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Susan Herridge

Minneapolis, MN
Commenter for
5 years 24 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 05/02/13 at 07:11 pm in response to Miss Minnesota is junior prom date for young man with Down syndrome

Geez. How about striving for a slightly more charitable outlook? Why not label her a very kind young lady?

Posted on 03/06/13 at 10:19 am in response to Some states — not Minnesota — strictly regulate or ban payday lending

You have done such a good job on this. I appreciate the hard work, data gathering and careful reporting.

Posted on 03/06/13 at 10:18 am in response to In the classroom at 53, amid the freshmen

Nice work on this and the previous articles, David. So heartening to hear of bright kids and teachers with integrity. The lifelong learner in my feels a stab of envy. My idea of heaven is just to keep on going to school.

Posted on 02/13/13 at 05:16 pm in response to Karma's knife-twist: I have to take freshman comp

I'm with your family, this is pretty darned funny. Consider that the bureaucrats are MinnPost readers and just wanted to look forward to more interesting columns.

Posted on 01/25/13 at 08:46 pm in response to Minnesota budget: How Dayton's team put the ‘Big Plan’ together

@ruthie bower: Could not disagree more. In my opinion, he is doing a great job, leading the way on unpopular but necessary reform. Willing to take the heat, including the heat of not getting re-elected. But I doubt it will come to that, since most Minnesotans give him credit for having our best interests at heart even though we disagree on some of the particulars.

Not smart? Emotional problems?

get a grip. that was the election mud being slung. So glad we didn't buy...

Posted on 01/21/13 at 11:48 am in response to HF 1's symbolism is great — but give us real funding reform, school advocates say

This is a thorough distillation of a complicated topic, with a surprise tucked inside (education funding shifts due to be paid back automatically? who knew?). Thank you, Beth. I very much appreciate Learning Curve - keeps us all up to speed.

Posted on 01/09/13 at 07:46 pm in response to Intrigue and violence on the Twin Cities food co-op scene

The definitive history of the co-op wars was written by Craig Cox. This is what the Hennepin County Library says about the book:

Craig Cox, co-editor of the previously aforementioned Minneapolis Observer, wrote a history of the co-op wars between the hippies and the Marxists in Minneapolis in the 1970s. The hippies wanted natural organic foods and the the Marxists wanted basic food stuffs for the proletariat. There were conflicts over warehouse distribution and the Marxists in...

Posted on 11/07/12 at 02:10 pm in response to Foes did 'the unthinkable' in stopping the voting amendment

tsk. All these Dan McGraths. So confusing. Can we start using middle initials? nicknames? superimpose organizational logos on their foreheads?

Posted on 11/07/12 at 05:13 pm in response to Foes did 'the unthinkable' in stopping the voting amendment

you have a hard job, Beth. I think we'll just have to stick with #1 and #2. or Dan left and Dan right.

Posted on 11/07/12 at 11:15 am in response to After winning back Legislature, triumphant DFL takes care not to ‘overstep’

Michael Brodkorp said that the marriage amendment was a strategic choice to increase turnout from their base. But I believe its the work done by the broad coalition of groups opposing the amendment that is responsible for the turnout that flipped the legislature. So in a backhanded way, we need to thank the Republicans for their decisions that helped us so much today.