Eric Pusey

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About me

Co-owner of MN Progressive Project with Joe Bodell.

I am a computer geek who lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Mpls CM Elizabeth Glidden, and daughter, Cecelia. My passions are politics, hockey, soccer, cooking and vulcan dirt diving.

I started the blog, MNBlue. I merged it with Joe Bodell's MN Campaign Report to create MN Progressive Project. Please check us out for the latest news and analysis.

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Family foster care in danger in Minnesota

By Eric Pusey, Minnesota Progressive Project

Family foster care may be legislated out of existence in Minnesota. Thousands of mental ill and/or handicapped people would have to find other arrangements. This issue hits very close to home.

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The rich pay 35% less in taxes than you do

By Eric Pusey, Minnesota Progressive Project

A recent study shows that the richest Minnesotans, MN's very own 1%, pay far far less in taxes than the rest of us do. 35% less in effective tax rate to be exact, claims Wayne Cox of Minnesota Citizens for Tax Justice.

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Latz and Lesch introduce gun control bills

By Eric Pusey, Minnesota Progressive Project
Sen. Ron Latz (DFL-St. Louis Park) and Rep. John Lesch (DFL-St. Paul) have introduced matching gun control bills into their respective bodies at the State Legislature. The bills allow prosecutors to crack down on gun crimes and those possessing guns illegally.

Latz has been a prosecutor and Lesch prosecutes domestic assault crimes as an Assistant City Attorney for Saint Paul.

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Franken's mental health bill the first of many necessary steps

By Eric Pusey, Minnesota Progressive Project

Sen. Al Franken (DFL-MN) will introduce and Rep. Richard Nugent (R-FL) has already introduced the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act. This bill helps people in the criminal justice system get the mental health help they need.

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Dynamics of the Minneapolis mayoral race

By Eric Pusey, Minnesota Progressive Project

If Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak decides not to run for a fourth term, 2013 is going to be an interesting year in our fair city. Otherwise, not so much.

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Fear blast from marriage amendment proponents

By Eric Pusey, Minnesota Progressive Project

We all knew the fear blasts from the proponents of the so-called "marriage"constitutional amendment would hit the airwaves right about now. We knew they'd use the basest fear-mongering appealing to the worst in people.

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Minnesota Council of Churches opposes vote restriction amendment

By Eric Pusey, Minnesota Progressive Project

On the steps of Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis, the Minnesota Council of Churches announced that they were joining the coalition of groups opposing the constitutional amendment to restrict voting rights. The MCC represents upwards of 1 million Minnesotans from the following denominations:

  • African Methodist Episcopal Church
  • American Baptist Churches USA
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Cardinal Martini and catholiconline.org: compare and contrast

By Eric Pusey, MN Progressive Project

Catholics are divided. In Minnesota over the so-called "marriage"amendment as well as nationally and internationally over many, many issues.

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What could possibly go wrong with Vote Restriction Amendment?

By Eric Pusey, Minnesota Progressive Project

Here's a great video explaining what would happen if we don't defeat the Republican's vote suppression amendment, the so-called "Voter-ID" amendment.

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