Rose McGee Supporters March on Washington

Marchers took a letter from the embattled Golden Valley homeowner to mortgage lender Fannie Mae, says blogger Becky Dernbach.

Legislature Considering End to Controversial "Dual-Tracking" in Foreclosures

Minneapolis rabbi to testify, impacted Golden Valley resident Rose McGee among those attending.

Wednesday morning, State Reps. Mike Freiberg (DFL-Golden Valley), Karen Clark (DFL-Minneapolis) and Raymond Dehn (DFL-Minneapolis) introduced new legislation to end a controversial practice used by mortgage lenders during foreclosure proceedings. Southwest Minneapolis rabbi Michael Adam Latz of the Shir Tikvahsynagogue will be among the testifiers, according to a post on his Facebook page. A copy of Latz's testimony is posted above as a PDF. "Our protest is to demand that those of our friends and our neighbors, our congregants and our family members who work hard and play by the rules don’t have the rules changed along the way so the banks are favored at the expense of our homes and our communities, because this is not what democracy looks…

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Patch Brain

10:16 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013

Are we all in sympathy with Rose McGee? Occupy activists always seem to strike a nerve; perhaps there is a history of the group Occupy Homes MN behaving in an unhonorable manner. New groups experience rapid metamorphosis of membership, leadership, participation, focus, and tactic over time, especcially as their relationship with the media and public changes. I'd be interested to look at the …   more ›

The Fifth District Report

Ellison Named to House Leadership Position

The Minneapolis-area congressman also joined a bus tour calling for foreclosure fairness.

Friday, Minority Whip Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) kicked off the start of the 113th Congress by announcing Rep. Keith Ellison's (D-MN) appointment to a deputy leadership position in the Democratic caucus. As a newly minted Chief Deputy Whip, Ellison joins 9 other leading congressmembers in being the eyes, ears, and hands of Hoyer and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). “I am excited to work with Whip Hoyer and the rest of the Whip team to continue the fight for good jobs for working families," Ellison said in a written statement. "It is more important than ever that we work together to protect the benefits middle class families rely on.” Whips are typically charged with keeping party members onside and enforcing discipline during contentious …

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