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Articles by Kim Crockett
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Why are we in such a hurry for our little kids to grow up?
May 3,2018 Minneapolis Star Tribune Legislators should stand up to Gov. Dayton’s push for universal pre-K, aka “free child care,” which is wasteful and misguided. The state Legisl...
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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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Posts by Kim Crockett
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Training Wheels for a Lifetime of Hard, Honest Work
If Farmer and Sue had been forced by the government to pay us the equivalent of $15 an hour, I think they would have hired older people, and avoided teenagers altogether. We were not worth the money o...
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Uff-Da: What teachers must do to get a $30 refund from Education Minnesota for PAC, etc.
The full implications of the Janus case will not be known for many years. In the meantime, teachers and the legislators who represent them, should insist that the union adopt new customer friendly pol...
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Who is Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente and why is he on the Primary Ballot for the U.S. Senate?
This falls under the “Believe It or Not” category of Minnesota election laws, along with same -day registration, voting without having to identify yourself, language assistance (if they cannot rea...
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Met Council has a new director of equal opportunity but not enough bus drivers. Some Routes Suspended.
One of the Met Council’s core functions is transit. I could not help wondering if the Council focused more on delivering good transit, rather than trying to re-arrange the metro area according to it...
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Litigation following the Janus Employee Freedom Victory: Could you be a Plaintiff?
We are looking for teachers, home health-care providers, state and local government employees, and anyone else whose money was taken, or rights restricted, by a public-employee union. Could that be yo...
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Media from Kim Crockett
Kim Crockett discusses new environment for teachers after BIG Janus victory (6.28.18, 2 min.) (2 min.)
Kim Crockett discusses new environment for teachers after BIG Janus victory (6.28.18, 2 min.)...
Supreme Court victor Pam Harris encourages Minnesota PCAs (3 min.)
Supreme Court victor Pam Harris encourages Minnesota PCAs...