"According to Axios and Minnpost, between July 2021 and July 2022, Hennepin County lost 13,000 residents, and Ramsey County lost 8,000 people. Wow!"
As most of us know by now, we got hammered last night. A Giants in the Earth type of spring blizzard. Rumor has it, we now have had enough snow to put us in third place for seasonal snow totals (since records have been kept). How bad has this winter been, besides all the snow? Tomorrow, it might hit 50 degrees. First time since last October. That is a long time to be in the freezer.
At one time, I would complain about the weather in this state. That and the taxes. But now, we can add one more thing into the mix. We have the weather, the ever growing taxes, and a socialist landscape, thanks to the last election. For many who have lived here their entire lives, they ask what happened to the Minnesota they once loved. At one time, it was only the endless winters which made living here challenging. Now the weather is only a third of the equation.
Tom Emmer, Jeff Johnson, Scott Jensen. All good people. All smart people. They are last three Republicans who ran for Governor of Minnesota. Emmer and Johnson are lawyers, and Jensen is a MD. I know Tom Emmer and Jeff Johnson personally. I was on Jeff's team twice, and we became good friends. But Minnesota decided to elect Mark Dayton and Tim Walz instead. Two flawed people, whose track record revealed those flaws in technicolor. And those technicolor flaws have dimmed the once bright lights of Minnesota.
How bad is it today in the Twin Cities? Many schools are still failure factories. Rather than fixing our education system using smarter systems, thanks to Education Minnesota and Tim Walz, we continue to throw good money after bad. Who suffers besides the taxpayers? Our kids.
According to Axios and Minnpost, between July 2021 and July 2022, Hennepin County lost 13,000 residents, and Ramsey County lost 8,000 people. Wow! Plus, people who can, have been pulling their kids out of the Minneapolis School system. Putting them in better schools, where they can succeed. Why are all these people leaving? For the same reason that New York, California and Illinois are hemorrhaging people.
What is life like living in a snowbelt? Cold, for starters. And frustrating, as this once great state is turning into a modern day Detroit. For no reason. We are a cold Omaha (no offense, Nebraska), filled with expensive trains, which few people use. The future here? Grim, at best.
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