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Ernie Leidiger uncorks some whoppers at the Waconia candidate forum
The only candidate forum in the State House 47A race occurred this morning. I wasn’t able to attend due to a work commitment, but fortunately we have the Twitter streams of two local Republicans — Jim...
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Compare and contrast
Here’s what one of Carver County’s State Representatives is up to: A 47-year-old single woman suffering from the highly aggressive HER2NU Stage 2 breast cancer is going to get the life-saving treatment...
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Brick City Blog Endorsement: Jeff Ross and Amy Logue for District 112 School...
The race for School Board in Eastern Carver County Schools has been mildly disappointing so far. As a Chaska resident, with five Chaska citizens running for the three open spots on the Board, I was...
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Ernie Leidiger: A day late and a few thousand short
The final pre-election campaign finance reports were due on Monday. State Rep. Ernie Leidiger missed the deadline, filing his report one day late. (Given his other history, it would have been a...
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Let’s Go To The Tape, Round 2
It’s time for another episode of Carver County’s new favorite game show, Let’s Go To The Tape. In our first episode, we checked the claims of the Carver County Commissioner candidates who said that...
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Hoppe late in filing his campaign finance report
Chaska State Representative Joe Hoppe, who is unopposed for re-election tomorrow, is now one week late in filing his pre-general election campaign finance report. The state Campaign Finance and Public...
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Election Resources
Here are some key election resources: Don’t know where you go to vote? Use the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Pollfinder. Not registered to vote yet? Here’s what you need to have with you for...
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Chaska Area Election Results and Quick Analysis
State Senate District 47: Julianne Ortman (63.8%) def. Jim Weygand (36.0%) State House District 47A: Ernie Leidiger (62.5%) def. Keith Pickering (37.3%) The two challenged legislative incumbents...
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Eastern Carver County takes some steps in a moderate direction
Every election cycle, we get the requisite story about Carver County’s long history of voting Republican. 2012 was largely a continuation of that trend, with Mitt Romney racking up nearly 60% of the...
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More Than Just Ernie: The Best of Brick City Blog in 2012
It’s been another great year here at Brick City Blog. Readership continues to grow, up 2.5x over 2011 and we tripled the number of e-mail subscribers. As we prepare to flip the calendar to 2013,...
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