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Taxpayers had a ring-side seat last week for the DFL majority’s passage
of a massive tax increase for transportation. The cost of the seat,
though, was enough to make even the greediest scalper blush: $6.6
billion, the single largest increase in state history.
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Not many of us completed our high school years without doing something
we later wished we hadn’t done. And the fact that we knew there were
consequences for some of those ill-advised deeds often wasn’t enough to
keep us from doing what we did.
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As I predicted in my article of a week ago, Feb. 23 was a busy day in
NB. And coming off an extremely hectic week, all I wanted to do
Saturday morning was lounge in bed. But I had to get down to the fire
hall...
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Last week I had the unique experience of covering Craig Fleming’s trial
on a daily basis online (You can read the stories at the “Fleming on
trial” page of the Post Review Web site). It was an experiment for this
weekly newspaper and, judging by readership, a successful one.
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Many Minnesota parents might share some of the provocative views some
Somali American and Oromo (Ethiopia) parents presented last week. In a wide ranging meeting, about 30 men and women said they strongly
support some, and strongly oppose other freedoms that their children
are encountering in America.
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“We’re trying to do something that’s never been done at this scale
before.” That’s how E. Thomas Sullivan described the UMore Park plans
that the University of Minnesota is developing in the southern Twin
Cities metro area, near Rosemount. On a 12-mile square area, with more than 5000 acres, the University
hopes to create model communities for more than 30,000 families. And if
the plans are fulfilled, it will be a living demonstration of the
world’s finest ideas in ecology, education and economic development.
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Usually, I’m not real fond of forwarded e-mails, but I have to say this
one is one I’d like to share. Read this little story and see if you
don’t agree. “A Dog’s Purpose (from a 6-year-old). By a veterinarian.
“Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a 10-year-old
Irish Wolfhound names Belker. The dog’s owners, Ron and his wife Lisa.
and their little boy, Shane,
were all very attached to Belker and they were hoping for a miracle.
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Saturday night Grandpa and I got a jolt of babysitting reality. It’s
been a long time since we had complete responsibility for two little
ones. After all, our first grandbaby is 21 and finishing up college.
It’s been a long time since we changed his diapers or fed him from a
small baby spoon.
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