The City of Mound is the kind of place we in places like Saint Paul and Minneapolis \u00a0dream about; a town with a conservative city council that has done a great job of controlling spending, weaning itself from “Local Government Aid”, and balancing its budget by being fiscally responsible.<\/p>\n
And Sue Jeffers is the kind of person we need more of in Twin Cities conservatism; a fire-breathing conservative activist who doesn’t just talk principle, she acts on it; she may have been the greatest force behind Tom Emmer’s nomination that you never heard of. \u00a0While she does do a show on a station that competes with mine (she’s on 100.3, I’m on AM1280) and which Ed and I crush <\/em>in our time slot (ahem), she’s a friend of mine and one of the sharpest forks in the Minnesota conservative drawer.<\/p>\n But I gotta call her on this one.<\/p>\n Mound city councilman Dave Osmek – who is Republican enough to have been the chief teller at the 2010 MN GOP convention, and conservative enough to talk with Ed and I about the work he helped do to balance the Mound city budget and wean the city off of Local Government Aid – emailed me:<\/p>\n A couple weeks ago, Sue Jeffers’ producer Stan, who lives in Mound, noticed a black Lexus with a City of Mound sign on it. They spent 5-10 minutes bashing Mound (see show podcast from 9\/11, hour 2, about 3\/4 through the hour).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n (Sue’s a good friend, but I’ll let Clear Channel’s promotions department pay me to link to their website, thankewverymuch)<\/p>\n Without calling or checking out the story, the proceeded to blast the Council (4 for 4 conservative Republicans). Jeffers said\u2026they could buy 2 Ford Taursuses for that price\u2026”typical government”\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n At face value, it does in fact sound like some pretty wasteful government spending.<\/p>\n There’s more to it, of course:<\/p>\n Except the truth is, the vehicle in question is a private vehicle that we pay milage on for a dock inspector that works seasonally. Instead of buying a $20,000 Taurus, we pay him a couple hundred bucks a season and bought him a magnet for use when on-duty for the side of the car.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n So in other words, rather than buying a Lexus, or two Tauri or even a single Taurus, the city of Mound essentially rents a car for about one percent the cost of a Taurus.<\/p>\n Osmek tells me that the story has the conservative Mound city council…<\/p>\n …trying to tamp down this fire, during an election season. Needless to say\u2026I ain’t happy. \u00a0I don’t have a problem when people challenge me or tell me when I’m wrong.\u00a0 But when someone says something this patently false, its incredibly frustrating because lies are far more provacative than the truth.\u00a0 Like the old saying goes, a Lie can travel across the globe before the Truth gets outta bed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Naturally. \u00a0It’s why it’s such staple of the Alinski-ite campaigning the DFL’s been doing this cycle; inflammation is more useful to them than information.<\/p>\n Making a big noise for responsibility and accountability in government is a good thing. \u00a0I strongly encourage it.<\/p>\n But let’s make sure we focus on the real enemies – mainly, those who actually are <\/em>wasting money!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The City of Mound is the kind of place we in places like Saint Paul and Minneapolis \u00a0dream about; a town with a conservative city council that has done a great job of controlling spending, weaning itself from “Local Government Aid”, and balancing its budget by being fiscally responsible. 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