Vote For Royce White, Because He is One of Us

2024 Endorsed Republican US Senate Candidate

Royce White Endorsed, a different kind of Candidate

Finally delegates at a convention endorsed a real fighter, a champion to go up against the 3 term Ukraine First Candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar. In the last 2 campaigns against her, the Establishment Republicans either endorsed a vanilla candidate or didn’t support them at all as a kind of a sacrificial lamb or a Uriah the Hittite kind of candidate to ensure an Amy Klobuchar win.

The 3 previous candidates against Amy were: Tony Kennedy in 2006, Kurt Bills in 2012, and Jim Newberger in 2018. Each had their own unique campaign but the real whiff the State Party did was in 2012 when Kurt Bills was endorsed. He was a high school economics teacher who could break down the big words and big complicated concepts into bite sized digestible chunks voters could grasp. He was supported by the Ron Paulers, and because of that support the regular Republicans wouldn’t back him, and because Kurt supported Mitt Romney for President, the Ron Paulers left him high and dry. The other two really didn’t have much of a chance.

Now we have Royce White, who isn’t your typical staid, big money candidate who impresses people in Donor Land of the Minnetonka area. He’s a Baller who thrives on competition. The more tough the competitor the harder he plays. Also he doesn’t look like a regular vanilla candidate either.

Characteristics of a Vanilla Candidate (a candidate with no zest)

A regular vanilla candidate would avoid places that the voters don’t look like him or her, or have the ability to give more than double digit donations. So basically a vanilla candidate would avoid St Paul & Minneapolis because the demographics here are 50/50 or 60/40 White to Non-White people. There’s also a high poverty rate here as well somewhere between 25 to 30% of the population and it’s rising with more foreign invaders

So these 2 characteristics are enough to paint most of the MN Republican Candidates that run for US Senate in this state in the last 20 years.  Norm Coleman actually won in 2008 by 700 votes but with 1000 ACORN votes and a magic Prius with more Al Franken ballots in them with the right amount.

Royce White is not vanilla at all. He’s the equivalent of the unique flavors at Izzy’s Ice Cream shop before it closed.

St Paul Republicans Understand Royce Because He’s One of Us

I, Publius Jr, live about 2 miles north of where Royce White Grew up in Rondo. I live in the North End neighborhood. Rondo was nearly decimated when Interstate 94 was put in through it. Royce was born nearly 30 to 40 years after Rondo was destroyed. He grew up hearing stories about what it once was like. Lately Royce is sharing his upbringing, his Norwegian-American mother and his Black Father. He shared a photo of his Grandpa Milton who was one of the first Black Police Officers for the City called St Paul.

Rondo is a bit different from North End as the latter is predominantly blue collar and a mix of backgrounds. Though there are enough common bonds with both neighborhoods as well as many neighborhoods in the City Called St Paul. Poverty is the same no matter where you go in this most liberal of cities.  The affluent live in pockets here and there, usually near a lake, or the Mississippi River.

I met Royce at the CD4 GOP Convention. I went to the back of the church the convention was at. Then I noticed him just standing there. Not much taller than I was. I’m about 6’4″ when I wear my boots. He’s a bit taller. I shook his hand saying it’s not everyday you shake hands with an NBA player. I had asked him about his son who had a shadow on a scan of his son’s brain. His son pulled through with a lot of prayers from Republicans and fans of all sorts. Royce was wearing his “Wine” hat and had on a polo shirt. He looked as though he belonged in the pews with the other delegates present.

Most candidates who show up are wearing some tailored outfit charged to the campaign. Royce looked like he just got off work. No one scrutinizes those purchases.

He talked in general big picture terms and had a simple message much like Kurt Bills did in 2012.

Why do Some like Michael Brodkorb Hate Royce White?

My first guess to this question why some Republicans have announced they will vote for Amy Klobuchar is because Amy is a grifter too, like them.

Michael Brodkorb was the Deputy Chair of the Party under Chair Tony Sutton. Tony was a big supporter of the grassroots. I gave him some ideas that were future looking, like having a party only Toastmasters club, and how to win people by operating outside of the Stereotypes of Rich, White, and Indifferent we always seem to be painted by the DFL and the #NewsMafia. Brodkorb was caught doing some unethical actions and he gave the State Party a black eye and then in his anger towards the party he started to air dirty laundry. He has also become the person the DFL or the News Mafia go to when they want to know about what makes Republicans tick.

Let’s face it Brodkorb isn’t a Republican, he’s a disavowed agent who seems to have a number of followers who really don’t care if Republicans win or not. As long as they get the winner of a race to agree to some deal they have in the works they are happy. So when Royce White was endorsed over the vanilla candidate of Navy Lifer Joe Fraser he went ballistic. How dare they endorse someone like Royce White.

Okay upon the first or second sound bite of Royce uttering salty language or vulgarities, you might get a bad taste in your mouth. It could also be “trash talk,” too. Athletes tend to say stuff to their opponents to get them off their “game.”

The best medicine for guys like Brodkorb is to ignore them, as everyone sees what sort of fink they are.

If you are a GOPer Planning to Vote for Klobuchar Here’s Why You Shouldn’t

First off before she got into her First term she sent 2 Black Teenagers to Prison for Crimes they didn’t commit.

Myon Burrell’s Conviction Should be Tossed Out

Tyesha Edwards was doing her homework when she was hit by a bullet that went through a drain pipe and passed through the house wall and hit her, killing her in 2002. There was a great outcry at the time for justice to be done, but there was no real leads. Amy Klobuchar was the Hennepin County Attorney at the time. A paid informant came forward and pinned it on Myon Burrell who had been in town visiting friends with his mom and siblings. He had lived in Bemidji at the time. The case came to my attention when Rev Tim Christopher was talking about it on his Twitter account. I looked up Myon’s case it appears as though the real shooter came forward and explained what he was doing–shooting at an a person to intimidate them. If he had used hollow points Tyesha would probably still be alive. Myon’s conviction should be tossed out. See the article I wrote about it here.

2 Ass clowns named Rep Elliot Engen and Joe Teirab jumped all over this case because Governor Walz had commuted the sentence to 20 years with 18 yrs served and 2 yrs on supervised release. I sent a note to the state party for them to stop it because they knew nothing about the case. Neither one of these morons should ever get elected, and if they are their constituents will be underserved.  Myon should get an 8 figure settlement plus some more for his mom dying in his first year in prison and not being allowed to go to her funeral!

Marvin Haynes Set Free on Faulty Eye Witness

Marvin Haynes was charged with a murder he didn’t commit because the eye witness couldn’t be certain who it was that shot her brother. The police had used a tricky photo line up that tricked the witness into identifying Marvin Haynes as the suspect. He spent nearly 20 yrs in Stillwater State Prison for Murder on faulty eye witness account. You can read the case at the Great North Innocence Project here.

Amy Klobuchar was the County Attorney on both cases and these sloppy cases should have never went to trial, but she was in the hunt to run for US Senate.

Klobuchar Had to Know Christine Blasey-Ford’s Testimony Against Judge Kavanaugh was False

When Trump appointed Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee cooked up a false witness to testify against him. Christine Blasey-Ford claimed at a party Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. Her testimony seemed to be coached by the Democrats who sent her in there to cook up a claim on a Judge who at that point had hired a number of law clerks who were women. As a County Attorney used to putting innocent people in jail, this was a cake walk until Blasey-Ford started to contradict herself in the hearings.

Ukraine First and an Open Border

Amy Klobuchar has gone to bat for the Ukrainian defense when leaving the Southern US Border wide open. What’s wrong here is that US Congress people take an oath of office to defend the US Constitution. No where in there does it state that Ukraine or any other nation comes before US National Security. She is in favor of sending surplus stockpiles of equipment and weapons to a country that attacked Russia and faked the Russian Invasion. Is this news to you?

According to GH Eliason an independent investigative reporter working out of Dunbas since 2014 he can show that the Russian Military was nowhere near the Ukrainian border when the News Media and Zelensky claimed the Russian Army invaded. In fact they were 160 miles away conducting their annual war games. There are satellite photos of Russian armored vehicles parked on the day of the “invasion.” Russia didn’t attack until after some Russian border cities were shelled by Ukrainian artillery. His video is entitled, “If Russia is Invading why did Zelensky give the order to attack?

Amy Klobuchar Complained about Voting Machine Vulnerable to Hacking then Became Silent

Lastly Amy Klobuchar used to complain a lot about Dominion and other vote tabulating companies in 2018, 2019 when she ran for President, and also in 2020. Then she suspended her campaign and endorsed Joe Biden for President. 3 weeks later a movie she starred in called, Kill Chain: the Cyber War on America’s Election, with Harry Hirsti an IT professional. She claims Trump stole the election in 2016.

I tried to get the State Party to license this movie and fundraise with it, even suggesting it to AK Kamara, and then Royce White. I thought using her own words against her would be poetic justice. Yet no one from the party has run with this. You can watch it on Prime at this link

www.killchain.tv

If after all this and 18 years of Grifting by Amy Klobuchar doesn’t change your vote, then get out of the Republican Party.

Lastly the traits that drew me to Royce right away was he was Openly Christian (he knows he is a sinner and needs a Savior named Jesus), he’s a Mental Health advocate, and he’s America First. I’m a US Army Veteran who served under Reagan and GHW Bush. I’m diagnosed with Depression by the VA-Mpls. People talk about mental health but they don’t know how to handle it when someone says they are depressed. We need some education on the subject.

Vote for Royce White Because He is One of US


This article was not authorized by any candidate, candidate’s committee, PAC, or any Republican Organization. ~~ Publius Jr.

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Troy Black Presents “The Outlier,” a documentary about Trump for Christian Voters

I, Publius Jr, am a Christian First before anything else. I’d say a die hard Packers Shareholder is next, Engineer, then some where down the list I’m into political stuff. It doesn’t look that way from the posts I do here.

When I first started to write articles here about 12 yrs ago in late May 2012 a lot of my articles gravitated around my faith in Jesus Christ, Father God, and the Holy Spirit. I would get notes from subscribers telling me to filter out my Jesus Freak stuff. It’s odd as the Republican Party was founded upon the Christian Worldview but now many are hostile to the teachings of Jesus Christ. Some claim belief but their mingling in the teachings tends to be much like a gym membership where if they do so many visits in a month they get some discount on their healthcare insurance. Not sure how that analogy applies to their faith, but it’s weak and they are more like Christian in name only or they think God is a game show host where if you do this or that you’ll get what’s behind door number 3.

So when I write articles I usually have some noise on in the background, usually a video about sasquatch, or lately I listen to Robin D Bullock, and now Troy Black. They have one thing in common and they are both Prophets.

Troy said he was told by God to make a documentary about how Donald Trump ran for office in 2016. So he went to work on it. The movie runs about 90 minutes long. Enjoy. ~~ Publius Jr.


There are a number of Republicans who want to go to their grave with the moniker as a NeverTrumper (I know quite a number of them in the MN Republican Party, the CD4 GOP Elector Jim Carson is one). It’s almost like self harm they do this. Some will cite that Trump is evil and he’s vulgar but it is most often the #NewsMafia vision they see. Even if he was all that, the Bible tells us all are redeemable thru the blood of Jesus Christ dying for us. It’s time to give up beating that dead horse. If Trump can be saved anyone can.

As Royce White says, Godspeed.

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Royce White vs Amy Klobuchar Debate, America First v Ukraine First


Just like the HD 64 A&B, and HD 66 A&B Forums, we will put time stamps in when and what questions are asked and when the candidate responds. Sometimes people are one issue voters and they can’t wait to hear about that one issue.

We are posting this since his announcement in his intentions to run for US Senate, we were instantly on board with Royce White. We knew at some point the Establishment Republicans would put up a vanilla candidate that was the sacrificial lamb to ensure Amy Klobuchar would win another term. We wanted a fighter, someone who was Openly Christian, and we got Royce White. Why? Because he is #ONEofUS


When and What Questions were asked

A note on Colors used to highlight the candidate responses. The Questions will be in a Light Blue, the Republicans will be in their traditional Electoral Color of Dark Royal Blue, and the Democrats in Red (yes it’s also the color of Communism which is why they stole our colors so they could be openly Communist and not be called Reds. History matters folks).

I will point out when either candidate puts out any unfounded claims or complete lies aka misinformation.

The questions asked are using the closed captions on the video. Some questions sound weird, yet Blois doesn’t seem to know how to read his questions at the time he asks them.

0:00 to 0:40  Blois Olson lays down the rules: 2 opening statements, 2 minute responses to the questions with a possible 30 second rebuttals.

0:40  Royce White’s Opening Statement

2:00  Amy Klobuchar’s Opening Statement

3:56 Question 1: The Economy has been the number one issue for about a year nationally in all polls. Minnesota’s economy has not grown as fast as it has historically. Senator Klobuchar 2 minutes to you, what can Washington do to help Minnesota’s economy and what would you support as reasonable to change the economic situation for most Minnesotans.

4:22  Amy Klobuchar

She states a bunch of kitchen sink directions which don’t help out the economy one bit. None of what she says addresses inflation. She does say she’s leading the way to put guardrails on technology. What this means is questionable being that she wasn’t for revising the Section 230 that affects Big Tech Media Platforms until Elon Musk bought Twitter and rebranded it X. She takes a jab at Royce for his intention to end the Federal Reserve.

6:01  Question 1a:  What would you do as a US Senator to improve Minnesota’s economy?

6:06:  Royce White

7:43  Amy Klobuchar Rebuttal

She wonders if we get rid of the Federal Reserve do we have politicians deciding on monetary policy, comparing it to Argentina (which recently got rid of most of the socialists in their government). She wonders would we go back to the gold standard? [Yes please].

8:21 Royce White’s Rebuttal to Amy’s Rebuttal

[It’s so refreshing to have candidates talking back and forth on their ideas, instead of the neutered “forums” with multiple districts run by the League of Liberal White Women Voters aka LWV].

9:05 Question 2: To Royce White; the world is currently in many multi-polar disputes including 2 wars. You have stated several times we need to end forever wars. How do you balance America’s National Security with Global Security and what is the US Role?

9:28  Royce White

10:48 Question 2a  Senator Klobuchar you have 2 minutes on what the US role is in Global Security and how we can deal with these multiple wars around the world?

10:57  Amy Klobuchar

She says Putin has invaded a sovereign nation of the Ukraine. This is misinformation. According to GH Eliason an independent investigative reporter working out of Dunbas since 2014 he can show that the Russian Military was nowhere near the Ukrainian border when the News Media and Zelensky claimed the Russian Army invaded. In fact they were 160 miles away conducting their annual war games. There are satellite photos of Russian armored vehicles parked on the day of the “invasion.” Russia didn’t attack until after some Russian border cities were shelled by Ukrainian artillery. His video is entitled, “If Russia is Invading why did Zelensky give the order to attack?

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Happy Bob Ross Day October 29th!

In 2018 Saintpaulrepublicans.us celebrated the first ever Bob Ross Day. It was to honor the late great painter of happy little woodland scenes, Bob Ross.

It was a bit of a shock to read about how he came to be a painter–through a USO activity when Bob was stationed in Alaska when he served in the US Air Force.

Bob Ross was born on October 29th, 1942.

I, Publius Jr, used to watch Bob Ross on Saturdays when I was in the US Army and later when I was in college on PBS stations. He had a relaxed nature that was contagious, a “visual Valium” in a sense.  While researching Bob Ross’ biography I didn’t know a few things about him.  Here are a few things:

-Bob was a 20 year US Air Force Veteran from 1961 to 1981, and retired at age 38 as a Master Sergeant.

-He was stationed in Alaska when he first started to Paint through a USO program.

-He went with the Permed Hairstyle to save on his usual crew cuts upon retiring from the US Air Force.

-He passed away on July 4th, 1995 from Lymphoma.

-His show Joy of Painting ran from January 1983 to May of 1994.  It still lives on in re-runs and on YouTube.

So have a Happy Bob Ross day

If you would like to help out another US Military Person find a hobby, or relax after a stressful life-threatening kind of day feel free to donate to their USO program


This is the sixth year we are celebrating this non-partisan holiday. The video below shows off the former Muncie Indiana PBS station. It now has a museum and a classroom where budding painters can learn from a certified Bob Ross instructor at the Bob Ross Experience (video begins at 2:24 minute mark).

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Donald Trump on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast October 25, 2024


I, Publius Jr, do not follow Joe Rogan. I remember when he was on the TV show News Radio, as well as the reality show Fear Factor. Saw Annie Jacobsen on his show and she was talking about the mystery at Roswell, as well as Operation Paperclip. I’ve read her books from seeing her on his podcast.

This video is around 3 hours long. Enjoy.

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Royce White v Senator Amy Klobuchar October 27th 9 am WCCO 830 AM Radio

2024 Endorsed Republican US Senate Candidate

WCCO hosts a debate between the GOP-endorsed US Senate candidate Royce White vs. DFL Senator Amy Klobuchar on Sunday Take with Blois Olson.

Tune in to WCCO 830 AM radio, stream The Sunday Take with Blois Olson live on Amazon MusicApple podcastsAudacy, and other online streaming services at 9:00 am.

If you’re unable to tune in live, podcasts are available after broadcast on most streaming services and at Listen Notes.


We will repost the recording of the Debate when it is available.


Royce White Campaign Opportunities

If you want to be involved in any of the remaining campaign Events with Royce White, the Endorsed MNGOP US Senate Candidate check out his calendar at roycewhite.us/calendar

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MN Voters Alliance on Minnesota Constitutional Ballot Question is Misleading

MN Constitutional Ballot Question Title: Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund Renewal


If you haven’t voted yet, or if you have you probably have seen this Minnesota Constitutional Ballot Question on either the actual ballot or the “What’s on my Ballot?” link on the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website. You might be wondering what is going on with this Constitutional Ballot Question.

Well the language of it is misleading. Most reading it above, will scratch their heads and think that the “Legacy” Fund is coming to an end and there needs to be a renewal vote. That’s not true.

The Misleading Constitutional Ballot Question Explained

To explain how misleading this Constitutional Ballot Question is, I, Publius Jr, asked the Executive Director of the Minnesota Voters Alliance, Andy Cilek, if I could repost his note about this issue, and by permission here is his explanation.


MN Voters Alliance Explanation

There are some important details voters should be aware of before casting a vote on the measure:

  • Although this proposal does renew the money to be spent on conservation issues, it will result in a change of how the funds are allocated and removes the Legislature from the decision-making process and oversight.
  • This would increase the amount of funds collected through the lottery allocated and added to the programs by 20%.  With these new funds, they will be disbursed based on equity and disparities (DEI) by a new commission/taskforce with one like the composition of the new flag commission.  Eleven positions must be appointed by the Advisory Council and must include 4 tribe members and 4 members from communities of color.  These funds will be handed out through grants to non-profits

Although MVA [MN Voters Alliance] is not in support of, nor in opposition to, this referendum, we want to make voters aware of important information so they can make an informed vote.

A no vote does not remove the funding from the original amendment/implementation because it has not expired.  The current money will continue to fund environmental programs as Minnesotans desire and can be extended, when it does expire, by a simple renewal by the Legislature.

A yes vote would extend the dedication of revenue from the state-operated lottery to the Environment and Natural Resources Fund through December 31, 2050; increase the amount of money that can be spent from the fund each year from 5.5% to 7.0% of the fund’s market value; and create a grant program to provide funding for projects related to addressing environmental issues in affected communities, environmental education, and natural resource conservation.


MN Voters Alliance is not for or against this measure, but this website, saintpaulrepublicans.us suggests you Vote NO on this measure.

Our Reasons to VOTE NO on the Constitutional Ballot Question:

  • The Ballot Question in the way it’s worded is misleading
  • It takes the decision of how the money is allocated away from the Elected Body of the Legislature.
  • It embraces DEI
  • It requires an Advisory Board of 11 who are 4/11 Tribal Members as well as 4/11 a specific group by the color of their skin, plus 3 people who don’t have a specific requirement of who they are (not equal representation of the people who live here).
  • It also hands off more money to nonprofit organizations with no oversight of how the money is spent by those groups.

Saintpaulrepublicans.us received permission to repost MN Voters Alliance’s Executive Director Andy Cilek’s explanation of the Constitutional Ballot Question. It was sent out in an email to those signed up on their email list, on September 20, 2024. Other than being on their email list, saintpaulrepublicans.us is not associated with the MN Voters Alliance organization. The content was not changed except for adding a bold font in some areas and adding a highlight color to some parts to add emphasis to it. I also spelled out what “MVA” meant in square brackets.

If you would like to know more about them go to their website mnvoters.org  ~~ Publius Jr.

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Toastmasters International 100th Anniversary October 22, 2024

Toastmasters International 100th Anniversary Day (PDF)


Toastmasters was started by a Christian named Ralph Smedley who worked for the Santa Ana, California YMCA.  His aim was to help people be comfortable in public speaking and learn how to run effective meetings.

In Memory of Ralph Smedley (from Toastmasters.org website)

This proclamation was from the St Paul Mayor Melvin Carter III, who is a gifted speaker. You might disagree about his politics, but he is a good speaker. Often times people who can speak well are thought to be great leaders.

Another great leader who can articulate his beliefs is Rep Walter Hudson. He doesn’t speak in slogans like, “Make Minnesota Red,” he actually spells out Conservative Republican beliefs, and can defend them with words.

There are a lot really great leaders out there, but they are not very comfortable in public speaking, or giving short answers to questions unknown. In Toastmasters, you learn how to give prepared speeches. You practice impromptu speaking in what they call, “Table Topics.” Speakers also get positive feedback in what they did well in a speech, or a meeting leadership role and given some observations on how they can improve in future opportunities.

I, Publius Jr, have been a Toastmaster since April 2, 2007. Currently I’m an Area Director in District 106 Toastmasters. I oversee 4 clubs to make sure they are doing what they are supposed to be doing, and provide assistance when a club needs help.  I sought this proclamation from Mayor Melvin Carter III. It wasn’t for me, but for the Toastmaster Members who live in the area or attend a club here via Zoom.

If you want to improve your public speaking, leadership abilities please go to Toastmasters.org and click on “Find a Club.” You can check out events on the calendar at the District 106 website d106tm.org.

I tried to start up a Republican Club through the State Party, and while Chair Tony Sutton was sold on the idea his staff wasn’t. They thought they had to do the work, and they didn’t know members run the club, and it’s dues driven. Toastmasters clubs are supposed to be nonpartisan first, so I’ve decided to start up a Conservative Membership Only club called Republic Club Toastmasters. Currently we are not chartered and we meet Saturdays on Zoom from 9:30 am to 11:00 am. When we can get to 20 members we can charter. It will be not affiliated with any political party, so that we can host a debate in the future. Also a future effort will be to do what’s called, “Speechcraft,” for non-Toastmasters members, specifically Candidates for office.


Toastmasters is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. They are not associated with this website. Though there might be members who are Republican, or Conservative. I posted this article because many candidates, and sitting legislators need to practice being better speakers to articulate our beliefs. Also there are leaders out there that do not know how to run an efficient and effective meeting and get out on time.  Toastmasters can help them. ~~ Publius Jr.

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2024 East Metro Booya Season Schedule

Booya is a hearty stew cooked up in large cauldrons for fundraisers

Booya might mean something to another part of the country but in the Upper Midwest it means a thick stew that is mixed and cooked up in a giant vat, or 55 gallon drum and served at non-profits and churches by the bowl until it’s gone. ~~ Publius Jr.

Oct. 6: St. Francis de Sales Intercultural Parish Booya/Fiesta at Highland Park Pavilion, 1200 Montreal Ave., St. Paul Map; booya, tacos, elotes, atole, pastries, hot dogs, music and games for all ages. 11 a.m. until gone.  HD 64B

Oct. 6: North St. Paul Fire Department at Casey Lake Park, 2089 17th Ave. E., North St. Paul Map; 11 a.m. until gone. Pre-sales available from the city’s website at northstpaul.org HD 44A

Oct 7:  Knights of Columbus Council 1632 at St Mary’s Catholic Church, 423 S.5th St., Stillwater Map; 7:30 a.m. until noon. HD 33B

Oct. 12: Lino Lakes American Legion Post 566, 7713 Lake Drive, Lino Lakes Map; 1 p.m. until gone.  HD 36A

Oct. 13: St. Pascal Baylon Men’s Club, 1757 Conway St., St. Paul Map; 10 a.m. until gone. Drive-through only, cash, check and cards accepted.  HD 67B

Oct. 13: Hugo American Legion Post 620, 5383 N. 140th St., Hugo Map; noon until gone. HD 33A


Oct. 19: Arcade-Phalen American Legion, 1129 Arcade St., St. Paul Map; 11 a.m. until gone.  HD 66B


Oct. 20: St. Agnes Fall Festival and Booya, 530 Lafond Ave., St. Paul Map; 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. (or gone). Dine in and takeout available.  HD 65A

Oct. 27: St. Jerome School, 384 E. Roselawn Ave., Maplewood Map; 6 a.m. until gone. Takeout only; St. Jerome will provide the containers.  HD 44A

Oct. 29: Knights of Columbus Council 4967 at Church of St. Peter, 2600 N. Margaret St., North St. Paul Map; 8 a.m. until gone. Takeout at church’s east entrance and garage on 17th Ave., containers provided.  HD 44A


We are posting these Booya Events as a courtesy to those organizations. We are not associated with them and do not get any sort of compensation from them.  It would be great if some Republican group or bpou could have an annual Booya as it generates money and fellowship.  Fellowship is badly needed in St Paul as people are programmed to distrust and fear each other.  ~~ Publius Jr.

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LWV HD 66A & 66B Candidate Forum October 11th


The League of Women Voters of St Paul Minnesota put on a forum for 2 House Districts at the same time. This is an extremely lazy practice they have done. There should be separate forums for each House District. The way they have presented it there’s really only 2 distinct viewpoints and they get repeated in the second House District.

The League of Women Voters of St Paul is putting this on with their Roseville Area Chapter.

Moderator: Susan Johnson

HD 66A Candidates:

Rep Leigh Finke (DFL incumbent), Fadil Jama (Republican)

HD 66B Candidates:

Rep Athena Hollins (DFL Incumbent), Greg Copeland (Republican)


As in previous Forum videos I’m going to put in time stamps of when from the start of the video to what questions were asked. Though when I was watching part of this live, the audio wasn’t matching the video. Candidates mouths were moving but the audio was slightly behind or ahead of the video. It was a bit like watching Kung Fu Theatre where the dubbed vocals don’t match the lips of the actors. So I’m going to mark when you “hear” a question is asked by the moderator rather than when the visuals start. Hopefully they’ll have cleaned this up from the livestream.

Also I’ll limit my comments only when the DFL incumbents spew out misinformation, or propaganda that I detected to be different from normal political rhetoric. I will point out when the Republicans say something that’s not correct to, but I suspect I won’t have to.

A note about the set up here is they have put both A & B Candidates of one party at one table and the other party at another table. One would think you would put one district together and the other at another table, or have one long table. Since the LWV have no oversight or standards to conform to, one can never expect them to do anything proper.  Maybe the incumbents are sharing the same notes as they can’t function without some help from the other.

When & What Questions Were Asked

0 to 14:40  Introductory music played until the visuals begin. It doesn’t seem like anyone is saying anything nor is the closed captions are started. (Seems as if the recording they are using keeps repeating or skipping and plays the same riff over and over again)

15:37  The camera focuses on the Moderator, but there’s no sound yet.

16:27 the first sound from the Moderator is heard. Yet the volume is low and rises and falls as if some child is playing with the sound dial. Susan reads her script about rules and how they are nonpartisan that no Republican in town believes because of past behavior and how they coddle their candidates by not asking tough questions that might give an advantage to a Republican candidate.

18:39  Rep Leigh Finke is introduced

18:45  Fadil Jama is introduced

18:51  Greg Copeland is introduced

18:55 Rep Athena Hollins is introduced

21:00 Rep Leigh Finke’s Opening Statement (HD 66A)

He mentions that he serves in the DFL House, but while the DFL may be in the majority, the Minnesota State House of Representatives is not called the “DFL House.”

A note the visuals on the recording are some seconds ahead of the audio, so as I noted above I’m time stamping when the audio is heard rather than the visuals.

23:16  Fadil Jama’s Opening Statement (HD 66A)

25:23  Greg Copeland’s Opening Statement (HD 66B)

27:38  Rep Athena Hollins Opening Statement (HD 66B)

29:45 Question 1: Education is on the mind of our audience, many studies have shown that after the pandemic our school age children are scoring historic lows in reading math competency. teacher pay is low as is teacher retention. What can the state do to improve educational outcomes for our school age children?

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