The Star Tribune confirms the story we broke last night.
Rep. Mark Olson has a newfound sense of mission, but not a party caucus.
Olson, who was convicted earlier this year of misdemeanor assault against his wife, has been expelled from the House Republican caucus. But he vows to vigorously defend the seat that he has had since 1992, even if his own party mounts an aggressive campaign to knock him off.
House Minority Leader Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, said on Tuesday that the caucus voted to expel Olson last week pending any successful appeal or if Olson, of Big Lake, is reelected to the House. With caucuses scheduled in less than two months, Seifert said, Olson’s expulsion cleared up his status to anyone else who might be interested in running. Olson had previously been suspended from the caucus…
…Olson’s permanent expulsion from the caucus, which was first reported as a possibility in the blog MNPublius, means that Olson does not have the staff or financial support of his party’s resources, such as research, information technology or media assistance. Last session he was provided an assistant just for the legislative session.
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This is a bit off topic I know but interesting none the less. Any regular readers of this blog may remember this nut case posting regularly.
http://www.co.scott.mn.us/wps/PA_1_0_FL/GetJISInfoServlet?list=JISD&id=200700005686
And the charges are not little ones if you read the statutes he is being held under.
HOLY SHIT!
Did I read those offenses correctly? Receiving stolen property, drunk driving, and non-consensual sex with a minor?
That’s absolutely horrible. What a freakshow. Sean
Good old crazy Broom.
I onder if he still has a campaing going? His posts are rather funny, crazy, but funny!
Sexually assaulting a minor isn’t crazy. It’s sick. Sean
Big Kahuna,
Your amused post about Broom under an artile about Olson is completely innappropiate.
I hope both of those men get what’s coming to them.
Why is Olson a story? He was suspended pending the trial, with being found not guilty the only way to possibly get back. The only story would have been if he had been brought back in.
Didn’t he have right wing nut job Ryan Flughar as his LA? Man strange bedfellows. Maybe Flughar will have to move out of his moms basement and get a real job…
The charge against Broom isn’t neccisarily a minor. It could be 1st degree sexual assault due to the threat or use of violence or a weapon.
Olson being out of the Republican caucus is an admirable thing. A move that should happen more often on both sides.
Hey Margaret, did you even notice I did not post the article but was commenting about it?
Broom amuses me because he truly is one crazy liberal.
Ok, Sean is right, the guy is sick! Then again he is a die hard Wellstone fan, so not all that surprised he is not normal.
Lighten up Margaret. Yes the charges are icky, in fact, they’re horrible. But MNPublius got scooped in the comments.
“non-consensual sex with a minor?”
Broom behaves like a rightie.
It only took them, what, four or five months after his conviction to finally do this?
There reasons for wanting Mary Kiffmeyer as close to the media as they could, for any reason they could get her there, only became pressing in the last few weeks.