Monday, April 16, 2012
This week's selection includes Sen. Claire Robling's re-election decision, a date for the Golden Valley DMV's opening and a new iPhone app.
Editor’s Note: Every week we will bring you a sampling of stories from Patch sites in the west metro: Edina, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Maple Grove, Minnetonka, Plymouth, Richfield, Shakopee, St. Louis Park and St. Michael. (Click on the headline to read the full story.) Proposed Name Change Stirs Up Hornettes Nest A move to unify Edina High School's spirit programs has thousands of local residents upset. GOP State Sen. Claire Robling Will Not Run for Re-election She says it is very difficult to pass common sense measures into law these days. Albertville Mayor Asks for Administrator's Resignation In what city staff and a council member are calling a "shocking" development this week, the mayor of Albertville has asked for that city's top staff…
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak spoke at the Organizing for America west metro campaign office opening in Hopkins.
The west metro office for President Obama’s re-election campaign opened Tuesday in Hopkins with food, energy and a large crowd of people. “We will not give up one inch of the western suburbs. I am obsessed with winning this and with winning this (3rd District) Congress race,” said Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak. Volunteers at the 1007 Mainstreet location were already at work talking about the opportunities to support campaign efforts and signing on more volunteers. The event also included short speeches aimed at motivating volunteers and garnering more excitement for the campaign ahead. First to the podium was Matt Steinrueck, field organizer for the west metro area. Seth London, Obama for America state director in Minnesota, spoke next, …
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Presidential contender Ron Paul delivered a speech to rousing cheers at the Maple Grove Republican Caucus on Tuesday night.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
As the votes came in, Patch reporters in more than two dozen locations recorded the action.
The presidential candidate spoke at the Minnesota Senate District 32 Republican caucus at Maple Grove Junior High Feb. 7, promoting his platform of less government and telling voters here that now was their chance to take their country back.
(Update: 9 p.m. Feb. 7) - Republican presidential hopeful Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) stumped for nearly 15 minutes to a packed auditorium at the Senate District 32 Minnesota Republican Presidential Caucus at Maple Grove Junior High School tonight, urging Republican voters to consider his platform of less government, lower taxes and a stronger protection of civil liberties. More than 1,000 Republican voters packed into the junior high school auditorium to hear Paul speak before dispersing to school classrooms to vote in their precincts for the caucus poll. Paul was the last to speak before the caucus broke into precincts to vote. Paul followed representatives for Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney. Paul took to the stage at 7:…
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Ken Coy
12:34 pm on Monday, February 13, 2012
If she did that she couldn't play the victim. more ›