Facebook town hall meeting.

Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is going to have a town hall meeting today. The meeting is to take place on www.facebook.com.

The meeting is going to include the direction he would like to see the country move, it also will include information on his PAC and candidates he supports. He is also expected to make a big announcement, could he be that he is going to run for President?

Bachmann trip?

Response has been good today, it looks like we will be hopefully doing something. That is should any company's choice to call me back. Email me at duluthneedshelp@yahoo.com or leave a comment here, if you are interested in coming on the bus.

Again if you would like to go let me know by the end of the week. You need to get your own tickets and you can do that at www.michelebachmann.com they are free.

Michelle Bachmann Rally Duluth

"On Saturday Michelle Bachmann was in Duluth, she was here for a town hall meeting. The meeting was sponsored by Take Back Washington. Yes I will make no bones about it, the group is a pro-Republican organization. The event locally was organized by the Duluth Republican Party, with help from Take Back Washington.

I know that a lot of people in Duluth think that Bachmann is a vile congresswoman. Yes she has said some things I don't agree with. In fact I don't know how much we would agree on a lot of issues. That said, yesterday she hit the nail on the head.

Bachmann spoke to a standing room only crowd at Mr. D's Bar And Grill. Bachmann said that while America is still the land of the free, we are quickly turning toward socialism under our current president. Bachmann did not just blame the current administration. She said that President Bush started this current downturn in the economy, and the amount of money he spend was incredible.

One of Bachmann's main concern was however with President Obama and the government takeover of private business that includes banks and financial institutions, along with the automobile industry and health care. In total the government now owns or operates 51% of private industry.

Bachmann also spoke about being able to win Oberstar's seat. She pointed to Scott Brown winning Kennedy's seat, also a couple of gubernatorial races won by Republicans. She said if people are paying attention they should vote for any candidate that is for appealing healthcare takeover."

Michelle Bachmann rally in the cities.

Michelle Bachmann was Duluth yesterday, they she made mention of a rally for her own campaign. She will be having a rally at the Minneapolis convention center on April 7th. The rally will feature former Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Sean Hannity.

Duluth Politics is thinking of set up a bus down to the cities for this event, if there is enough interest we will do it. If you are interested please leave a comment here or email Duluth Politics at duluthneedshelp@yahoo.com .

Help the kids.

If you can spare $25.00 a month, I ask that you become a partner in hope for st.judes children hospital. B105 and Kool 1-1.7 are having a radiothon today and tomorrow listen to here stories about the children and learn about the hospital. Then call 1-888-290-hope, this number will get you in to the radio station. Do not call the studio lines.

Please help call and help the kids. It does not matter where you live, Duluth, Superior, Hibbing. You don't even have to be in the area, they have had people call from Texas, Indiana, Michigan. Are just some of the other states I have heard represented on the radiothon. Remember you can listen and donate from any where in the country. Follow the links below to listen.


*******UPDATE******* Over 10 thousand dollars raised so far on the radiothon. 1 more hour to go today and then all day tomorrow. Please keep the calls coming in to the radiothon. Remember it does not matter where you live call from any where in the country.
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Google Twin Ports day in Minnesota.

Tomorrow Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will make a proclamation. Tomorrow in Minnesota it will be google Twin Ports day. The Governor will make the proclamation on his radio show tomorrow that goes from 9 to 10A.M. and can be heard at www.wccoradio.com. Also on the show he will have Duluth Mayor Don Ness to talk about all that Duluth did and will continue to do to get google to come here.

The proclamation will highlight the support by Governor Pawlenty to bring google fiber to Duluth, it also will highlight the action of the city and the volunteers that worked so hard.

More later.

Coffee with a councilor.

Duluth City Councilor Dan Hartman sits down with residents and talks about issues that matter to them. Councilor Hartman has what he calls 'Coffee With A Councilor', where people can sit and chat about issues with him.

I believe he does this once a month. This month's session will be this Friday at Caribou Coffee in canel park at 8a.m. I am not sure which one as of yet, but I will let you know when I find out. I like this idea, of coffee with a councilor, it is a good way to communicate with a councilor.

It is not a new idea. Councilor Chris Dahlberg did it when he served on the city council, he is now a St. Louis County Commissioner. Dahlberg served on the Duluth City Council from 1991 to 1995. He is in his first term as a county commissioner. From 1995 to 2008 he did not hold any elected position

Keep the pressure on.

Keep the pressure on, is the message being send out by google twin ports. The group looking to get google to bring there fiber-optic high speed internet to Duluth.

The group is asking people to continue to sign the support page on there website even after the March 26th dead line. This is to show a continued support for the project well google makes there decision on where to locate the test sites.

Head on over to http://www.googletwinports.com/ and support the project if you have not yet done so.

Golf any one?

The two city ran golf courses have opened there driving ranges for the season. Both Enger and Lester golf courses have opened them today. This normally means the courses will also open soon.

Hey that's my car.

A brand new police car got the rear window knocked out of it today in Duluth. A 20 year old man walking in front of the West Duluth police station threw rocks at the car breaking the rear window of the police car. The man that threw the rocks may have mental health issues.

The man was apprehended right aways as the incident happened near the main entrance to the police station.

Google fest.

Google fest was a huge success said the organizers, Google Twinports. The event that included the conclusion of making the google movie, had an attendance of 700 people. Google Twinports was expecting about 500 people for the event. The event also have games, music and more.

The movie is being edited and should be available for people to watch soon. I will let you know when it is, also where you can watch it. Speaking of the movie it took 3 days to film and was filmed in various places in Duluth.

32 years ago today.

Today is it, the big day. That's right I am 32 today. Celebrating with me is Garbon, he is 31 today.

Google count down!!!!!

Cities trying for the Google fiber high speed internet only have a few days left. There are 46 cities trying to become the test site for Google's high speed internet. Duluth is just one of those 46 cities. Of those 46 cities, Duluth has the largest online support group. Duluth trailed Topeka Kansas for a short time, but Duluth was able to take the lead over in just one week's time, since then no city has caught up to us.

Duluth has done a number of things both publicly and privately to try to convince Google to make our city the test site. Many people know of the "stunts" done on our behalf, including a play on Topeka changing its name to Google Kansas. Mayor Ness jumped into a frozen Lake Superior -- laying down a challenge to all other mayors. Ness said, I have set the bar, lets see other mayors jump into Lake Superior.

There has also been a number of other public events. Google Twinports has had booth space at a number of events, including fun fest and the women's expo. The group is also making a movie. There is also a number of behind the scenes things the group is doing to entice Google to come to Duluth.

Google has given cities till March 26th to have all there items submitted

Jim Gradishar dead at the age of 47.

A man who was surrounded by controversy over the last few years took his own life on Wednesday. Jim Gradishar owned the NorShor Experience, a strip club here in Duluth. He had trouble with citizens and police since the strip club opened.

The owner of the NorShore building, Eric Ringsred, blamed Gradishar's suicide on the media and the police. Saying they had a witch-hunt out on Gradishar, Ringsred went as far as to use the word murder instead of suicide, saying the newspaper, city officials and the police all have blood on their hands.

Gradishar had trouble with the law here in Duluth and elsewhere. Here, in Duluth, he brought a gun to a public place while under the influence. His business, the NorShor Experience, has also had its run ins with the police and the city. They have been the subject of numerous police calls. The business also had its liquor license pulled by the city until a judge overruled the city and restored the license.

I did not know Gradishar at all. I do think the media seemed to focus on him because of the type of business he ran. I think if this would have been someone who ran a high tech industry, you would have heard little about it.

Buffalo wild wings.

So as many of you know Buffalo wild wings has been building a restaurant in the old gander mountain site, the restaurant is set to open it's doors on Monday March 22nd.

The staff has been in training and as of last night, there are already people camping out at the restaurant. Yep just like black Friday, people are waiting out side of the site for it to open. A bit crazy if you ask me.

Yes I want to try it. I have never eaten at one but people tell they are good, but is it worth waiting in the lot for five days?

Bye the way March 22nd happens to be some blogger's birthday, here is a good gift idea if you would like to get a certain blogger something for his birthday. A gift card works just fine thanks, LOL.

Lots going on, little time.

There is a lot going and I hope to blog soon about it. I have and will be busy the rest of this week. I will try to get caught up this weekend, even though it will also be busy.

That said check back daily as I will try to post what I can. As always thanks for reading.

Pawletny nice to Duluth in bonding bill.

Duluth gets projects from Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. Pawlenty did what he said he would with the bonding bill, he did not veto it. He did however trim it down. That said, many Duluth projects stayed in the bonding bill.

Governor Pawlenty trimmed $319 million from a $1 billion bonding bill. Duluth is one of the cities that is left with many projects, however Duluth will get money for three projects.

Lake Superior College will be adding a Health Sciences building. The Duluth International Airport will receive funding for a new airport terminal, and money is allocated to help fix Duluth's wastewater control issues. Included is money to build two new sewage overflow tanks to prevent raw sewage from entering Lake Superior.

The projects come at no small cost to the state. The LSC building will receive $12.1 million, the airport project will receive $11.7 million and money for the wastewater control project is $27 million.

A day with a candidate.

Do you want to learn more about the Republican candidate for the Minnesota House District 7A? Saturday, March 27th will be your chance.

Carinda Horton will be running against DFL candidates Tom Huntley or Brandon Clokey in the primary. Horton has a number of events scheduled for March 27th. She would love to see people at any or all of them.

Her very busy day starts at 7AM and will end at 5PM. Her day starts with the Step Out Walk To Fight Diabetes at Miller Hill Mall, then a number of events for the campaign starts at Mr. D's Bar & Grill.

Here is a list of the events at Mr. D's: -

9am - Take Back Washington

10:30am Town Hall meeting -

1pm - Golden Gloves boxing show at The Actors Gym, 404 West Superior Street


3-5 pm - Meet and Greet.


Head on out to one or all the events if you would like more

Not much going on.

Not much going on, unless you like talk about furniture. The city bought furniture withs out the council approval. It is not that big of deal to me.

I might not be able to blog about the rest of todays games.

I know I will not be able to blog about the night games as I will be at work. The second after noon game will start shortly and I will try to blog about it, but I have other things I need to do.

I will have more tomorrow on the tournament. Again I will try to cover the second afternoon game.