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Rudy Takala: Posted on Saturday, July 21, 2012 1:28 PM
 (Authored by Paul Demko and sent out in this week's edition of the Politics in Minnesota newsletter.) In the midst of drought conditions like those currently afflicting the Minnesota political news cycle, we all must be grateful for the occasional storm. And whatever else one might say about thePine County Republican Party, the party and its chairman, activist and former legislative candidateRudy Takala, certainly know how to whip up a storm. The county is part of House District 11B, which is home to one of this year's more anarchic legislative races. |
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Rudy Takala: Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 2:55 PM
 Rep. Mark Buesgens wrote a fantastic letter to his constituents that talked about the caucus system in the legislature and our modern party system. In part, he wrote the following: On big issues, a legislative caucus more often than not uses the powerful tool of peer pressure over intellectual debate to force its will on members. Through guilt or obligation, it often gets them to vote in ways that the individual’s reason tells them they should not. Words like “team” and “family” are paramount to words such as “principles” and “values. |
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Rudy Takala: Posted on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 2:28 PM
Paul Demko has a story in Politics in Minnesota talking about all of the budgetary issues I've been talking about here.Click here to view it.(Subscription required; otherwise simply scroll down.)  Speaker Zellers was on KTLK this morning with Bob Davis & Tom Emmer. He makes a really bad spokesman for the GOP. He simply cannot explain in anything but double-talk how the GOP can justify increasing spending by $2 billion. All he wants to talk about is the fact that Mark Dayton wants to increase spending as well. |
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