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It’s the Sergeant vs. the Colonel For Congress
Filed Under (Veterans, Energy, *Top Stories, Minnesota, Video) by mmcintee on May-4-2008

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Congressional candidate and Bronze Star winner Steve Sarvi picked up the endorsement of Minnesota’s Democratic party on Saturday. He will face incumbent Republican Congressman John Kline in the November election. Sarvi was an Army Sergeant serving in Iraq up until last year. Kline is a retired Marine Colonel. Kline has often used his military background as a shield in his past campaigns –accusing his opponents of disrespecting the uniform when they criticize him.

Kline is also known for launching well-funded attacks on his opponents, falsely inferring that they support legalizing meth, wanting to give social security dollars to illegal immigrants, and wanting to reinstate the draft.

It will be interesting this year to see how Kline attacks Sarvi without appearing to be attacking the military.

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Sierra Club Powers Clean Energy Politics
Filed Under (Minneapolis, Energy, *Top Stories, Minnesota, Video) by mmcintee on April-18-2008

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Watching the Pennsylvania Democratic Presidential Debate you would think environmental and energy issues are no longer salient - but various interest groups are working hard to make them central to the 2008 Election at every political level. The Sierra Club’s Power 2 Change campaign recently toured various green projects in Minneapolis.

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Mayor Rybak’s Plug-In Prius
Filed Under (Energy, *Top Stories, Minnesota) by mmcintee on October-30-2007

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How would you like your car to get 70 miles per gallon? Sounds pretty good as gas prices shoot up again. Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak has a Toyota Prius that averages 70 MPG and can sometimes hit 99.9 MPG. The reason: his hybrid fueled vehicle has been converted so it can plug in to a standard electrical outlet. He likes the results so much he wants the company that does the conversions to move to Minnesota so the state can be the Texas of the next energy revolution. The Mayor took The UpTake’s Bretton Jones out for a spin to show us the Prius and talk energy policy.

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