State Representative David Bly, District 25B

That’s the headline in Wednesday’s Startribune, which reports:
Senate committee DFLers delivered another blow Tuesday to Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s Republican administration, recommending that Education Commissioner Cheri Pierson Yecke be fired.
In a 6-4 vote that followed party lines and left Republicans fuming, the Senate Education Committee advised the full Senate not to confirm Yecke, who stepped into […]

I have been doing a lot of reading and talking with folks about our economic future. Two things strike me as crucial to consider as we struggle with a slowed economy and hard times. 1) how important it is to have a clear vision of the future we want to make for ourselves. […]

Granny D (Doris Haddok), living her belief that “You’re Never Too Old to Raise a Little Hell,” walked through Northfield on Tuesday to raise awareness in her campaign for Fair and Clean Elections (FACE). Despite the rain, there was a good multigenerational turnout from the St. Olaf campus. I joined Granny, several St. […]

On Wednesday, March 30th , the Minnesota DFL Senate District 25 held its Endorsing Convention in LeSueur. Bruce Bjork was nominated and endorsed for Minnesota House District 25A.
I was nominated and endorsed Minnesota House District 25B. After rousing acceptance speeches, Delegates enthusiastically congratulated us and went on to elect Senate district officers: […]

© 2002 Richard Krogstad, Sole Survivor 3, 24 by 40 inches, oil on panel
In 1958, University of Minnesota Professor Willard Cochrane wrote in his book, Farm Prices: Myth and Reality:
Like all people who take pride in our country, I value certain of our institutions highly: our public school system, our Bill of Rights, sullied as […]

Appointment of Yecke as Commissioner of Education must be denied
Standardized MindsBy Niles Xi-An Lichtenstein, Youth Speaks
How can we walk straightWhen our backs are bent into boxesHow can we standWhen standards overshadow the individualsHow can we createlocked down behind wooden desksAs future fates rest on the restricted breath of a number two pencil tipSo the clock […]