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<br />Majority Leader Rogel
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<br />defense funds, w~bI.
<br />But some people' III
<br />should be set Oil _ ,
<br />funds may be used.
<br />Legally, Mae >diutlll
<br />release the names 101
<br />but said he decided Wi
<br />last year.
<br />Although the m8lJOI
<br />money came from 8m
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<br />rations contributed, till
<br />exempt from campali
<br />laws. For state Senate-
<br />the limit is $500 in ehl
<br />and $100 in otbl
<br />Corporations cannot i
<br />paigns.
<br />Most donations eam
<br />Twin Cities and only .
<br />from his coileagu'i
<br />Legislature. Sen. DaVE
<br />DFL-East Gull Lake"
<br />the most from any tn
<br />Among the notable j
<br />Ken Dayton. $5,00
<br />$2,000; Stanley Hut
<br />owns KSTP-TV, $1,00
<br />man Harvey Mackay,
<br />Kovacevich, chairman
<br />Banks, '$500; George
<br />Pillsbury, .$500; and
<br />Twins owner Carl Poh
<br />"I don't think we !
<br />that kind of defense
<br />Senate Election Laws
<br />Chairman John Ma
<br />Rosevilie.
<br />But Marty conceded
<br />what would be a good
<br />Common Cause eXe(
<br />tor Todd Paulson a
<br />Marty, but also sale
<br />solution doesn't exist.
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<br />ROCHELLE OLSON ASSOCIATED PRESS
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<br />5 ' ST. PAUL
<br />enate Majority Leader Roger
<br />Moe has released the names of
<br />the more than 300 donors who
<br />gave about $80,000 to his legal
<br />defense fund, with longtime DFL
<br />donors leading the list.
<br />Minneapolis publisher Vance
<br />Opperman gave $15,000. DFL
<br />gubernatorial candidate and
<br />department-store heir Mark
<br />Dayton and his wife gave $10,000,
<br />according to a list provided to the
<br />Associated Press on Monday by
<br />Minneapolis lawyer Harry Sieben.
<br />, Dayton said he donated to help
<br />out a friend in need.
<br />"I've known Roger for over 20
<br />years," Dayton said. "1 have a
<br />great deal of respect for him.'~
<br />:Moo's fund was set up in 1996
<br />when he and two aides were
<br />accused of campaigning with
<br />state resources. The court cases
<br />against the three were dismissed
<br />and the aides' legal, fees were
<br />paid by the Senate Rules
<br />Committee, which could have paid
<br />Moo's fees.
<br />,Moe, DFL-Erskine, said he
<br />chose to set up the fund rather
<br />thari ask the taxpayers to pick up
<br />the tab through the Senate,
<br />"We played by the existing
<br />rules," he said.
<br />Sieben. a former DFL House
<br />speaker, headed the fund~i'aising
<br />drive. Neither he' nor Opperman
<br />returned, phone messages seeking
<br />comment.
<br />'Last week, after Moe raised
<br />questions about St. Paul's hockey
<br />arena proposal, Senate Minority
<br />Leader Dick Day, R.Owatonna,
<br />, and House Minority Leader Steve
<br />Sviggum, R-Kenyon. called on
<br />Moo to release the contributors
<br />"to his secret legal defense fund."
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<br />in any case his time probably has
<br />run out. He already has put
<br />money down on new equipment
<br />for the move, he said, and he
<br />stands'to lose an operation val-
<br />ued at perhaps $250,000.
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<br />With some bitterness, he said
<br />his competitors now could have
<br />his business. The owners of Clean
<br />'n' Press a discount cleaner with
<br />a retail ~ut1et in the south section
<br />of Lexingto!l Plaza, had objected
<br />to giving Frishberg a competitive
<br />advantage they could not obtain
<br />themselves. The owner of Gold
<br />Eagle Cleaners in Roseville had
<br />suggested Frishberg buy him out.
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<br />noted. "We have to have (stu-
<br />dents) actually using ,this informa-
<br />tion so that they will understand
<br />it and retain it," she said.
<br />Silliman thinks students definite-
<br />ly will benefit from the changes.
<br />But for teachers, she said, ."there
<br />is no doubt they have a major,
<br />major job in front of them."
<br />At this point, so does LaFrenz.
<br />With the school year rapidly
<br />drawing to a close, he noted, "the
<br />, time line is getting shorter."
<br />
<br />Around North Metro
<br />
<br />Irondale High School in New
<br />Brighton 'will dedicate its new
<br />track facility at 9:30 a.m.
<br />Saturday, April '18. The all-weath- ,
<br />er track was financed largely'
<br />through a fund drive coordinated
<br />by the lrondale Track Boosters. A
<br />track meet will follow the dedica-
<br />tion ceremony at the school, 2425
<br />Long Lake Road. '. . . The
<br />Coalition for Healthy Youth in the
<br />Mounds View School District has
<br />opened a site on the' World Wide
<br />Web http://dlstrlct. moundsvlew.
<br />k12.mn.us!schools/chy/ . It
<br />includes information on the Asset
<br />of the Month campaign,. tips and
<br />'suggestions, and links to web
<br />pages of organizations in the part-
<br />nership,
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<br />Linda Owen writes about North Metro
<br />communities and schools. Her column
<br />appears Tuesdays In the North Metro
<br />edition. You can write to Linda at the
<br />Pioneer Press North Metro Bure~u, 470
<br />W, Highway 96. Suite 180, Shoreview,
<br />Minn. 55126; call her at 481-0285; or
<br />send e-mail to
<br />Ikowen@PioneerPlanet.lnfl.net ,
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<br />Competitors said there are five
<br />dry Cleaners in the immediate
<br />area and business is beginning to
<br />suffer.
<br />Council members said they
<br />regretted having to turn
<br />Frishberg down but felt they had
<br />no choice but to reject a move
<br />that was tantamount to spot-zon-
<br />ing.
<br />"We have to look at how it's'
<br />going to impact in the future,"
<br />Council Member John Goedeke
<br />said.
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