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I have provided the above map which includes links to the 2010 Dakota County races for city council and school districts (levies and school board) which I cover. The cities are color coded by school district (e.g. Apple Valley and Rosemount [ISD 196] are red, Burnsville is blue and Eagan is purple because it straddles 196 and 191 — yes, Im a nerd). When the markers are clicked it brings up a bubble with textual results and links to the Secretary of State websites for those cities and/or school districts.
If you are more interested in all of the races especially those that I did not list in the bubbles (state races, soil/water conservation, judges, etc) then you can check out either the Secretary of State Website or the Dakota County GEMS Election Results for more information.
What were the biggest surprises for you? Were you disappointed in any of the results? Are you concerned that some of the levies which were passed / failed will negatively impact you financially or will affect your children’s chances of succeeding in the future? Are you concerned with some of the choices of councils and/or school boards? How did you watch the election news last night (TV, Internet, social media, any combination)? Are you shocked at the governor race and are you tense about yet another Minnesota recount?
Whatever you have to say about the 2010 South Metro election results go ahead and comment on as I’d love to hear what you have to say.
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November 3rd, 2010 at 7:36 am
I’m glad Dahl is out as Mayor and Little is in as council member for Lakeville. Also very glad the attempt (ISD 196) to take more money out of my pocket to subsidize other people’s yard apes was denied. Above the local level were fucked no matter who is sitting in the chair so I’m happy with the results.
After finding out I’ll be paying $50 more per month starting next year for less medical coverage I can’t say I’m sad anyone currently in office won’t be back though.
I only used the startribune web site and the secretary of state web site. Lakeville results weren’t even starting to come in when I decided I needed to go to bed at 11pm. Would like to know what took so long for them to show up.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:48 am
Yes, I’m very surprised that Republicans won the Minnesota House and Senate. I’m not surprised that Jim Oberstar is out. His debate performance and his Malaysian-themed TV ads reeked of desperation. My thought in the closing days was that if Oberstar thinks he’s in trouble, he’s in trouble. And he was. On the guber race, I’m not surprised, for reasons I’ll keep in reserve for now.
As for the 196 levy, I’m disappointed for a friend of mine who said, “Of course I’m voting for the levy.” Her concern: She fears that some of the services her kid with an IEP gets and that he will be put into a classroom with even more kids (fire the teachers). I understand her fear but it’s disgusting that she feels so powerless about the situation. Utah, Georgia, and Ohio all have state scholarship programs that lets parents of special needs kids (in Ohio, it’s just for autism, in the other states, the range is wider) get a pile of money that they can use for some services laid out by law. Here, you’ve got to negotiate with the school district.
Bellows won the sheriff’s race, which is no surprise. (He was the incumbent, though a new one.)
Blakely, the district court judge who was reprimanded for unethical behavior, was defeated by Clark. Good.
On a strictly “mechanical” note, I was disappointed that the Secretary of State’s office was pitifully slow to post updated vote totals last night. I had to rely on the cable TV access channels and the websites of local TV stations.
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:08 am
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November 3rd, 2010 at 8:37 am
Curious to see what Apple Valley/Eagan/Rosemount is going to do with their levy loss. Something needs to get straightened out there and I can’t believe it is that they have too much assistance for special needs.
I see Lakeville will get a new Mayor. Weather or not it’s good for Lakeville I have to believe it will be good for Mayor Dahl who can now focus more on the challenges it appears she has in her personal life. I’m disappointed that Lakeville didn’t vote yes on question 3. They were just looking to replace equipment that was 7 years or older. OMG, 7 year old technology should be replaced. They claim they have 875 such machines.
Glad to see a vote in a court judge election helped make a change. Not sure if Clark is going to be any good, but I already knew Blakely is no-good so at least we got a chance for something better.
If the difference between Dayton and Emmer is more than 5,000, I tend to say, skip the recount. After the last recount I tend to feel that the MN elections are fairly secure and would not expect to see a recount move more than 5,000 from one side to the other. (2008 recount only found a total of 1672 extra votes) I have a sense that Mark Dayton is at his core a flake. If he makes it, I hope he proves me wrong.
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:38 am
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November 3rd, 2010 at 8:55 am
In response to #4: Burnsville’s mayor will not be on the ballot until 2012.
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:42 am
All I can say is I was scared shitless when I looked at my ballot and Greg Tomlinson was the first name listed under Burnsville City Council (Mudge was second). I was fearing a perfect storm of “vote the incumbent out” mentality and the people who have no idea who those people are just picking the top two names listed and us getting stuck with one of those two clueless dudes by accident.
Thankfully, that didn’t happen, but Tomlinson getting 20% of the vote is proof that we weren’t that far off.
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:46 am
I was surprised to see no (Incumbent) markers next to the names for Apple Valley City Council/Mayor.
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:58 am
There should be a law…no incumbent markers on the ballot.
November 3rd, 2010 at 10:25 am
I’m a bit surprised that so many incumbents stayed in office, actually. The way the media was playing it, the Tea Party was on their doorsteps and dragging them out to be hung on the nearest lamppost.
I’m disappointed that Rep. Sterner didn’t win; he showed up for work and that goes a long way with me.
If this were the United States of Michele, I’d be unhappy with the results, but the people have spoken, and thank God, the angry ads are over for the time being. We can all go back to watching pharmaceutical ads and being frightened of hair loss.
November 3rd, 2010 at 10:38 am
Though not south metro, I was very pleased to that Bostrom beat Fletcher for Ramsey Co. Sheriff. Fletcher and his goons are about as corrupt as they get. This is the first time I’ve ever cared about a campaign for another county’s sheriff.
I was surprised that the GOP to both the MN senate house. And very relieved now that it appears that Dayton (or should we call him Macy now?) is leading the governor’s race. After his admission to being an alcoholic and watching him speak lately, I wonder if he’ll be able to even finish his term. He just seems unstable.
I think the most interesting thing to watch going forward is what the lame duck congress tries to pass before being shown the door.
November 3rd, 2010 at 10:43 am
Minnesota Senate is the biggest schocker to me. I’d be curious to see if the light rail stops and Met Council gets cut.
Locally no real surprises. You could set your watch by the way people vote in Apple Valley. Dissappointed in Mayor Mary.. when will a REAL candidate step up and run against her.
November 3rd, 2010 at 11:07 am
I do agree that Dayton appears unstable – my husband is of the opinion that he’s a quitter and won’t finish – and still I voted for him. I was actually leaning toward Horner, but I realized that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans would play nice with him.
I’ve also come to the conclusion that Michelle Bachmann is politically brilliant – I give the devil her due. She works hard at just keeping her name out there. I’ll be curious to see if she’s any more effective in Washington now. Much as I can’t stand the woman, I was distressed to see that her bill to allow kids in the foster program to stay in their old schools, was ignored before.
In my pink and pretty world, the welfare of children should come before politics.
November 3rd, 2010 at 11:42 am
#12, don’t forget erectile dysfunction.
November 3rd, 2010 at 12:59 pm
I think the moral of the story is “What idiot decided to nominate Emmer?”
Every republican in the country wins and in MN they nominate a guy that cant beat Dayton.
November 3rd, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Well said. Seifert would have taken this race by 10+ points.
November 3rd, 2010 at 1:26 pm
When you refer to children as yard apes, I think you need to look closely at yourself in the mirror.
November 3rd, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Yeah, I would have to agree with DELock. There are plenty of good, and even some great, arguements against the school levy. Not wanting to pay for K-12 education for other peoples “yard apes” is not one of them. An educated populace is a benefit to all. Ask yourself this: where would you be with our a basic education?
Any sane person willing to run for AV mayor in 4 years? When is the last time there has been a real race? Mary must be paying these people to run against her.
November 3rd, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Also, it’s a racist epithet.
The bombs and bullets that are killing our soldiers in other parts of the world aren’t distinguishing the color of American skin. I suggest you rethink your place in this world, and what you owe to it.
November 3rd, 2010 at 2:34 pm
What “yard ape” means depends on your background. Don’t assume he meant it as a racial term.
We used the term growing up in Rochester and we all took it to mean just as I believe Andrew intended….kids. For us it was just a slightly derogatory term referring to kids who were outside, just screwing around. It wasn’t until I moved to Kansas City that I found out that most of the world had a different meaning. Since then I try not to use it, but I still slip up every so often. Certainly no racial insults are intended when I do.
With that in mind, I’ll give Andrew the benefit of the doubt, particularly considering he seemed to use the term with the same meaning as I used to, not as a racial term.
For these guys, it’s the name of their landscaping business:
http://www.yardapes.org/
Evidently these yard apes provide inflatable party stuff:
http://www.yardapesinflatablesllc.com/default.html
November 3rd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
To some extent I agree with the “greater good” line of thinking. But I’m already doing my part and the subsidy I provide for others little darlings is already the largest portion of my property taxes. I’ve voted in favor of levies in the past to maintain but further increase levies will get a no vote from me for the time being.
I am looking in the mirror actually. I see what my wage is now vs 3 years ago and I’ve only had one small raise, had a pay cut for 6 months and at the same time have had more and more taken from my paycheck for health insurance every year and get less coverage. Meanwhile prices/costs for most everything has gone up.
The school district needs to do more with the same or cut back in some areas to keep other things even just as I have. And if the schools really need money so bad how about everyone with kids donate the $1000 per child tax credit they receive every year.
November 3rd, 2010 at 2:47 pm
Sorry…grew up in a very integrated school district near Milwaukee 30 some years ago, didn’t know it had a racial meaning. But I also have to admit I think political correctness is a bunch of bullshit so I’m not all up to date with all the words and all the terms that all kinds of different people might not like.
To be clear: Yard Ape = another person’s kid to me. And yes I don’t like kids, even white ones, so I meant it as a slightly derogatory term.
November 3rd, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Doll and Morgan got voted out of office over here which I don’t seem to agree with because they are both quite middle of the spectrum when it comes to politics. They also both put in the time to find out what the constituents were concerned about around here, at least from my perspective. Now we will have to see if Pam Myhra and Dan Hall are going to for the middle now that the sound bytes are gone…
November 3rd, 2010 at 3:47 pm
I’m also in Doll and Morgan’s district. I debated which way to go since both seem fairly likable. I’ve had a few too many disagreements with both but what really set me off was the negative campaign that was run by the DFL in the Doll-Hall race. I know there’s been a lot of negative campaigning in general, but the smear attacks and the snide, pompous “Preacher Hall” mailings that I was getting multiple times a week were too much.
I can vote for a guy I disagree with on policy, but I don’t like to see someone’s character ripped to shreds like that over policy disagreements.
November 3rd, 2010 at 3:53 pm
I got so sick of all of the fliers that were showing up in my mailbox I threw them all in the recycling bin before they even got to the house! It is disheartening to see the party’s blasting candidates like that, from any party.
November 3rd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Yeah, the Green Eggs & Ham bit was pretty bad too. I think that was from the Republicans against Morgan. I couldn’t believe how many we got. Those things are really expensive!
November 3rd, 2010 at 4:30 pm
I even got an anti-Carlson mailing that just flat out lied. It said that Northwest moved their headquarters and took jobs to Georgia because it had a friendlier business climate, when the real reason was that they were bought by Delta, who is headquartered there. I mean, really. That’s just insulting to think that voters are that ignorant of the facts — we’re not talking about something obscure here.
November 3rd, 2010 at 4:38 pm
I had not heard the term Yard Ape before, but when I read it here I likened it to Crumb Snatcher, Curtain Climber, and Rug Rat.
Yard Ape is only racist if you equate black people with apes, and that is REALLY and TRULY racist.
November 3rd, 2010 at 4:41 pm
I will say this…I’ll miss Tara Mack dropping by my house every now and then.
November 3rd, 2010 at 5:35 pm
I honestly expected to lose. I was hoping to push the chains a little further for my own race, but at least I outperformed most DFL campaigns in my area. I firmly believe most voters didn’t do any research on my race or it would have been closer. There’s far too much party-line thinking. There’s no party on Earth that deserves that kind of blind devotion. That thinking is too Soviet.
I was upset at watching Buesgens win again. That’s worse than if Judge Blakely had won. Seriously, he was half a million behind on mortgage payments and getting open container DWIs weeks before the election, but he can run on fiscal discipline and still win a race?
November 3rd, 2010 at 5:39 pm
I have a lot of information on this site which seems to attract local search traffic around election day. I can tell you that a good number of people, who have never been here before, were searching for stuff both on and the day before election day. While those people may feel that they are then “educated” because they read a couple of articles in Thisweek, the StarTrib, and a few blogs with political news, I have to agree with you Colin, they’re most definitely not.
November 3rd, 2010 at 5:49 pm
I agree Colin, most people don’t have a clue on the issues.
However, I have to take exception to a letter you posted on your website to your constituents. You said:
That’s an insult to everyone who voted for your opponent. Many of them were just as informed as those who voted for you.
You’re not going to win many voters over by insulting them. Saying that your prospective constituents “prefer fire to the frying pan we are in” may be true, but it’s probably not going to win many of them over to your next campaign.
Either way, thanks for being engaged, thanks for running, and thanks for commenting here. I always love to see more public interaction from people seeking public office. Unfortunately, you just have to choose your words a lot more carefully than everyone else.
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:13 pm
I voted for Buesgens with no hesitation at all. He has a long track record on which to base your vote (for or against him) and there’s no reason to suspect that getting a DWI or nearly going into foreclosure would have any affect on his future voting record. I’m certainly not happy about his DWI, but it would make no sense for me to vote for someone else who’s votes I would disagree with. I didn’t vote for him to drive me home after a party, I voted for him to enact policy I agree with.
Colin, you say he got “DWIs”…plural…did he get more than one or did you pluralize it by mistake?
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:26 pm
#29, whether or not that is a “lie” is a debatable point. True, Delta bought Northwest, but the combined company’s HQ could have been either in Minnesota or Georgia. It would have been unusual for the new company’s HQ to move to the state of the acquired company, but I don’t think it’s unprecedented.* So the question of “Why Georgia and not Minnesota?” brings up a lot of possible explanations, including the business climate.
*For example, in banking, I believe Bank One (Columbus, O) bought out First National (Chicago) and then set up the corporate offices in Chicago.
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:27 pm
If you say that you did not know the racist connotations associated to the term “yard ape”, then of course I believe you, Andrew. Truth is, if you had meant it that way, you probably wouldn’t defend it. But I do suggest to everybody here to google the term “yard-ape” and see what comes up. It won’t be the suburban definition.
And #30, try using that logic on Lake Street. Really, love to see it.
Could we please go with “rug rat?” Please?
I’m a big believer in our educational system, and I think if you don’t pay for it now, you pay for it later. But Andrew, my remarks were never meant to argue with what you voted. It’s your right to vote any way you please.
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Me thinks Colin needs to take a hard look at his district to understand what they are looking for, and how whatever it is he was selling, wasn’t it.
Implying that those who voted for your opponent were un-informed smacks of the divisiveness found in politics today. This attitude that if you don’t agree with me well you are simply wrong can only work so long. And I don’t think it has been working for quite some time. The sooner all politicians realize that all they are doing is providing food for Comedy Central, the sooner our politicians can get back to the business of running our government.
November 3rd, 2010 at 10:12 pm
#37, Michele, I’m a big fan of education. I’m not a big fan of “our educational system.”
November 3rd, 2010 at 10:44 pm
I’m disappointed in Obama’s speech today. He spoke of his side losing and how disappointed he was, etc. What he missed was the oppportunity to be a leader. He could have and should have spoken about how he will be happy to work hard alongside the good people whom the citizens have elected, regardless of party. He should lead by example to squash partisanship, not cry about how “his” party lost.
November 4th, 2010 at 6:18 am
I do not think a president meant to represent all people should be able to stump for either side. Those who didn’t vote for him are still represented by him.
Can we just call them children? Why do we need an uncute nickname for them.
November 4th, 2010 at 8:39 am
My grandmother hates with children are called Kids. She says that is what you call a goat, not a child.
What happened on a national front isn’t new. President Obama and the Democrats need to be careful that they do not focus too much on frustration, and instead take a hard look at how they are going to get the things done that they feel are important to be done. I have concerns that the Republicans are going to be focusing too much at undoing what has already been done. Republicans can tend to get stuck in the past, and they need to learn to focus on the now and the future.
November 4th, 2010 at 10:38 am
Lenny, so many DWIs occurred in so many races on both sides of the aisle this year that I made an honest mistake. I am not saying Buesgens is not charming. I am not saying he cannot write laws. I would challenge the idea that he can be fiscally responsible and half a million behind on payments.
Mikeh, I understand a lot more about my district from knocking on the doors of about three to four thousand homes and speaking to residents. They want fiscal responsibility and efficient government. That was my message. In spite of her accolades, my opponent served in a majority from 2002-2004 that was neither efficient nor fiscally responsible. I believe my opponent is working towards that goal, but I see little evidence that she knows how. In fact, I predict we’ll see new subsidies.
Joey, I’m not attempting to insult voters. The numbers clearly show I lost due to party line voting and very little else. I have never voted party line for any party and never will as long as we’re limited to choices who vote for donors instead of constituents. If voters are so informed about their choices, why would so many knowingly entrust our nation to politicians who accept massive donations from special interest groups that have specific aims that harm them?
I took a big risk in running a second time without any donations from political action committees and lobbyists. Voters have no idea what obtaining this money means. While provable quid pro quo is rare, you lose the money if you do not take action for lobbyists’ demands. A lot of insiders felt I was taking unnecessary risks for little electoral benefit and that it could harm other candidates in the party. However, it is the only way to run, have a clear conscience, and honestly serve your voters.
November 4th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Colin, I know you weren’t trying to insult voters. No one, especially a candidate, would intentionally do that. That doesn’t mean what was said didn’t come across as insulting though. Intent is less important than the real impact. Glad to see you updated the verbiage in that post.
And I have to agree with you, I question the competence of someone to manage public finances when they can’t manage their own.
Also, I get weary of the anti-special interest mantra. “Special interest” is such a broad term. We’re all our own special interests. I have special interests and you have special interests and there are organizations representing every special interest in existence with plenty of money to throw at their given interests.
November 4th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
Two items I find interesting from Colin’s Web site:
“Why are you running? Because I have seen our politics corrupted by special interests. Our state politics is befouled by more lobbyists per capita than most states in the country. I want to run to restore dignity and grassroots voices to the process.”
“2010 Endorsements So Far:
Democratic-Farmer-Laborer Party
Clean Water Action
Sierra Club
Minnesota Nurses Association
Education Minnesota
Minnesota AFL-CIO
Greater Minnesota AFSCME Council 65″
The powers of lobbyists extend beyond just dollars.
November 4th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
MSPD wrote: “The powers of lobbyists extend beyond just dollars.”
I could not agree more. Lobbyists are powerful because their influence is seen from befriending politicians, offering endorsements, mobilizing voters, and campaign donations. At some level, we have to decide which functions are anti-democratic and when they cross a line. Abramoff was the extreme.
There is a story behind each of the endorsements you mention and how I stood firm on issues. In fact, my high school classmate ran as a Republican in Saint Paul’s district 64 and he refused to fill out questionnaires for any interest groups. I understand why he did it, but I disagree with going that far.
Every person shares interests with other people and they have a right to hire a professional advocate (a lobbyist) to speak to politicians on their behalf while they need to be at work. These citizens also have a right to know your positions. Unfortunately, special interest requests often go far beyond acceptable, democratic ideas and may not accurately represent the opinions of members.
What’s most telling about my endorsements is what endorsements are missing.
MCCL got in a spat with Tom Emmer years ago for supporting campaign finance reform, even though they purport to be concerned about life. This became a 2010 GOP convention issue. They also whipped votes against ranked choice voting, which could have elected Horner or Emmer instead of Dayton. (Reducing voter fraud, with so few cases on either side, would have made no difference with a 9,000+ vote margin.) I refused to seek endorsements from any organizations on the life issue.
I stood up to the Teamsters on Sunday liquor sales. They said their members don’t want to work Saturdays. I said giving up jobs and revenue is out-of-touch with 7% unemployment and a $5.8B deficit. They did not endorse.
I could give examples where I differed with the teachers, the unions, and the DFL and they still endorsed me. However, I’ll save long stories for an article or book later.
November 4th, 2010 at 5:32 pm
Daft Dayton. Scary Emmer. Who’s Horner.
Sigh. I should have written in a neighbor.
November 4th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
Colin, my point is that influence takes on any number of forms. Do I know you from Adam? No. But just because someone is aligned on an issue with a powerful lobby, or someone has taken contributions from “special interests” doesn’t necessary equate to some of your correlations. You aren’t above the doubt you cast on your opponents no matter how altruistic you think you are.
November 4th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
MSPD, regardless of Colin Lee’s good or bad intentions, many dont even pretend. They take the money from whoever is offering it and sell out their constituents on a daily basis.
I appreciate that on some level Colin is trying to do his part to change a system that is broke beyond mending.
November 5th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Chad, I totally agree. I’ve said it as recently as the other day — I can’t stand politics, politicians, etc. I think they are some of the worst America has to offer. I fully admit that casting my vote has become an almost nauseating experience for me every year/time to the point that I have considered not voting. The people who have sacrificed themselves, family members, and loved ones…everything…to secure our freedom and ability to vote DESERVE BETTER than the disgusting, shameful politics and individuals we have holding office and running for office.
It could very well be that Colin is a great guy, wonderful representative/statesman/potential policymaker.
My point was that so forcefully lashing out at opponents using the tired rhetoric of “how can people support a candidate taking money from special interests and lobbyists, the very people who seek to harm them?” while having some of the most scummy, slimy, ultra-lobbyist organizations you can imagine listed as endorsements is a contradiction.
Colin presented his integrity on a few issues fairly well in post 46. He also seems to be hypothesizing (inaccurately with the “party line” nonsense, in my opinion) why he lost. I’m pointing out an area he may wish to attend to if he runs again.