When will the crying and moaning over Dean Johnson's loss in the last election end? In the Dec. 11 Public forum John H. Burns takes complaining to an offensive level.
I live in Stearns County. I am not Catholic nor anything close to being a religious fundamentalist. I could care less if homosexuals could marry. I consider abortion a terrible choice but realize it might be necessary at times. Schools need more money and health care finances are a mess. Sounds like DNC talking points, doesn't it, Mr. Burns? But I did not vote for Dean Elton Johnson.
Johnson's seniority and power, the altar of which Democrats worship at, are the main reasons. Johnson was no longer a public servant but a career politician who sacrificed his reelection not on preserving the integrity of the state Supreme Court but on protecting DFLers and one of his largest contributors, the Indian casinos. There is talk of Johnson running for higher office. Either he or members of the Supreme Court lied -- Johnson admitted to "sanding the truth."
Tobacco users pay the most onerous tax imaginable because Johnson would not agree to a casino at Canterbury Downs. In my opinion he did not deserve reelection and I voted accordingly.
So, who has Burns offended by his letter? Certainly at the top of the list would be Stearns County Catholics who are some of my best friends. Next would be Lutherans like me who wouldn't dream of eating lutefisk. If I lived in Prinsburg I would be irate with your implications. And finally Alabamans.
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I grew up in Alabama -- it's a beautiful place with just as many nice people as Minnesota. As I recall, Alabama doesn't have many Catholics or Dutch Reform fundamentalists. Perhaps Burns should consider moving there.
Michael J. Hurst
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