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Kim Crockett

Prior to joining The Minnesota Free Market Institute, Crockett served for five years as Corporate Counsel to TCF National Bank in Wayzata, MN. Crockett has been a member of the Federalist Society since 1984 when she founded the student chapter at Penn Law in Philadelphia. She is currently Chairman of the Minneapolis Lawyers Chapter. She also owns a small business with her husband. Kim is a member of the Deephaven City Council and Chairman of the five-city Excelsior Fire District. She has served Governor Tim Pawlenty as an appointee to Minnesota Compensation Council and the Minnesota Supreme Court as member of the Committee on Minnesota’s Code of Judicial Conduct. A native of Minnesota, Kim is married to Brian Crockett and has two children, Will and Katharine.

The Minnesota House of Representatives will conduct two public hearings on childcare unionization on Monday, October 24th at 7:00 PM. One in Rochester and one in St. Cloud.

Update: Here are some of the news reports from Saint Cloud and Rochester from last night’s hearings. While these news reports are rather weak on the facts, the comments from readers are encouraging. People understand that this threat to impose a public union on privately own small businesses is a clumsy attempt to increases the dues-paying [...]

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Dr. Michael (the “Hockey Stick”) Mann: In Mpls Wednesday Oct. 12 at Convention Center. Join Us!

Update: KSTP did a short blurb on our rained out protest (hey,weather happens). We had great conversations with some curious geologists, some of whom agreed and some of whom did not but appreciated out concerns about scientific integrity. I had never met a geologist before! One smart grad student told me that academic geologists are [...]

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It is Columbus Day! A reminder from the 56 Club.

Here is a reminder from our friends at the 56 Club. * * * Enjoy this “real” history lesson from our favorite American historian, David Barton’s “WallBuilders.” Celebrate Columbus Day! Monday, October 10th is Columbus Day. Traditionally observed on the second Monday in October, Columbus Day commemorates the landing of Columbus in the “New World” (on [...]

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