March 4, 2010 - Referendum opponents lose lawsuit in U.S. District Court - Two years and three months after a Robbinsdale School District 281 referendum was defeated - and 15 months after a subsequent referendum was successful - a lawsuit involving the 281 CARE Committee has been denied in U.S. District Court.... The lawsuit claimed that enforcement of Minnesota's statute banning false speech relating to school bond levy referenda was contrary to the First Amendment, Minnesota Sun Newspapers.

Paul Dorr in 2008:

October 31, 2008 - Anti-Minneapolis levy group says it has Iowa consultant's help - With just days left before the election, an anti-levy group claiming to be affiliated with an Iowa consultant who helped torpedo Robbinsdale schools' levy last year has surfaced in Minneapolis, Star Tribune.

Paul Dorr in 2007

In 2007, Paul Dorr was hired to oppose the Robbinsdale referendum.  Dorr is an Iowa-based campaign consultant on a mission. Resources:

• November 26, 2007 - Memo to MN DFL Senators Re: Paul Dorr anti-levy referendum campaigns, MN Senate Majority Research.
  
  
• October 25, 2007 - Heated Levy Battle In Robbinsdale District - The fight is on to increase taxes to fund education and in the Robbinsdale School District, the battle is getting ugly, WCCO (WCCO video).

Paul Dorr in 2005

In 2005, Paul Dorr was hired to oppose the Orono Schools referendum in Long Lake, MN.  Resources:

• November 8, 2005 - We don't need no public education - Paul Dorr, the political consultant and anti-public-school crusader from Ocheyedan, Iowa, has resurfaced again in Minnesota, this time in an attempt to defeat bond referenda in Orono and Kingsland school districts, City Pages Blotter.
  
  
• November 4, 2005 - Consultant becomes the issue in school referendum campaign, Minnesota Public Radio.
  
  

• Why I Defeat Government School Bond Levies At The Ballot Box And Do It For A Profit - LewRockwell.com.

Taxpayers League

Sometimes a group is willing to play hardball. Read this 2002 Star Tribune article to learn how the Freedom Club/Taxpayers League of Minnesota helped get us to where we are today.

June 18, 2010 - K-12 education: ‘Fewer students, more money’ - Phil Krinkie still doesn't get it that the state didn't take over education funding until 2001 in what was a tax shift not a tax increase that took effect in 2003, Politics in Minnesota (Minnesota 2020 response).

November 1, 2007 - Phil Krinkie's Conservative Views on Schools, 2007 Special Features.

Additional Resources

Alliance for the Separation of School & State - Helping families choose academic independence by freeing themselves from government schools and educating the public about the history of and danger of state-controlled education. We support the complete separation of school and state.
(Note: Sound lovely? Think about an uneducated America.)