Based on the conglomeration of property taxes, proposed taxes, fees, and suggested fees the MN GOP rolled up in their anti-Rybak talking points, you’d think that the City of Minneapolis budget must have ballooned at a ridiculous rate over the time Rybak has been in office. I decided to take a look at the annual [...]
Well, that was fun. Having slogged through all of the MN GOP’s Anti-Rybak talking points, I think I’ve found a few recurring themes: 1. Rybak raised some taxes and fees to cover revenue lost from Pawlenty’s cuts. He did this to maintain services such as trash hauling, city lighting, and street maintenance. But when the [...]
It turns out that political contestants are occasionally critical of their competitors. The MN GOP has chosen to highlight two such cases where a fellow DFLer said something not so nice about Rybak. (Apparently, the MN GOP has gotten over their “Rybak’s a Green Radical” beef long enough to use DFL vs DFL citations.) DFLer [...]
Back when Wham! was topping the charts, something happened that no one cares about in 2010: EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND? As Reporter Covering Downtown Council, Rybak Proposed To Downtown Council They Create Position Which He Would Fill. “He began his career at the Minneapolis Tribune in 1979 and left the paper, then renamed the Minneapolis Star [...]
Rybak has taken PAC money at a lower rate than his GOP competitors, but that’s not the story the MN GOP is pushing: RYBAK’S BROKEN PROMISES ON CAMPAIGN CASH 2001 Rybak Promised Not To Take PAC Money; Now Rybak Rakes In PAC Money. “Rybak version 2001 scorned contributions by political action committees. His 2009 campaign [...]
The Campaign Finance Board decided that Rybak screwed up and ordered him to reimburse his mayoral campaign with some funds he was using for his gubernatorial campaign. So he did. RYBAK SLAMMED BY CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD Rybak Ordered To Reimburse Mayoral Campaign $26,500 After Using Funds To Advance Gubernatorial Ambitions. “Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was [...]
Could someone who campaigned for a 3-time Democratic US Senator actually be a member of something called the Green Party? That sounds radical: Rybak Sought Green Party Endorsement In 2001. “Minneapolis’ Green Party failed to endorse a candidate for mayor at its convention Saturday at the North Commons Community Center. Seeking endorsement were political unknown [...]
It was hard to get excited about Al Gore as a candidate in 2000, since he worked so hard to distance himself from Clinton while at the same time doing little to explain the differences between himself and George W. Bush: Ultra Liberal Rybak Initially Supported Ralph Nader In 2000. “R.T. Rybak, a longtime Minneapolis [...]
RYBAK IS WAY OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM Even Liberal Columnist Conceded Rybak Backed Plan To Confiscate Majority Of Handguns “Radical.” “Start with the headline: Bouza says he’d confiscate majority of handguns. In a year in which DFL politicians running for governor and the U.S. Senate have been almost free of interesting ideas, the notion of [...]
The MN GOP digs up a resolved issue: Rybak Later Returned Campaign Cash From Facilitator. “Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak will return contributions made to his campaign last year by the $175-an-hour facilitator hired by the city to help him and City Council members develop good working relationships. … [Linda] Houden, of the Minneapolis firm DOR [...]
