Rukavina letter threatens Pequaywan Township over mining vote
April 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
State Rep. Tom Rukavina says he was only about half serious when he sent a scolding letter to the Pequaywan Township board threatening to take away the township’s share of taconite tax money after town supervisors voted for a resolution critical of copper mining.
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What was his BAC when he wrote it?
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What a bully. This clown has got to go – his style has become tiresome and embarrassing.
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Calling Tommy a clown… is an insult to clowns. Fixed that for you.
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I really believe his time has passed – I always run leery of politicians, school teachers, and coaches who outlive their effectiveness but are unwilling to consider the possibility.
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Agreed with Mike.
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“We aren’t anti-mining. We just want to make sure it is done right”… i.e., – we are all for it as long as it is done as far away from us as possible.
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That may be true, but Rukie’s response amounts to nothing more than extortion. Completely inappropriate response from a legislator who is supposed to represent ALL constituents and listen to ALL in his district – regardless of his cronies.
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When you consider his interference with the county land sale in Virginia, his temperament is more suited for a mafia enforcer than an elected representative.
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When you consider his intelligence he should be put in a corner to lick windows.
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I’m tired of the pro-mining folks, and the media, using anti-mining to describe those opposed to sulfide mining. It’s time to start using anti-water instead of pro-mining. Equal treatment.
Rep. Rukavina isn’t alone with the threats. David Oliver of Duluth Metals threatened several members (opposed to sulfide mining) of a lake association – by naming them at a public meeting and telling the lake association it should kick them out of its membership ranks because the individuals made the association look bad; look “anti-mining.”
This same lake association, whose mission is to protect its waters, was threatened with losing support of its county commissioners if the association was perceived as being “anti-mining.”
Can’t be much more anti-water than that.
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For the record, the Ely sulfide mining resolution passed by four votes, and St. Louis County by one. Sulfide-mining District or Lake District? That is the question.
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