog groups, political partisans plan busy Election Day at Minnesota polls

If the college student voted on an absentee ballot at home, and then voted at the polls using a different address, would the judges know that the college student voted twice?

Posted on 11/02/12 at 03:00 pm in response to Not caring about your credibility must be very liberating

Democrats put out just as many stupid press releases as Republicans do. No one makes a decision on how to vote based on a press release. The bottom line will be the voter's personal situation, his income, his job, and prices at the store and gas pump. If the voter is satisfied with the status quo and wants more of it, he will choose Obama. If the voter is hurting, and wants change, he will vote for Romney.

Posted on 10/31/12 at 03:13 pm in response to Report: Menards 'class' for workers favors Romney

Menards isn't doing anything wrong, even if it were endorsing a specific candidate. The company has the same freedom of speech that unions and everyone else has. As long as there is a secret ballot, people are free to vote for whatever candidate they favor.

Posted on 10/26/12 at 01:56 pm in response to Marriage ad unfairly links amendment to school curriculum issue

My son-in-law is a public school teacher in California. He teaches middle school health and physical education and is required by the state to present homosexuality as an equal option lifestyle as heterosexuality to his students. He is just as conservative as I am, so I asked him how he handles it. He doesn't. He skips over it in the curriculum, he said. Then I asked him what will happen if the administration finds out. It might fire him, he said, but he's in a sparsely populated area and...