No more gun controlAs a former sheriff and current state senator, I was sworn to uphold the Constitution of the State of Minnesota and the United States. I take this oath seriously. Unfortunately...

...Dispatch completely misses the point. It compares Rep. Al Doty's per diem payments to his predecessor and the current state senator. This is in reply to a previous letter about the per diem increase. That letter said nothing about how much money...

...campaigned for were Rep. John Blatnik, Rep. Jim Oberstar and Don Samuelson, former state representative and current state senator. At a time when the Electoral College is coming under increasing scrutiny, Bartels said she would never consider...

...to the maximum, and that Rep. Al Doty actually took far less than either his predecessor in the house or our current state senator. In his last session, former Rep. Blaine collected $10,956 in 2005 and $6,006 in 2006 for a total of...