
The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board said last Thursday that it will not investigate a complaint filed by the Minnesota Republican Party against DFL gubernatorial candidate and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak.

Last summer, when House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher (DFL-Minneapolis) and other DFL legislators were meeting with groups touched by Gov. Tim Pawlenty's unallotments to discuss legal options, one of the key consiglieres in behind-the-scenes deliberations was David Lillehaug, the former U.S. Attorney and DFL activist. PIM spoke with Lillehaug on Wednesday evening, a couple of hours after the release of Judge Kathleen Gearin's temporary restraining order.

Ramsey County Judge Kathleen Gearin sent a deep shock through Minnesota government -- and the state's precarious general fund budget -- this afternoon when she issued a temporary injunction against enforcing some of the budget cuts unilaterally made by Gov. Tim Pawlenty last summer.

Photo by Bill Klotz.
Remember that old Jim Croce tune?
You don’t tug on superman’s cape
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don’t mess around with Jim?
Somebody should tell Al Franken’s legal team that in Minnesota, you don’t mess around with Ken.
As in Ken [...]

Photo by Bill Klotz.
Remember that old Jim Croce tune?
You don’t tug on superman’s cape
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t pull the mask off that old lone ranger
And you don’t mess around with Jim?
Somebody should tell Al Franken’s legal team that in Minnesota, you don’t mess around with Ken.
As in Ken [...]