Fairmont, MN. Coming soon to the Travel Channel? Not so fast. The Fairmont Sentinel reported that Mayor Randy Quiring proposed spending "$19,800 for a five-minute feature about Fairmont during the "Profiles with Terry Bradshow" program on the Travel Channel." Said Quiring: "For economic development it's pretty expensive, but to have that professional piece we can use as we want - …
Archives for June 2011
FFM Bulletin 6/14/11 "Flag Day Edition"
What So Proudly We Hailed – Happy Flag Day! So what’s the point of Flag Day? Leon and Amy Kass have a great article featured today in National Review Online about the purpose and history of the United States’ unique flag. As we learn from the article, Flag Day is not an official federal holiday, but the president is requested to issue a proclamation for US …
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Home Daycare Providers Organize Against Statewide Unionization Campaign
Controversial card check drive by AFSCME and SEIU aims for governor’s executive order Thousands of licensed Minnesota day care providers may soon become unionized at the stroke of Governor Dayton’s pen via executive order as an increasingly contentious, yet largely unknown, organizing campaign apparently nears an end, according to opponents. The effort to organize the approximately 12,000 …
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