Dean Johnson
Dean Johnson
Dean Elton Johnsonis a former Minnesota politician and a member of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota. He is a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, and a former member, majority leader and minority leader of the Minnesota Senate...
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We need to build back the trust of Minnesotans, ... We need to gain our credibility back from the public.
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What impresses me about Columbus is that they have been a single township government body for 150 years and they've had building and zoning ordinances for almost 50 years. They didn't need to do this until recently in terms of their long history.
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We moved here to get out of Marion, which was getting a little too congested for us. Now, we can see what is coming. It's almost unbelievable what has happened here. It baffles my mind. Even as far back as 10 years ago, it was just a tiny little town with a bunch of farmers.
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My teammates just gave me the ball right when I needed it, and I finished (my opportunities).
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But they looked across that courtroom and they saw another stone-faced, emotionless, sometimes even happy Scott Peterson. That complete disconnect was what destroyed Scott Peterson. Ultimately, the strongest piece of evidence against Scott was Scott himself.
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I think we've always been pretty good when we get down, (because) we don't let it bother us. We just fight back.
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That was a great goal. Stevie took it to the flag and crossed it, and Cabrera volleyed it. That was a brilliant goal. That was the one that put the icing on the game.
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I had two strikes on me. I just knew I had to come up big somehow. I just put the bat on the ball. I was hustling. I said, 'I've got to beat it out.' It feels great. We know now that we can do this anytime -- just fighting.
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I don't think we're going to hear Mark Geragos even trying to solve the murder of Laci Peterson. Ultimately, this will be a battle of the experts.
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Having said that, if the governor calls one, we'll be here and they'll be some votes in the affirmative,
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We may have surprised them because we showed them nothing yesterday. And we came out and very obviously were playing with them.
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He wasn't ready to deal with the problem at that point. Now he is.
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He had a prior plea agreement and was scheduled for sentencing, and he didn't appear in court, and a warrant was issued, and that's the way it's been ever since.
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We've beaten the teams we should have, and our losses are to quality teams.