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Scott Carlson

About Scott

I'm a journalist who has concentrated on business reporting for many years.  I most recently came from Finance & Commerce business newspaper in Minneapolis. Prior to that I worked at the Sioux Falls Argus Leader for a year.  I worked nearly 30 years at the St Paul Pioneer Press covering government and business.

Beliefs: At Patch, we promise always to report the facts as objectively as possible and otherwise adhere to the principles of good journalism. However, we also acknowledge that true impartiality is impossible because human beings have beliefs. So in the spirit of simple honesty, our policy is to encourage our editors to reveal their beliefs to the extent they feel comfortable. This disclosure is not a license for us to inject our beliefs into stories or to dictate coverage according to them. In fact, the intent is the opposite: we hope that the knowledge that our beliefs are on the record will cause us to be ever mindful to write, report and edit in a fair, balanced way. And if you ever see evidence that we failed in this mission, please let us know.

Politics: I don’t belong to any political party. I tend to be liberal on some issues and conservative on others. I like to see a relative balance in power between the two major parties so that issues get thoroughly debated. I favor people working together to advance the common good.

Religion I am a member of Atonement Lutheran Church in New Brighton.

Local Hot-Button Issues Even though Roseville is predominantly already built up, the city faces many interesting issues including how to make the most of its public resources and balance the needs of business with those of residents. 

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Leave a note for your neighbor

roger b hess jr

1:07 pm on Thursday, October 27, 2011

hi,

i was wondering if anyone reviews articles before they are uploaded to the roseville patch? the current article concerning the fire dept. event tonight, the 27th, doesn't even mention what time the event will be taking place.

a few days ago the article concerning the radisson hotel said that the hotel was a total of 8,000 square feet, which means that if you forget about the lobby, restaurants, bar, pool area, etc. and just divide the 8,000 by the number of rooms, the average room is a bit over 30 square feet! many closets are bigger than that!

roger b hess jr

12:14 pm on Monday, October 3, 2011

scott,possibly instead of using the word "report", i should have used the word "question". the article you mentioned only reports what has been said by the mayor and district. i don't see where your reporter asked any questions of the district, looking for the background information from the district's attorney explaining the basis for their decision.

the former mayor in his complaint listed very specific policies and laws that he felt were violated. your reporter should be asking the district to demonstrate why these policies and laws were not violated, when it looks to any layperson, that there were violations. the whole reason the school district exists is to hand out information to educate people of all ages. we should have a detailed explanation of this situation, and your reporter should be asking those tough questions.

since i assume you are in favor of complete and open government, you should also be questioning why board study sessions are not shown live on the district cable channel, and why they do not include the full board packet in the online packet available to the public.

the district does a great job overall, so when anything doesn't look right, it needs to be fully aired to the public to show why the district is correct in their decisions.

steve klaers

9:00 am on Sunday, May 22, 2011

Hi Scott,

I just had my first chance to check out the Roseville Patch and sign up....
I really like what you're doing and I know this is going to work for you and the community of Roseville....all the best...Godspeed...steve