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He gave it the old college try. But, they say, when you take on the bull, you get the horns. Or, in social media circles, and toned down for a family newspaper: Mess around and find out.
There may be a new old saw: Take on the Iron Range and its taconite money, and you get the tailings.
Alas, Sen. Jason Rarick, Carlton County’s representative in the Minnesota Senate, was awash in all of these sentiments last month when he dared to change the way of life on the Iron Range.
If you recall, Rarick penned a bill this session that would expand the “Taconite Assistance Area” to include school distric...