Mondale remembered as effective policymaker, public servant
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FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, file photo, former Vice President Walter Mondale, left, sits onstage with former President Jimmy Carter during a celebration of Mondale s 90th birthday at the McNamara Alumni Center on the University of Minnesota s campus, in Minneapolis. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday, April 19, 2021. He was 93. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP, File)Anthony Souffle/AP
Reaction to the death of former Vice President Walter Mondale, who died Monday in Minneapolis at age 93:
City Council Candidate Got Into Kerfuffle at East Dallas Bar
John Botefuhr appears to lead an action-packed life.
By Tim Rogers
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April 15, 2021
12:18 pm
Under normal circumstances, this sort of thing wouldn’t rise to the level of justifying a post here on this august blog. But we’ve got ourselves some unusual circumstances, so here we go with a tale about two guys getting into a kerfuffle one night in 2019 at the Lakewood Landing.
Our players in this drama are the previously mentioned District 9 city council candidate and chiropractor John Botefuhr, and a lawyer and political activist named Barry Jacobs. Before we get to the story from the bar, you need some context. Let’s start with Botefuhr.