Please explain how he voted constantly for the wealthiest
and against the rest of us? Name the votes beside the property tax one.

The one who has the most responsibility for voting against
the rest of us is John Ward. He pushed through the bill
to allow for the automatic property increase for teachers
pension. Thanks John.
Just for the record, our property taxes have gone up 30%in the last year with a decline in the value. It is more than one
issue going on with the property taxes.
Hopefully getting angry with Mr. Gazelka made you feel better
about yourself.

Well said, Mr. Bertelt. We can do better in District 9.

None of my business, but for my own education, who
is being libeled - Mr. Gazelka or the letter writer?
It seems they both are public employees.
What is a actionable offensive?
Thank you

I can only claim limited knowledge, but public figures have a harder time proving defamation. Statements that degrade a person in his profession are actionable. But one defense is that you were just expressing an opinion.
If you are going to attack someone it's a good idea to precede your statements with the phrase 'in my opinion'.
Another defense is that your statements are true. You can see that court cases can be difficult to prove.

Just curious but how would you characterize the following statements?

"Paul Gazelka is running away from us with his carpetbag,"

"send him back for another ride on the gravy train he created"

"Considering how little it seems to bother Gazelka to spend money"

"It’s apparently easy for Gazelka to move and leave behind the damage he’s done"

"I hope the good people in new District 9 realize they’re being used."

was a real American. I bet he is.

We are in Brainerd on a lake . I'm talking about 2011
not 2012. We haven't received anything definite
for 2012 .

Paul has decided to make a decision to represent a new Senate District for the State of Minnesota.

For our family who owns property in Crow Wing County since 1879 (yes, since the 1800s), this does matter.

His disregard of folks who have maintained this legacy and has not researched this item is quite interesting.

Paul and I are born of the same month (October) of the same year (1959).

We're both children of the 1970s. What is more interesting, is that President John Kennedy made a powerful speech to the Separation of Church and State which is absolute, according to President Kennedy (although not explicit in the U.S. Constitution, however affirmed by every President and Supreme Court and Congressional Ruling since).

I'm a student of history and honor. Presidents Jefferson and since have affirmed this principal, as have many U.S. Supreme Court rulings to this effect as this Spring of 2012.

I'm at a loss on how Paul Gazelka has missed these proceedings.

It's my duty as a Child of the 1970's to speak out.

My father was a Republican, as was my Grandfather on both sides of my families.

This new generation of Republicans isn't anything my former generations would understand or approve of.

However, as I've been reminded, Politics is the Art of the Possible. Hopefully, the United States Citizens of America rise up and vote this to be true.

I have hope, it can, and will endure.

I guess we have to endure internal conflicts of conscience and faith to keep this true.

Thank you for reading.

Let the elections of 2012 begin and continue the great United States of America.

I give Sen. Gazelka a good thank you... those who run for office are taking a big step for us... but I wonder why he's making the move... and I also wonder if it is a variation of what he did as a representative when he only did 1 term....

start out with that nasty comment?( Rude Carrie ) It really shows a somewhat childish and vindictive attitude.

You missed the Godzelka misspell. Well, he did graduate from Oral Roberts University and he does speak for the religious right. That's his priority.

Have you ever been to a town hall meeting with her? Probably explains that remark.

Not like elected Democrats are always treated with respect on this forum. I've seen horrible remarks about DFL'ers.

One of the same or two thinking alike?

Let's see what the voters think.
If he gets in again, ok.
If the Minnesota Senate changes stripes (becomes the minority again), he loses his treasured Assistant Majority Leader Status and becomes one of the folks who cannot ram Constitutional Amendments down the folks throats.

A consistent pattern of legislation behavior (Minnesota Statewide Constitutional Amendments) is what Paul has shown and unlikely to change.

He might have to answer to Grover Nordquist (an unelected person) on why he's not able to keep the pledge. Darn, darn, super big darn.

I always get a result lately if it is a reply to the email that is sent to me. Last year they were inconsistent in replying to my emails sent directly to them. Now I get rapid replies from an aide of Mr. Gazelka. It is nice to see that.

Come on Fritz. Who is a bigger carpetbagger than your average Democrat? How long had the great Al Franken been away from MN? Well over 20 years. How about Taryl Clark, who moved to Duluth just to run against Chip? On a national level lets look at Hillary. Why did she move to New York? If she would have moved back to Arkansas and ran for Senate that would be one thing..but New York? Going back almost 50 years we can look to Bobby Kennedy moving to New York just to run for the Senate. Now, I love Bobby Kennedy..but lets be clear on who the carpetbagger is. I think its one thing to move a few miles down the road for redistricting, but moving clear across the state like Clark? Or a NEW state like Clinton? Fritz, youre a hypocrite. Plain and simple. And dont forget the rest of us are paying Fritz pension after paying his salary for all those years.