What questions do you want answered by candidates running for election in Minnesota's 8th Congressional District?
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Governor Dayton recently announced he will take action to invest in small businesses in Minnesota. What will you do in support of Duluth's small businesses and their owners and employees? How will you help to stimulate their growth?
4 votes
What is the best way to bring good jobs to the 8th district? How do you balance tourism jobs against mining jobs?
3 votes
Do you support the reroute of the North Country Trail through the Arrowhead, which would avoid having to build a 100-mile section of the trail through swamp? And will you introduce re-route legislation early in the next congress? List of local entities that support the Re-route: • Cass County • Aitkin County • Itasca County • Lake County • Cook County • Carlton County • City of Grand Rapids • City of Tower • City of ...more »
Do you support the reroute of the North Country Trail through the Arrowhead, which would avoid having to build a 100-mile section of the trail through swamp? And will you introduce re-route legislation early in the next congress?
List of local entities that support the Re-route:
• Cass County
• Aitkin County
• Itasca County
• Lake County
• Cook County
• Carlton County
• City of Grand Rapids
• City of Tower
• City of Cook
• City of Ely
• Fall Lake Township
• City of Duluth
• City of Cloquet
• City of Carlton
• Minnesota DNR
• Superior National Forest
• Chippewa National Forest
• Superior Hiking Trail
Association
• Border Route Trail
Association
• Kekekabic Trail Club
• Parks & Trails Council of
MN
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Currently, there is a significant amount of anger with the government and those who are involved with the political and economic process. How do you feel about the current climate? What can and should be done for the 99% of citizens this movement represents?
2 votes
For generations of booms and busts people have known that the resource-based economy of northern Minnesota is both a blessing and a curse. What will you advocate in Congress that will foster the diversification of the region's economy?
2 votes
If elected will you advocate for legislation restricting the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United?
2 votes
If completed, would the Northern Lights Express have a greater economic impact for Duluth or Minneapolis? Furthermore, do you support national investments in high-speed rail?
1 vote
Returning veterans are having a difficult time find civilian jobs upon ending their time of service, leading to a spiral of joblessness and depression. With an influx of troops returning from Iraq occurring by year's end, this problem will only worsen.
What ideas do you have about helping veterans find suitable jobs, battle depression, and reintegrate in a deserving manner?
1 vote
Congress is in the midst of debate over a bill that would set a national standard for how many live organisms can be permitted in ballast water. It's an important issue to the Great Lakes shipping industry: ship ballasts spread non-native species such as zebra and quagga mussels, which threaten the state's ecology, but the shipping industry says that the patchwork of state rules is difficult to follow. Environmentalists ...more »
Congress is in the midst of debate over a bill that would set a national standard for how many live organisms can be permitted in ballast water.
It's an important issue to the Great Lakes shipping industry: ship ballasts spread non-native species such as zebra and quagga mussels, which threaten the state's ecology, but the shipping industry says that the patchwork of state rules is difficult to follow.
Environmentalists say the legislation currently being debated in Congress isn't strict enough, and would preempt federal and state rules.
If elected, where would you stand on ship ballast regulation?
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What is your opinion with regards to Congressional pay...Are members of Congress paid too much? Should Congressional pay be cut to help the deficit/debt talks? Should members of Congress pension fund be reformed?
0 votes
How do you balance the environmental concerns about exotic species with continued development of maritime commerce in the port of Duluth?
0 votes
Minnesota's 8th District has an unemployment rate of nearly 6.9 percent - the same as the state's average.
If elected, how do you plan to bring jobs to your district? To that end, how do you plan to diversity jobs in the district?
0 votes
This question goes to Tarryl Clark:
You've long lived in the 6th District of Minnesota, and only recently arrived in the 8th.
How do you plan to show voters in the 8th District that you're not an outsider, and that their priorities are your priorities?
0 votes
Mining has a long history in the 8th District.
But two new operations proposed for the area could pose significant environmental problems.
If elected, how will you balance the need for jobs with environmental preservation?
0 votes
Fond du Lac Reservation and the City of Duluth collaborated 25 years ago to create "Fond-Du-Luth" casino. They concept was revolutionary at the time and has spurred important development in both Duluth and Fond du Lac Band. The relationship has been strained recently and earlier this year the Indian Gaming Commission ruled against Duluth in it's dispute with the band: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/08/31/fond-du-luth-casino/ ...more »
Fond du Lac Reservation and the City of Duluth collaborated 25 years ago to create "Fond-Du-Luth" casino. They concept was revolutionary at the time and has spurred important development in both Duluth and Fond du Lac Band. The relationship has been strained recently and earlier this year the Indian Gaming Commission ruled against Duluth in it's dispute with the band: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/08/31/fond-du-luth-casino/
Where do each of the candidates come down on this issue? How about Indian gaming in general? Fond du Lac Band alone has around 2,000 employees, one of the largest employers in the district.
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President Obama has sided with commercial interests in refusing to block the flow of invasive Asian carp into the Great Lakes via the Chicago river. What would you do to ensure that the integrity of Lake Superior and the other Great Lakes? I'd also like to hear what each candidate thinks about creating a new American Investment and Recovery Act focused on the improving and modernizing the 50-plus year old infrastructure ...more »
President Obama has sided with commercial interests in refusing to block the flow of invasive Asian carp into the Great Lakes via the Chicago river. What would you do to ensure that the integrity of Lake Superior and the other Great Lakes?
I'd also like to hear what each candidate thinks about creating a new American Investment and Recovery Act focused on the improving and modernizing the 50-plus year old infrastructure and security of our lock and dam systems and the St. Lawrence Seaway. Such improvements are long overdue and they could potentially revolutionizing our economy by dramatically increasing the flow of cargo in and out of the Duluth Harbor.
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