New School Board member admits creating race-baiting Web site

Chris Stewart, who on Tuesday won election to the Minneapolis School Board, yesterday admitted that he and some friends created a replica Tammy Lee for Congress Web site laden with racial epithets to lampoon Fifth District Congressman Martin Sabo’s support…

Lee campaign alleges new School Board member responsible for ‘racist’ parody Web site

The Tammy Lee congressional campaign has traced what it calls a “racist, hate Web site

Now the IP will have to fight defections

Despite its generally lackluster performance in Tuesday’s elections, the Independence Party will wake up Wednesday morning positioned to make a move against the major parties in ways it has never been before. The party has build a solid fundraising mechanism,…

Tammy Lee and the Independence Party

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Hutchinson begins his concession speech (he trails a deadlocked Hatch and Pawlenty, 45 to 7 percent) with an anecdote about a marathon runner finishing last in the Olympics. “Minnesota didn’t sent us here just to start this race,…

Parody Web site blasts Sabo’s endorsement of Lee

In a nasty piece of reverse race-baiting, an anonymous hacker has created a Tammy Lee look-alike site that lampoons Rep. Martin Sabo’s endorsement of the Independence Party’s Fifth District congressional candidate Tammy Lee. The site, http://www.trailblz.info/leetammy/hatesite/hatesite.htm, is clearly marked…

‘Fiercely apolitical’ Gerold enjoying life on the stump

Four months into a political campaign she could never have predicted, Lucy Gerold is well on her way to what she calls “a graduate degree in civics,

Benanav as ‘The Apprentice’?

Jay Benanav’s campaign to unseat Ramsey County District Judge Elena Ostby got a small boost from what appears to be an unlikely source: Donald Trump.

Kennedy says U.S. troops should stay in Iraq “until the terrorists can’t win”

Britt Robson takes the local and national press to task for ignoring a Nov. 2 remark from Senate candidate Mark Kennedy that indicates the Republican endorsee is more than happy to allow U.S. troops to remain in Iraq forever.

Writing…

What’s next for the Independence Party?

Nine days prior to his presumptive endorsement at the Independence Party’s June 24 state convention, gubernatorial candidate Peter Hutchinson and his campaign staff organized a coming out party at Metro State University in St. Paul for what he called “Team…

Council rejects bid to regulate music choices at Dinkytown bar

An attempt to dictate what style of music a Dinkytown restaurant can play sparked a lively debate on free speech at Friday’s Minneapolis City Council meeting.

Third Ward Council Member Diane Hofstede sought to amend a liquor license agreement between…