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If you haven’t seen the viral video of Nancy Salgado, a McDonald’s employee of ten years, yelling at the CEO, watch this video. Salgado complains that she has a hard time feeding her kids on minimum wage. No kidding. Continue Reading
I drive past the Basilica of St. Mary at the western edge of downtown Minneapolis going to and from work every day. I often wonder how an organization with such beautiful buildings have representatives who spew forth such hatred and bigotry and protect priests that cause so much suffering. Continue Reading
Rep. Michele Bachmann’s presidential bid ended long ago. She was the crazed right wing nut job of the moment in 2011. Her campaign peaked with her winning the Iowa Straw Poll in August 2011, but soon after began to plummet. Continue Reading
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is a part of the Department of the Interior. The BLM has proposed a draft of new gas and oil drilling rules. At this point the rules are very fracking-friendly. Fracking is the short-hand for hydraulic fracturing which is a process the gas/oil industry forces massive amounts of a toxic cocktail into oil/gas seams to force out the oil or gas. Continue Reading
The son of one of my wife’s friends and former law partner got married yesterday. I paid extra close attention because the bigots had warned of all kinds of dire consequences if marriage equality became the law. Continue Reading
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After ten years of Republican destruction, budget slashing and poor management and after the epic Marriage Restriction Amendment fight, the 2013 legislative session felt like a new, fresh start for Minnesota. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
Latz has been a prosecutor and Lesch prosecutes domestic assault crimes as an Assistant City Attorney for Saint Paul. Continue Reading