State Representative David Bly, MN District 25B

The Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women held their first annual 5K Fun Run/Walk on Saturday, October 18, 2003. I participated in the walk to support the work of the shelter in Belle Plaine.We started out at Belle Plaine’s Heritage Park. It was a beautiful fall day, and the course passed the [...]

On the space weather website you can find information about a massive X-class flare! SpaceWeather.com — News and information about meteor showers, solar flares, auroras, and near-Earth asteroids
The latest flare appears to have sent its CME (coronal mass ejection – A transient outflow of plasma from or through the solar corona, often but not [...]

You got the update from MAAP, now here’s the update from MAPP!
Following is an update from Carol Overland:
On October 16, 2003, the Northern MAPP Sub-regional Planning Group, chaired by Mike Steckelberg of GRE, met at MAPP headquarters in St. Paul. These meetings are where the transmission plans for the MAPP northern region are reviewed from [...]

MAAP Board meeting and SE regional conference
As the MAAP newsletter editor, and past president I attended the Board meeting of the Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs on October 3rd. Many programs are struggling with the results of the last legislative session and resisting the direction in which the new commissioner is heading us. [...]

Boon-dog-gle a wasteful or impractical project or activity often involving graft. Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Ed.(2000), p. 132.
The editorial in the St. Paul Pioneer Press put it well:
What oinks and has its head on backward?
No, this isn’t about feedlots and H.F. 1202. In this case, the St.PPP was referring to [...]

The Mesaba power plant, which I wrote about on October 2, is finally attracting a closer look, and none too soon, given the federal loan guarantees under consideration:
Politics behind Iron Range power plant plan questioned
Question of power on Iron Range
Overland, the Red Wing utility regulatory attorney, said, “This power is not needed, so they mandated [...]

Philanthropy Day – October 2, 2003 Today was the Northfield Foundation’s Philanthropy Day, held at St. Olaf, and coordinated by Pat Vincent of 3 Links. This well attended event is the embodiment of the belief of the importance of “Investment in Community” that I’ve been writing about. And the carrot cake was decadent!
Judy Dutcher, [...]

“Two Lobbyists and a Wife” Coal Plant – Now it’s a Federal Issue!
Mesaba’s corporate welfare is in the news again, but this time, it’s gone from a $10 million grant from the state to a whopping $800 million loan guarantee from the federal government!

RANGE POWER PLANT PROJECT BRINGS POLITICAL PARTIES TOGETHER, [...]