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Kim Crockett

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Kim Crockett

Education

Good News: Assaulted Para-Teacher Will Recover. Bad News: Schools are Really Dangerous for Teachers

May 25, 2018 by Kim Crockett

Where is the teachers’ union? Teachers are being assaulted. At work. Where is their union? Is it calling for tough discipline, or throwing kids out of school who hurt and…

May 25, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Culture

Bad behavior all around: 2015 Teacher of the Year using profanity, Fox News Commentator assaulted at restaurant

May 24, 2018 by Kim Crockett

What do these incidents have in common? Trump Derangement Syndrome, or people on the left who feel entitled to act in an uncivilized, unhinged manner because they hate Donald Trump.…

May 24, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Education

Pension Funding: the Pension Problem Will Return, Again

May 24, 2018 by Kim Crockett

The pension bill, which Gov. Mark Dayton supports, is expected to become law though some lawmakers are stunned at the growing expense. Pensions are supposed to be covered by employer…

May 24, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Transportation

Change of Guard? Peter McLaughlin does not get endorsed for Hennepin County

May 22, 2018 by Kim Crockett

The article, written with no sense of apology for its blunt focus on race, age and sexual preference, with little reference to policy positions, went on the describe other changes…

May 22, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Education

Gov. Mark Dayton: holding his breath until he turns blue at elementary school

May 18, 2018 by Kim Crockett

It is outrageous that a governor would subject children to his political temper tantrum.  Citizens must object to this injection of partisan politics in our K-12 taxpayer supported schools. Dayton…

May 18, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Public Safety

Welfare Fraud Supporting Extravagant Lifestyles and Terror Abroad: MN Senate Calls for Investigation  

May 17, 2018 by Kim Crockett

This investigation, focused primarily on welfare payments for child care, is just getting started. A former DHS investigator says the PCA Medicaid program fraud is much worse. The allegation is…

May 17, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Culture

Summer Movie Night: The Fight of Our Lives. Defeating the Ideological War Against the West.

May 16, 2018 by Kim Crockett

In light of the revelations this week that Minnesota's welfare system is being leveraged to fund corruption at home and terror abroad, I want to extend an early invitation to…

May 16, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Culture

Letter to GOP Leadership: No Pre-K Expansion; Preserving the K-12 Mission

May 10, 2018 by Kim Crockett

Dayton is campaigning hard for $138 million “emergency” school funding but he might just settle for more pre-K funding instead. The governor has, in the past, successfully expanded pre-K programs…

May 10, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Education

Teacher Appreciation Day: Fun Facts on Average Salaries

May 8, 2018 by Kim Crockett

Minnesota secondary teachers have an average wage of $62,590 plus benefits. Don’t forget that salary is just one part of the equation. You need to add in the cost of…

May 8, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Transportation

Southwest Journal: Risk of “Fatal Delay” Rises for Met Council’s SWLRT Project

May 7, 2018 by Kim Crockett

As costs continued to rise for Southwest Light Rail Transit, the Metropolitan Council sounded a warning in a federal filing this week that its ongoing dispute with a regional railroad…

May 7, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Culture

Memo to Legislature: Resist Dayton’s Push for Expansion of “Free” Pre-K

May 4, 2018 by Kim Crockett

The Dayton administration continues its relentless demand for Minnesota to adopt universal Pre-K for all four-year-old’s. There is no danger the legislature will pass universal pre-K this session but GOP…

May 4, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Economy

My productive visit to St. Cloud to talk about the refugee resettlement program

May 1, 2018 by Kim Crockett

Our treatment by Congress and presidents back to George H. W. Bush has been downright shabby. The refugee resettlement program is a federal program; it was supposed to be paid…

May 1, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Transportation

The Star Tribune mischaracterizes Met Council compliance bill advancing in the U.S. House

April 27, 2018 by Kim Crockett

"Congressional intent is that any MPO who’s structure changes in order to adhere to federal law, will be given a transition period. This amendment does not put in jeopardy any…

April 27, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Governance

Special screening of the movie Little Pink House: Friday night April 27 at the Lagoon Cinema

April 26, 2018 by Kim Crockett

Special Screening of Little Pink House on Friday, April 27 at 7:30 PM CDT at the Lagoon Cinema 1320 Lagoon Avenue, Minneapolis MN 55408. After the film there will be a…

April 26, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Unions

Decertification Election Bill for PCAs Advances in the Legislature

April 25, 2018 by Kim Crockett

Last year, the HHS law contained a very odd provision; it empowered the governor to not only negotiate a new contract with the SEIU but it pre-ratified that contract with…

April 25, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Education

Gov. Dayton’s relentless pursuit of our small children, and union revenues: Will the GOP hold the line?

April 12, 2018 by Kim Crockett

If Dayton succeeds, he shifts the culture even closer to the socialist ideal of shaping little hearts and minds with the state’s approved education, re-orients our family schedules and budgets…

April 12, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Education

A fair share

April 11, 2018 by Kim Crockett

Could the Janus case restore civility to Minnesota’s politics and classrooms?

April 11, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Transportation

Another “Multi-Model” Fatality for Met Council’s LRT Line on Crowded City Streets

April 11, 2018 by Kim Crockett

The Star Tribune reported yet another fatality, and suspension of normal service involving light rail trains. Does the "multi-model" approach favored by the Met Council and MnDOT make sense? Do…

April 11, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Culture

Remembering Dr. King: What would he say about K-12 “restorative justice” discipline policies?

April 3, 2018 by Kim Crockett

School districts, under pressure from the Obama administration, adopted new student discipline policies referred to often as “restorative justice.” One of the goals was to reduce the number of minority…

April 3, 2018 by Kim Crockett
Governance

Should MN amend the constitution (again) to get dedicated funds for roads?

April 2, 2018 by Kim Crockett

Lawmakers are frustrated. They cannot get enough funding for roads. Why? MnDOT has been captured by the “multi-model” approach to mobility championed by the Metropolitan Council, our mega regional planning…

April 2, 2018 by Kim Crockett
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