Michele Bachmann. Mark Olson
and Dean Zimmermann.
Two right-wing Republicans and a left-wing Green (and Convicted Felon).
What could bring such different people together?
PRT-THE LUV POD!
Let's have a good look at these three politicians...
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Zimmermann and Olson, Pod Partners...
Read about Zimmerman here:
Listen to Zimmermann's PRT pitch at the Capitol (click here )
The Dean Zimmermann Files (click here)
Zimmermann Bribery Trial and Other News (click here)
Read about Olson here:
Olson is a sponsor of the Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment (click here)
Mark Olson Web Site (click here)
EXCLUSIVE!!!
PICTURES OF ZIMMERMAN, ANDERSON AND OLSON TOGETHER.
These Pictures were taken at City
Hall March 26th, 2004
Zimmerman and Olson (above) just after
the warm handshake and greeting. A little small talk....
Olson and Zimmermann
(below), Right-Winger and "Green"working together on their dream...
a very touching moment.....
...The Wacky Professor (below) and log cabin builder (but not a Log Cabin Republican) Mark Olson.
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Yes folks, politics make strange bedfellows...but PRT politics makes really weird bedfellows. March 24, 2004, Minneapolis CouncilPRTson Dean Zimmermann was giving a PowerPoint presentation prepared by the Taxi 20O0 Corporation at the Saint Louis Park City Hall. Zimmermann started his presentation by saying how bored he was representing the 6th Ward at City Hall... I wonder how his constituents and the Green Party feel about his becoming a pitchman for the Taxi 2000 Corporation?
Showing very poor taste and judgement, the Councilman took a jab at the bus system while the transit system is under a Republican siege and bus drivers walk the picket line. He said the #21 bus that goes down Lake Street was too slow and unpopular. "That's why people don't take the bus and drive instead," Dean said. Dean should probably check the statistics before he says stuff like this. Before the lock-out, a lot of people rode the #21. According to Metro Transit, 361,000 people rode the #21 in October, 2003.
When Zimmermann was asked who supported and sponsored PRT legislation at the Capitol, the CouncilPRTson informed the audience that the Republicans were behind PRT because they "wanted lower taxes". Is there any further proof needed to show that Zimmermann's PRT infatuation has put him in bed with the right-wing, anti-abortion, anti-gay, anti-environment, anti-transit, pro-NRA, pro-highway Republicans?
Flyers (below) available at the meeting left no doubt about Dean's support for CPRT and Republican Mark Olson's anti-transit agenda.
CouncilPRTson Dean Zimmermann (below) pitching for the Taxi 2000 Corporation.
More about the Saint Louis Park Meeting: "PRT
Down Our Throats?"
http://www.mnforum.org/pipermail/mpls/2004-March/031652.html
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Minnesota State Senator Michele Bachmann (Republican):
Michele on PRT:
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/04/26_mccalluml_prt/
Supporters range from Minneapolis City Council member Dean Zimmerman, a Green
Party member, to Republican Sen. Michelle Bachmann of Stillwater. Bachmann says
personal rapid transit, like many political issues, creates strange bedfellows.
"People on the right, people on the left, we have the common goal of moving
people with transit, but doing it in the most cost-effective manner, in fact,
in a manner that may end up costing no government subsidy, it may end up paying
for itself," she says.
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What Michele's Real Transportation Agenda is:
"As your District 52 State Senator, I will work hard
to add capacity
to Minnesota highways.... This is my personal commitment to you."
"Michele believes a successful transportation policy must put an end
to the diversion of scarce funds to impractical and expensive rail
transit programs that will have no direct benefit for area residents
and will cost millions of dollars in the future for operating
subsidies. She has called for dedicating 100 percent of the sales
tax on vehicles to road construction."
-- Michele Bachmann
http://www.michelebachmann.com/issues.htm
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"When weighing transportation options, it becomes readily apparent
that the most effective way to reduce traffic congestion, make our
roads safer, and get us home from work to spend time with our
families is by expanding and improving our metro highway system."
"Since we're talking about transportation, I can't leave out one
important local issue that I've been an advocate for -- the
Stillwater bridge project. I simply want to express to you my
dedication to keeping up the momentum we've achieved on getting a new
bridge built...."
-- Michele Bachmann
http://www.michelebachmann.com/press_releases/020405transportation.htm
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More Wacky Michele Bachmann Quotes:
"On March 22, 2004 I am inviting you to a very important event in the State
Capitol Rotunda. As you may know we are facing a challenge here in Minnesota
and if we don’t act now, we could have legalized gay marriage in our
state. "
--Michele Bachmann (From her web site 3/24/04)
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http://www.missingangelsbill.org/news/20030220.html
STILLWATER - In a move that could be interpreted as a measure of respect or
an
inroad against legal abortion, a local senator has authored a bill that would
require the state to register stillborn babies.
Sen. Michele Bachmann, R-Stillwater, authored the bill, which would require
a
"certificate of stillbirth" to be filed with the state registrar within
five days
for fetuses older than 20 weeks. The names of the parent or parents would be
included on the certificate.
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http://atheistanon.proboards18.com/index.cgi?board=NewsArchive&action=display&num=1068827528
One of the speakers, state Sen. Michele Bachmann, R-Stillwater, told the crowd that the founders of the United States -- including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson -- "recognized the Ten Commandments as the foundation of our laws."
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More about God-Awful Michele Bachmann:
Dump Michele Bachmann! (click here)
City Pages Article on Michele (click here)
Michele Bachmann Funpage! (click here)
Disclaimer: This web page does not in any way endorse the notion that the organization known as the Green Party of Minnesota is actually "green". The Green Party has long been infiltrated and led astray by people from other parties and groups with personal ambitions and non-green agendas. The recent hostile takeover of the Green Party by members of the CPRT is no surprise to savvy observers of Minnesota's minor political parties.
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