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Coleman pal Kazeminy ‘funnels’ $50,000 — to fire victims

By Chris Steller | 12.24.08 | 1:06 pm

Nasser Kazeminy, who is accused in a Texas civil suit of funneling $75,000 in hidden money to U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman via two private businesses, is in the news again. This time he’s suspected of distributing money in…

The Crunch: Party bigwigs Opperman and Cummins among top 30 donors

By Paul Demko | 10.02.08 | 9:59 am

Minnesota’s top 100 political donors have pitched in a collective $4.1 million to federal candidates since the start of 2007. That’s around $40,000 per family. In this week’s installment of The Crunch, we look at donors ranked 21st through 30th — a field that includes Vance Opperman, dubbed in 1998 “the most powerful man you’ve never heard of,” who, with his wife, comes in at number 27; gay marriage foe Robert Cummins (#21); and, Minnesota’s 24th most generous giver, Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor and his wife, who’ve contributed nearly $50,000 to state and federal GOP candidates and causes this cycle.