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GEOKARJO 
Google This!!!
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Posted on: Jun. 30 2011,12:55 pm |
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They are not doing the job they were elected to do. That job is to run the state.
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Hobo
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Posted on: Jun. 30 2011,7:25 pm |
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I think this shutdown is a big joke. Make them work until they figure it out just like any other job.
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In this town all the city leaders are related. It's called Incest. 
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ControlledHyperness
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Posted on: Jun. 30 2011,8:05 pm |
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I have to say that it isn't ALL of them up there. I know the Dems and Repubs have gotten together several times, and come up with some pretty good ideas...meeting halfway. Dayton vetoed every single one of them because they weren't what he wanted...HOW he wanted it. 
Seriously...IMHO if the people in your OWN party are giving up on you, there is something wrong...
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I once had a thought...then it ran off before I could remember what it was...
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alcitizens
Albert Lea
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Posted on: Jul. 01 2011,7:49 am |
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Success for Republicans!! They wanted less government, well now they have it..
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Hobo
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Posted on: Jul. 01 2011,9:12 am |
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Why do they close the Freeway rest stops? I thought the state had volunteers working there. This has got to be the worse time and holiday weekend to close State Parks and Rest Stops.
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In this town all the city leaders are related. It's called Incest.
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Santorini
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Posted on: Jul. 01 2011,10:21 am |
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This shut down involves so much more than road work ceasing and rest stops and state parks closing!
While Daytons office will still run with a skeleton crew as well as the mansion, state funding to nursing homes, assisted living, group homes has stopped. The majority of the residents in these facilities depend on state funding to pay their way. With funding now ceased payroll cannot be met. With no way to meet payroll facilities are left without staffing.
One case in particular in Mankato:
The gentleman has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair, has very limited upper body mobility and depends on a caregiver to get him up, toilet him, make meals, put him to bed and so on. The agency that assists him depends on state funding for his care. The owners of the agency notified him and said IF their is a shut down they do not have anyone to get him up in the morning or put him to bed at night. He is left on his own. They cannot meet payroll.
This is just ONE example of the tons out there!!
The powers that be never consider the consequences of their actions...no matter who is in power the weak and vulnerable are the easiest to neglect. Who is there to advocate for them during times like this?
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"Things turn out best for those who make the best
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Expatriate
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Posted on: Jul. 01 2011,10:50 am |
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So what's abortion and voter ID and a host of other GOP policy points being rammed down our throats have to do with a budget deal?
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History is no more than the lies agreed upon by the victors.
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