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Dave Thune

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Tuesday, November 8th, is Election Day in many places across the USofA.  The off-years are usually municipal elections, a tradition here in the cities of Minnesota where we keep local races from being lost amid the flurry of state and national contests.  Saint Paul, my city, has the entire City Council up this year, along with most of the School Board.

I am greatly honored to be a part of the campaign to re-elect my friend and a great leader for our city, Dave Thune, here in Ward 2. I hope all of you who live here can join me in voting him back in to finish up the great work he has done for us.

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What is Money?

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The following is a repeat from March of 2009.  Little has changed since it first ran – except the urgency of the message.  I’ll be back with a current piece next Monday.

People are willing to give up 40 or more hours a week to have it.  The lust for it drives some people to betray their friends’ trust, and the lack of it has driven some to suicide.  In our culture, there is nothing quite like money as a motivator.  So what is it?

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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy

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In the financial world, no news is good news.  By that measure, boy are things bad.

That’s not to say it’s the end of financial life as we know it, but reading the news out of Europe you might come to that conclusion.  What’s astonishing is the growing feeling that the public cannot and should not take on socialized risk any longer, meaning that banks are going to have to fend for themselves.  The same medicine appears to be popular for nations that have run up huge tabs.

This is no longer about Occupy Wall Street or even Occupy Main Street.  This is turning into a worldwide rebellion.

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