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Articles by Kim Crockett
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Don’t put another train on the kids’ credit card
We’ve heard the Metropolitan Council say for years that the federal government was on board to underwrite the expansion of the metro’s light rail system. It was always inevitable; the funding tr...
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How a Medicaid program for people who are disabled is funding politics
This is a classic tale of good and evil, and the little guy getting pushed around by the big guy. In the 1970s, our country moved away from institutionalizing disabled people, in favor of keeping them...
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How much is ‘Green Bling’ costing your town or city?
Edina’s expensive foray into feel-good environmental projects is a case in point. Sunday’s front page featured a story about how Edina and other suburban communities are installing solar proje...
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Many caregivers want out of union’s iron grip
But the Dayton administration, which has long and beneficial ties to the public-employees union, is helping thwart their efforts. Praise be, the election is over. Most people can turn to who’s com...
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It’s time to vote again on the personal care attendant union
I met Kris Greene several years ago. We were in federal court, listening to arguments in a case she and other parents brought in an attempt to stop Gov. Mark Dayton from inviting a government union to...
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Posts by Kim Crockett
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Fighting for the American Dream in D.C.
DFL Governor Mark Dayton’s plan, like many “blue state” governors, uses “transit oriented development” or TOD, to pull money out of the suburbs and greater Minnesota to fund and re-enforce a...
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The DFL’s “Young Learners” Marching to Pre-School This Fall
Children of all ages need to play and get lots of rest. Nursery school-age children, even at-risk kids who may need our special care and support, do not belong institutional settings like schools, nor...
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Met Council Poker Game: buying train cars and condemning land for SWLRT
“In the Council’s mind, it’s like a high-stakes poker game. The Council is betting that by spending hundreds of millions of dollars, they can pressure Congress and the FTA into approving the pro...
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The New Normal? DHS Partners with Extremist SEIU to Administer Medicaid Program for the Disabled
Who would have ever guessed that people who care for the disabled in their homes would have to fight their own state government to protect a precious Medicaid benefit from a dues-skimming scheme by th...
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Met Council votes to increase transit fares by 25 cents. Why now?
So why did the Council step up and make a reasonable rate increase now? Answer: They are flying out to DC to lobby Congress and the FTA/DOT on a regular basis trying to secure full funding grants for ...
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Media from Kim Crockett
Supreme Court victor Pam Harris encourages Minnesota PCAs (3 min.)
Supreme Court victor Pam Harris encourages Minnesota PCAs...
CAE Town Meeting in Burnsville: Is It Time to Reform the Met Council? (1:31:57)
American Experiment’s Katherine Kersten and Kim Crockett are joining key legislators for a Town Meetings in Burnsville that discussed new developments in how the Met Council is using its Thriv...