Monday, May 14, 2012
Local Republicans readying for Paul's appearance Friday.
See updates below. Ron Paul is set to speak at the Minnesota Republican convention Friday, and party activists in the Fifth District are preparing for a possible Paul win—with one local activist saying "I get the feeling I'm witnessing history." Paul is poised to make a strong showing in Minnesota after congressional-district conventions gave him 20 of 24 available national delegates. The Texas congressman was denied a speaking slot at the 2008 state convention, but has proven a popular candidate and speaker here since—turning fans away, for example, from an over-capacity speech in Arden Hills shortly before Minnesota's 2012 caucus night. On Monday, Paul announced his campaign would stop spending money in states that haven't yet held …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The MPCA acted in response to community pollution and cancer concerns.
Updated (10 a.m. Friday): Fact sheets on the BAE Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and Boise Cascade/Onan Corp./Medtronics Inc. Superfund sites from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency are now available for reading online here and available for downloading at MPCA website. Updated (11:30 a.m. Thursday): The Fridley Commons Park Wellfield Superfund Site fact sheet is now available for reading online here (see PDF) and for downloading at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency website. Original post (2 p.m. Wednesday): The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency posted new fact sheets about Superfund sites in Fridley on its website Wednesday. Four new factsheets are online already, with three more to be posted as soon as Thursday, …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Sen. Barb Goodwin, who represents parts of Fridley, abstained.
The Minnesota Senate Finance Committee voted 9-5 Wednesday afternoon to pass the Minnesota Vikings stadium without recommendation forward to the Taxes Committee. State Sen. Barb Goodwin (DFL-50), who represents much of Fridley and is a member of the committee, abstained during the committee's final vote. On an earlier voice vote, Goodwin voted with the losing side to amend the bill so that Minneapolis citizens would hold a referendum on spending more than $10,000 on a professional sports facility, in accordance with the city's charter. Another amendment, adding racino gambling as a source of funding for the stadium, passed over objections that it would kill the bill's chances. (Goodwin's vote on that amendment wasn't audible.) Goodwin …
Monday, April 16, 2012
It's the first funeral for an active-duty Fridley firefighter in decades.
The Fridley community and fire department, along with family and friends, will pay last respects to Scott Allard on Monday, following his death on April 10. The longtime Fridley resident and veteran Fridley firefighter was recovering from injuries from a March 31 motorcycle crash at the time of his death. The memorial service for Allard is at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Philip's Lutheran Church, with visitation starting at 4 p.m. Protocol for Honors Scott Allard's memorial will include honors in keeping with protocol for firefighters who die while on active duty. Firefighters across the state are invited to the memorial on Monday. From 8 a.m. Monday to 8 a.m. Tuesday, neighboring mutual-aid fire departments will take over all duties of the …
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Columbia Heights, Spring Lake Park school boards meet Tuesday; Fridley on Jan. 27
Updated below. All four boards representing school districts that take in parts of Fridley are meeting this week. On Monday it's the Anoka-Hennepin School Board, with the latest in a highly contoversial policy debate concerning how the district deals with sexual orientation. An earlier draft policy governing "controversial topics" has fallen by the wayside. At its Jan. 23 meeting, board members will hear instead about a new "respectful learning environment" proposal. On Tuesday, both the Columbia Heights and Spring Lake Park school boards meet. See their agendas here (Columbia Heights) and here (Spring Lake Park). The Fridley School Board convenes a special meeting on Friday at the Fridley School District board room. (See agenda here.) …
Bob in Boston
12:27 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
Doesn't make any sense to call Ron Paul the underdog when he's already won more delegates than Romney in 10 states including Romney's home state! It's Romney who's the underdog at the conventions - it's only the media and the GOP establishment who keep saying Romney's the winner! more ›