Norann Dillon: My Research

Norann Dillon

Originally posted on Norann's blog Throughout my campaign, I have insisted on an objective, issues-based campaign. Recently, Senator Bonoff publicly acknowledged this fact. In order to stick to the facts, a team of dedicated volunteers and I have assembled a list of bills and votes related to … [Read more...]

Transportation Priorities

Norann Dillon

Originally posted on Norann's blog. Plymouth and part of Maple Grove are the only two communities along the I-494/694 outer ring where the freeway is just two lanes in each direction. There are proposals to add a third lane, but the delay with the project has long been the insistence of the … [Read more...]

Tax vs Spend – the Wrong Conflict

Norann Dillon

Originally published at Norann Dillon's blog The Cato Institute released its tenth biennial survey that gives grades to governors based on their taxing and spending records.  Our governor received an “A.” Additionally, the Wall Street Journal editorialized: “One Governor who deserves … [Read more...]

Should We Bet On Business or Government?

Originally posted at Norann's blog. At a forum at Ridgepointe senior apartments on Monday, a gentleman asked a strange question. I asked for some clarification but as I understood it, it went something like this: Our government has lasted for 230-some years and Best Buy has been around for 34. … [Read more...]

Norann Dillon: Lawnsigns

Dillon for Senate

Originally published at Norann Dillon’s blog. Property rights are fundamental to an open and prosperous society.  Norann has directed her staff and volunteers to respect the property of the residents of the district as well as her opponent. The practice of the Dillon for Senate campaign has … [Read more...]

Affordable, Quality Health Care

Norann Dillon

Originally published at Norann Dillon’s blog. I think our goal is that affordable, quality health care is available to everyone who wants it.  Access isn’t the issue; if you need treatment, you can have it.  The question is “can you afford it?”   According to a 2008 Congressional … [Read more...]

Who is YOUR lobbyist?

Norann Dillon

Originally published at Norann Dillon's blog. I recently received a survey from the Minnesota United Snowmobilers Association.  In one question, they asked about protecting their 1% unrefunded gas tax allocation.  I wasn’t aware of this issue, so I did a little research and found MN … [Read more...]

Stimulus?

Stimulus Money

By Norann Dillon One of my tasks this morning was to update an older blog post titled “Business Climate and Job Creation.”   What I found has me very curious. Here’s the original citation, which looked at February to September 2009: “According to Recovery.gov, Minnesota has so far … [Read more...]

Why RogueOn Minnesota?

Bill Paulsen

Why RogueOn Minnesota? This is the question I sought to answer for the nineteen people who showed up despite a sunny, sterling Saturday; an anomaly for March in Minnesota.  The group appeared diverse upon first glance but I knew that whoever they were, we all shared the commonality of concern about … [Read more...]

My First GOP Senate District Convention

Brian Grogan and Family

It Begins This year I am involved in state-level party politics for the very first time in my life. In retrospect, at 49 I can’t believe it took me so long. I’ve always had an opinion about the issues of the day at the national level but I never bothered with local or state-level … [Read more...]