Saturday, July 19, 2008

Howard Bickers 70% Pay Raise MN Board Investment

Reporter dlien@pioneerpress.com

By Dennis Lien
dlien@pioneerpress.com


A legislative panel approved a plan Friday that boosts the salary for the head of Minnesota's State Board of Investment by $101,000, or 70 percent.

The decision to endorse action taken last month by the investment board puts Executive Director Howard Bicker's annual salary at $245,000, a level described as being the midpoint for comparable investment officials in other states.

In affirming the new salary plan for Bicker and about a dozen office investment employees, members of the Legislative Coordinating Commission's Subcommittee on Employee Relations said a higher pay range is needed to retain highly competent professionals.

"We need top-notch people doing this,'' said Sen. Don Betzold, DFL-Fridley.

Bicker and his staff oversee $63 billion in public employee pension assets for current and former state workers, teachers and city employees. That fund has averaged an 11 percent annual return for the past 25 years.

Normally, state officials cannot make more money than the governor, who earns $120,303 a year. But the Legislature approved an exemption for the board four years ago, enabling Bicker to earn a higher salary, or $144,000 a year.

That, however, still placed him near the lower end of the scale for pension fund directors in other states, according to a salary study recently completed for the board.

And that has made it difficult to retain employees, according to Bicker. His top assistant and likely successor, for example, recently left for

the top pension job in Maryland, which pays $235,000 a year plus a bonus.

The new salary plan still leaves the office lagging other states if incentives such as bonuses are included, Bicker said.

"We're being much more competitive than we were,'' he said.

The new salary range for Bicker is $195,000 to $295,000 a year, but the board opted in late June to set it at the midpoint, $245,000. It then recommended the legislative panel approve the higher pay plan. The Legislature must still ratify it next session.






Monday, July 14, 2008

Voting Rights Act Sec.5

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Voting Rights Act Section 5 ruling [US DC]

3:46 PM ET

Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Mukasey, US District Court for the District of Columbia, May 30, 2008 [upholding the validity of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which requires states or towns with histories of racial discrimination to get approval from either a court or the US Department ofJustice prior to making changes in their electoral procedures]. Read the full text of the opinion [text, PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Interesting Read completing law suits

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

__________________________________________

)

NORTHWEST AUSTIN MUNICIPAL )

UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, )

)

Plaintiff, )

)

v. ) Civil Action No. 06-1384

) Three-judge court

MICHAEL B. MUKASEY, ) (PLF, EGS, DST)

Attorney General of the United States, et al., )

)

Defendants. )

__________________________________________)

Before: FRIEDMAN and SULLIVAN, District Judges, and TATEL, Circuit Judge.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.

OPINION

TATEL, Circuit Judge: Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits

“covered jurisdictions”—those states and political subdivisions with histories of racial

discrimination in voting—from making any change in their voting procedures without

first demonstrating to either the Attorney General or a three-judge panel of this court that

the change “neither has the purpose nor will have the effect of denying or abridging the

right to vote on account of race or color.” 42 U.S.C. § 1973c. Plaintiff, a municipal

utility district in Texas, a covered jurisdiction, seeks a declaratory judgment exempting it

from section 5’s “preclearance” obligation. In the alternative, plaintiff challenges section

5’s constitutionality, arguing that when Congress extended the provision in 2006 it lacked

Friday, July 11, 2008

125 Woman-McCain-Obama Mortgage Ethics

McCain drops in to rally 125 volunteers in St. Paul campaign LOVE in the Eyes of Beholder
Sharons Love of the Law

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Incumbent Erin, new comer Meg et al

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0314-STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 64A
SHARON ANDERSON
• Candidate Disclosure Form


Republican
Weblink: sharon4council.blogspot.com
Email:
sharon4anderson@aol.com
Campaign Address:
P.O. Box 4384
St. Paul MN 55104-0384
651 7765835

7/7/2008

0314-STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 64A
MEG FERBER

Republican
Weblink: www.electmegferber.com
Email:
meg@electmegferber.com
Campaign Address:
1704 Ashland
St. Paul MN 55104
651 6448005

7/8/2008

0314-STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 64A
ERIN MURPHY

Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Weblink: www.neighborsformurphy.com
Email:
erin@neighborsformurphy.com
Campaign Address:
PO Box 4154
St Paul MN 55104
651 2357104

Monday, July 7, 2008

House Webcasts

House Television Program House Television Web Schedule - Minnesota House of Representatives




www.house.mn/comm/scheduleall.asp .
• For a schedule of television webcasts, please check the House Television Web Schedule at: www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/schedule.asp .
• Minnesota House Internet video archives for 1998-2008 can be found at: www.house.leg.state.mn.us/htv/archivesHTV.asp .

Opening Day of the 2009 Minnesota Legislature
Tuesday, January 6 2009 12:00 PM
The 86th Session of the Minnesota Legislature is scheduled to convene at noon on Tuesday, January 6, 2009.

The nationwide digital television transition's impact on legislative television broadcasting
Wednesday, February 18 2009 7:00 AM
As a result of the digital transition, on February 18, 2009 Twin Cities analog channel tpt17 broadcasting will cease.
• Legislative television broadcasts will only be available on the digital Minnesota Channel, which can be received via an over-the-air antenna and on cable.
• Check your local listings or contact your cable provider to find the digital Minnesota Channel in your area.
• Webcast television coverage of House meetings will continue to be provided.

Affidavit Service 64A Filings Sharon Anderson

Forensic Evidence: Picasa SA
Affiant must implement Electronic Elections and Filings also
Office of the Secretary of State Hon. Mark Ritchie % Brad Anderson
180 State Office Building rm 174
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, MN 55155-1299
(Staffed 8:00 - 4:30, Monday - Friday, excluding holidays)
maping Task Force

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Media and Communications:
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AFFIDAVIT OF SHARONBio for Sharon Anderson ANDERSON CANDIDATE 64A

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2. Office Awarded $2 Million Federal Grant to Improve Election Data Collection

On June 11, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie announced that Minnesota is one of five states selected by the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to receive $2 million each in federal funds to improve reporting of election statistics.

Republican

In compliance with Realestate Electronic Recording and 2 mill grant Election Data

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/andersonadvocates/2006water/PDFcases/sharoncases.pdf

AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE BY US MAILS, WITH FLAT RATE POSTAGE PREPAID $4.80

DEPOSITING at the Downtown Postoffice Wed. 2nd July08 page 6 of the pdf file

Contents 1. Affidavit Candidacy Notarized by Lynda R. Koren, 2. $100 filing fee cashier ck.15257 drawn

American Bank, payable to Sec. of State MN 3. Candidates Disclosure Form 4. Briefs @ http://www.sharonanderson.org/ to circulate,copy,

MEMORANDUM

Attached: Exhibits: http://rule-of-law.info/ Affiant must write legislation to abolish "Unpublished Opinions, implement electronic elections/voting.

http://www.quitam.com/ the citizenery has beenhttp://www.angelfire.com/mn3/andersonadvocates/2006water/PDFcases/sharoncases.pdf victimized by the courts to long. 42 USC 3631 reducing homeowners,taxpayers to poverty,Homeless 1988 brief served on entire legislature 17 pgs GrittnerJud89.jpg (image)Clerk acting as Judge in Unpupblished Opinions to steal Realestate when property taxes paid.

http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/stpaul-issues/files/f/1202-2007-03-02T233420Z/SASC1988Brief15pdf.pdf

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/andersonadvocates/PDFedem2006/file8.pdf

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No direct un-apportioned tax confirmed by the US Supreme Court rulings in CHAS. C. STEWARD MACH. CO. v. DAVIS, 301 U.S. 548, 581-582(1937)
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Mark Ritchie Sec.State-US Mail 64a SharonAnderson

Click here: USPS - Track & Confirm To Bradley k Anderson Election Clerk for www.sos.state.mn.us
Fax: 651-296-9073
Affiant stopped in your office 3July08 around 4 pm, your office and Nancy stated
that they had NOT received the filings for 64a Candidate Sharon Anderson with $100.00 fee enclosed
Sharons Delivery Confirmation Rcpt 0308-0070-0000-1651-2984
as found at www.usps.com or call 1-800-222-1811
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Sharon's witness Maria must attest to this Election Irregularity constituting
heinous violation of the 2 million federal grant.

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