Uproar over Target's political contributions exposes double standard
Jonathan Blake, Star Tribune - The recent uproar over Target Corp.'s $150,000 contribution to MN Forward, a business-friendly political action committee that is running ads in favor of a pro-business gubernatorial candidate, has officially become a media phenomenon, covered in virtually all of the state's newspapers, blogs and TV newscasts. It's even made national news. Meanwhile, Minnesota's largest public employee unions have already spent five times that sum, more than $750,000, on the upcoming election...
Jonathan Blake, Star Tribune - The recent uproar over Target Corp.'s $150,000 contribution to MN Forward, a business-friendly political action committee that is running ads in favor of a pro-business gubernatorial candidate, has officially become a media phenomenon, covered in virtually all of the state's newspapers, blogs and TV newscasts. It's even made national news. Meanwhile, Minnesota's largest public employee unions have already spent five times that sum, more than $750,000, on the upcoming election...
Minnesota public employee unions shun diversity
FFM Accountability Alert - FFM's review of recently filed campaign finance reports finds that Minnesota's public employee unions have already spent hundreds of thousands of dollars in the 2010 election cycle to support a diverse group of candidates: suburban Democrats, rural Democrats, Twin Cities Democrats, and Iron Range Democrats...
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