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The 2010 Minnesota governor’s race

By Griff Wigley, on November 15th, 2009

Candidates for governor have been campaigning in Northfield the past few weeks. Yesterday morning, Steve Kelley visited with local citizens at the Goodbye Blue Monday. We’ve also had visits from Paul Thissen and John Marty. The Politics in Minnesota website has a comprehensive list of those running for governor (and not running).

Discuss the candidates, the campaigns, and the relevant statewide issue here.

Sustainable communities by Bruce Morlan (19)
- Paul Zorn: Bruce, David, Whether Social Security and universal health care are really pyramid schemes, as you...
- David Ludescher: Bruce: I agree with everything you said. However, I don’t understand why you think the...
- Bruce W. Morlan: Paul, actually, as an analyst I do not underestimate the difficulty nor do I overestimate the power...
Photo album: Winter Walk 2009 (3)
- john george: Great photos, Griff. #48 has a good shot of Mrs. George getting a good shot of some of the grandkids by...
- Krin Finger: On behalf of the Winter Walk Committee, thank you for the beautiful photos you’ve posted. We...
- Bright Spencer: Super pictures, it’s as if I were there!
A turn of events for Dina Fesler in Afghanistan (3)
- Griff Wigley: Here’s Dina’s emailed Kabul Report: Day Eleven, with 14 photos: Greetings, Before I get to anything...
- Griff Wigley: Here’s Dina’s emailed Kabul Report: Day Ten, with 15 photos: Greetings, After all the excitement with...
- Griff Wigley: Dina Fesler and her adventure mission are on the front page of the Strib today in an article titled In...
School District’s Compañeros Program is under review. What are the issues? (22)
- Kathie Galotti: Wow, Sean, you have saved the day once agaiñ! Thañks! I forgot to say one other thing about the...
- Sean Fox: On a mac you can get an ñ by hitting n while holding down the option key and then hitting n again with the...
- Susan Hvistendahl: ¡Lo siento, mucho, Kathie! As you can see, Microsoft Windows can do the upside down marks too: ¿¡...
Is the sandwich board on Bridge Square kosher? (5)
- Krin Finger: Griff, you have a point. Digs could clutter the Santa House with their sign, since they are responsible...
- Griff Wigley: My bet: Brendon Etter would quickly apply for a part-time job of wearing said FG sandwich board so he...
- Griff Wigley: If Colleen Bertino ever located one of her Fantasy Gifts stores here, would anyone mind if her...
Hockey dads are in the warming dog house with City (10)
- Susan Hvistendahl: Here’s a more complete entry than Wikipedia on Dallas Haas from the NHS Sesquicentennial...
- Griff Wigley: I fixed that ‘pubic’ typo, Rob, tho you’ve now given me an idea for a faux news...
- Griff Wigley: In case anyone is wondering who Dallas Haas was, see this Northfield Timeline, and scroll down to...
LoGroNo site revamp (13)
- Griff Wigley: Paul, the message numbers on comments are now working.
- Griff Wigley: I’ve now de-pinked my comments. Background color to comments should now just alternate between...
- Griff Wigley: Paul/Jane, I’m color-impaired so the current colors are the new theme’s defaults. Tracy...
Public Input Wanted on Concepts for Potential Business Campus (9)
- David Ludescher: I hate to Leif leave. He is an outstanding thinker.
- Griff Wigley: Today’s Nfld News: Supervisor leaves board over annexation. Leif Knecht, the owner of Knecht’s...
- Tracy Davis: I spoke with Mark Koegler after the meeting, and asked him to have his tech person put an RSS feed onto...
Chamber/NDDC ‘Be Local Buy Local’ campaign embraces the local blogosphere (9)
- Bright Spencer: I buy local as much as I can. And I do it because I like to see people around me do well, and as...
- Jessica Paxton: Thanks for your post, Ross. I would like to reiterate that as one of the “worker bees”...
- Ross Currier: Ruth: http://nddc.org/weblog/post/16 61/ Personally, I think that there were both tangible and...
Not quite a Nativity scene on display on public sidewalk. Brilliant! (14)
- Bright Spencer: I am sorry to have to report that that wasn’t the Holy Ghost, It was just a late Halloweiner...
- Andrea Een: We have to wait for the end of Advent for the Babe to appear. Oh, have faith, all ye coffee addicts. To...
- Kathie Galotti: Patrick, It’s been a long while since I attended Catholic school (as in, decades), but...
Membership week continues; now accepting payment with cash or a check (4)
- Griff Wigley: Andrea, I’m pleased to have you as a ‘ground floor’ member of LG, too. You’re...
- Griff Wigley: Felicity, I’ll check out the feasibility of displaying ads to non-members on the mobile version....
- Andrea Een: I am proud to be only the SECOND woman to subscribe to this blog/become a member. As a very late adopter...
It’s LoGroNo membership week!! Call 1-800-227-unotherest. Not available in stores. (3)
- John S. Thomas: You added Banner Ads? Funny, I am using Firefox with the Ad Block Plus (ABP) Ad blocker. I have been...
- Griff Wigley: Alllrighhty! 7 new memberships by 10am. That’s nearly a third of our goal. Thanks to: Curt...
- Anthony Pierre: Where’s my founder’s club coffee cup????
Northfield retailers: making use of social networking for the holidays? (14)
- John S. Thomas: @ Griff, Basically ease of use, and use of a “known”. More research would need to be...
- Griff Wigley: John, what are the advantages of Beef O’Brady’s using Facebook’s SMS service instead...
Naming top test-takers: is it a helpful educational practice? (40)
- David Henson: I would think once the need for “permission slips” arises that a reasonable person might...
- Griff Wigley: Kathie, thanks for the thorough background on the issue. Is it working out better this fall, as far as...
Northfield’s Winter Walk featured in Southern Minnesota Magazine (1)
- Jessica Paxton: Nice job, Amy!
Podcast: EDA President Rick Estenson (3)
- kiffi summa: It is important for the public to realize that there is a PUBLIC PORTION OF THIS DESIGN/PLANNING...
- Ross Currier: Based on Tracy’s Tweet, it looks like Northfielders can get their first look at some of the...
Annexation process begins for West Armstrong Business Park (95)
- kiffi summa: I am using this annexation thread because I don’t where the NW territories (Greenvale 530 acres)...
Locally Grown’s membership option: what might the benefits be? (64)
- John S. Thomas: Re: 37.2. I don’t think so Griff. The Chamber is membership based, so they would only be...
Forest rat thinning begins today in the Carleton Arb (2)
- Ed Kohler: Forest Rat is a new one to me. Meeting one on a motorcycle does sound like a bad situation.
Proposed historic-looking office building would ‘replace’ the Aldsworth (80)
- Scott Oney: Griff: By “dropping” I meant adding, or dumping, or whatever. So yes, there will be plenty...
- Griff Wigley: Scott, I’ve heard Jerry Anderson and Jim Braucher say that whoever buys the office condos will...
Photo albums: fall colors in the Arb and downtown (4)
- Lance Heisler: Really great photos, Griff! Getting these out and appreciated by others is a superb idea. Even better...
- Griff Wigley: Thanks, Penny. Kiffi, I’m going to apply for a small grant early next year that would enable me...