In MN GOP Attack Flyers Need Proofreaders, a progressive blogger brings up a very good point:
The latest e-mail/flyer to come from the head office really needed a little proofreading. The point they want to make seems to be that they believe businesses are leaving Minnesota because of the bad business climate.
They flyer they sent out talks to a business owner who was featured in Connect Business Magazine. It quotes Tom Rosen who is lamenting that his Fairmont based business (which is #184 on the Forbes top 500 private corporations) is having difficulty with Minnesota's business climate and he claims that his friends are leaving.
I assume this is meant to show how DFL controlled policies are detrimental to business.
The article referenced is from 2009 - 5 years ago. . . .
The blogger goes on to note that Tom Rosen is married to Julie Rosen and that Mr. Rosen praises Wisconsin. Both the critique and the MNGOP email upon which it is based are odd.
First, Senator Rosen and Tom Rosen divorced in 2010, according the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library's entry for the senator in Legislators Past and Present.
Second the Republican attack email, Democrat [sic] Tax Increases Chasing Away Business begins:
While Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker returned his state's entire surplus to taxpayers and cut taxes, here in Minnesota Governor Dayton and the Democrat legislature is sticking with the vast majority of their tax increases in spite of a surplus.
This includes the income tax, tobacco tax, internet sales tax, digital download sales tax, satellite TV sales tax, business tax, and sales tax shift.
One of Minnesota's prominent business leaders, Tom Rosen, discusses the impact in Connect Business Magazine . . .
Scott Walker was elected in 2010, taking office in January 2011. When the Business Connect article was published in 2009, Jim Doyle, a Democrat, was governor of Wisconsin. Minnesota, on other hand, was served by Tim Pawlenty, a Republican.
The Republican Party of Minnesota email quotes the article:
Rosen said, “(Wisconsin has) become pro-business and is willing to work with you. These states around Minnesota are becoming more aggressive. They realize companies can move.”
Well then. Perhaps the headquarters of Rosen Diversfied has remained in Fairmont for other reasons--perhaps because of Rosen's gift of prophecy or something.
Senator Rosen has, however, jumped the county line and moved to just outside sunny Vernon Center.
Photo: Rosen Livestock's company transportation system, back when things were in black and white.
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