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Tad Bornhoft

Minneapolis, MN
Commenter for
3 years 48 weeks

Recent Comments

Posted on 03/01/12 at 04:25 pm in response to How the stadium deal shakes out

Did I miss the explanation of how (inevitable) cost over-runs will be covered? This was a key part of the deal for Target Field.

Posted on 07/28/11 at 12:11 pm in response to The Tea Party view of the current impasse, told by a smart, sincere Tea Party leader

My question for the Tea Partiers and today's hardline Republicans remains: Where were you during the George W. Bush administration? http://www.whitehouse.gov/infographics/us-national-debt

Posted on 02/07/11 at 01:16 pm in response to Bachmann: Obama has ushered in socialism

The 1993 Republican health care insurance reform bill, co-sponsored by David Durenberger, included a mandate that individuals buy insurance, subsidies for the poor to buy insurance and the requirement that insurers offer a standard benefits package and refrain from discriminating based on pre-existing conditions. (...

Posted on 09/22/10 at 05:20 pm in response to Q&A with 'Tea Party' leaders Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe

Further questions:
Where was the Tea Party during the previous administration? Such as when Medicare Part D was passed with no funding mechanism.

The three largest parts of the federal budget are defense, Medicare, and Social Security. No meaningful spending control can be done without addressing these. How specifically would you reduce expenditures in these areas?

Posted on 08/08/10 at 04:25 pm in response to Central Corridor focuses on neighborhood aspirations -- but it needs a better name

I keep thinking of the nickname Steve Cannon of WCCO radio always had for University Avenue. This would work only for those born well before the millenium, but let's go with "the Corridor of Broken Hearts."

Posted on 03/26/10 at 04:19 pm in response to A closer look at Bachmann's '30 percent increase in abortions' claim

An international perspective: Universal health care tends to cut the abortion rate.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/12/AR201003...

Posted on 01/26/10 at 01:54 pm in response to Website offers info -- and advocacy -- on proposed high-speed rail line from Twin Cities to Chicago

The river route, because Winona is such an economic powerhouse compared to Rochester? Please; must this short-sightedness prevail?

Posted on 10/12/09 at 10:23 am in response to After Yankees' playoff sweep, don't buy all the 'instant analysis' you're sure to see about Twins' woes

Jason Kubel's capable bat was 1 for 14 with 9 K's. I think he has one more year to become a more consistent presence at the plate.

Posted on 09/28/09 at 12:17 pm in response to Double Play: An argument for expanded instant replay in baseball

I think there would be too many inconclusive video reviews in baseball to make it worthwhile. Whether or not or when a tag is made, for example, is almost always impossible to tell on a replay. Same with close plays at first -- umpires say they go by sound as much as sight. Yes, there are obvious blown calls. But, as Herb Carneal always said, things seem to even out over the course of the year.

Posted on 06/17/09 at 12:29 pm in response to Is Pawlenty really a conservative all-star?

Pawlenty has often said this state has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. I've been anticipating a Pawlenty budget proposal primarily relying on elimination of all this wasteful spending. Instead he's relied heavily on one-time use of tobacco money and federal stimulus money, accounting shifts, and "fee" increases. Call it "cash management" or "accounting tools" if you like, it's not a solution.