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Sound Off blog by Don Heinzman – – Michele Bachmann for President? Why aren’t we more excited about someone from our own Sixth Congressional District getting national attention for a presidential bid? After all, she graduated from Anoka Hgh School, and came out of Stillwater to run for the Minnesota Legislature. And she is our [...]

Sound Off by Don Heinzman – With all of the gridlock over the debt limit, don’t you just want to throw up? How has our congress reached the point where it has become so broken it can’t get anything done? How? Because we elected them to office. Are we to blame? Of course.  We listened [...]

Sound Off blog by Don Heinzman – Dear Legislators, Come on. Compromise. Forget giving in to your base and do what’s best for Minnesotans. You were not elected to represent just your base of political support. As a legislator you represent all the people in your district, not just Republicans and not just Democrats.Your vote [...]

Sound Off by Don Heinzman – The latest joke about Iowa might be the expected announcement that Michele Bachmann’s intention to run for U.S. President is scheduled for Waterloo, Iowa.  This is Bachmann’s birthplace and could put Waterloo on the map. Why not Minnesota for such an announcement? Hey, why not somewhere in the Sixth [...]

Sound Off by Don Heinzman – Some question if Tim Pawlenty could carry Minnesota in a presidential election. Let’s face it.  He left the state budget in a mess with a $6.2 billion deficit. His attempt to unallot expense cutting was overturned by the courts last year. He and the Legislature agreed to shift school [...]

Sound Off – Score one for the Northern suburbs.  Finally, it appears this forgotten segment of the metro area will get a big slice of the economic development pie. The apparent agreement between the Minnesota Vikings and the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners to build a stadium and retail developments at the Arden Hills old [...]

Sound Off, blog by Don Heinzman – Critics of teachers are suggesting that they are not sacrificing enough during these hard times like others who have no jobs. They ignore that school districts have cut millions of dollars from budgets and terminated hundreds of teachers. The Association of Metropolitan School District, made up of most [...]

Sound Off, blog by Don Heinzman – A casino in downtown Minneapolis?  Are you kidding?  All that downtown needs is a glitzy casino to draw money away from the Native Americans who need the money. Let’s face it.  Block E would lose dignity and would draw a clientele that least needs to be gambling away [...]

Sound Off – The Republicans are on a law-making rampage at the State Capitol. Now that they are in the majority they are hell-bent on passing legislation they never campaigned on. How often we hear that if I had known they were going to pass the ban on gay marriage, I wouldn’t have voted for [...]

Sound Off! – OK, let the brickbats fly. I believe Minnesotans are ready to pay increased taxes to fund their priorities to maintain a quality life. The people are way ahead of the politicians when it comes to accepting a fair and  reasonable tax increase for essential services. Republicans are misinterpreting their mandate by insisting [...]