Notice of General Election Affadavit 11-2-2022Biden took aim at one
company, ExxonMobil, that
reported $19.7 billion earn-
ings in the third quarter alone.
He lashed out at the Irving,
Te xas- based company for
using record profits to pro-
vide shareholders with hefty
dividends and stock buy-
backs but failing to invest in
production improvements
that would benefit consum-
ers at the pump. Another oil
company, C hevron, had $11.23
billion in prof its in the third
quarter, almost reaching the
record profits it attained in
the previous quarter.
Over the past two quar-
ters, ExxonMobil, Chevron,
Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, and
To talEnergy earned o ver $100
billion in prof its — more than
they earned all of last year,
and more than 2 ½ t imes what
they earned in the same quar-
ters o f 2021.
“Oil companies’ record
prof its today are not because
of doing something new or
innovative,” Biden said. “Their
prof its are a windfall of war, a
windfall for the brutal con-
flict that’s ravaging Ukraine
and hurting tens of m illions of
people around the globe.”
High prices at the pump
have exacerbated inflation
and have t aken a toll on Biden
and Democrats’ standing
among voters.
Congress would have to
approve any additional taxes
on the energy producers —
which would be a tall order in
the current Congress where
Democrats have n arrow c on-
trol of t he House and Senate,
and even less likely should
Republicans retake one or
both chambers on Nov. 8 .
Americans have struggled
with painfully high gasoline
prices in recent months, pay-
ing more than $4.80 on aver-
age for a gallon of r egular at t he
beginning of J uly, a ccording to
AAA. Prices have since fallen
to $3.76 on average nationally,
but the White House says t hey
should be lower, g iven declines
in global oil prices over the
same period.
“Can’t believe I have to
say this but giving profits to
shareholders is not the same
as bringing prices down for
American families,” Biden
tweeted on Friday.
Biden has been critical
of energy companies’ prof-
its since at least June, when
he complained publicly that
“Exxon made more money
than God this year.”
Biden’s threat of windfall
taxes on energy companies
follows calls by progressive
Democrats, including Bernie
Sanders and Elizabeth Wa r-
ren, for such a proposal.
And last week, California
Gov. Gavin Newsom called
on Congress to tax the prof-
its of oil companies. “Crude
oil prices are down but oil
and gas companies have
jacked up prices at t he pump
in California. This doesn’t add
up,” Newsom said on Friday.
“We’re not going to stand by
while greedy oil companies
fleece Californians. Instead,
I’m calling for a windfall tax
to ensure excess oil profits
go back to help millions of
Californians who are getting
ripped off.”
The Democratic-controlled
House passed a bill in May
authorizing the Fe deral Tr ade
Commission to p unish compa-
nies that engage in price goug-
ing and adding a new unit at
the FTC to monitor fuel mar-
kets. The bill has stalled in the
Senate. A related measure by
Senate Commerce Commit-
tee Chair Maria Cantwell,
D-Wa sh., has not come to the
Senate floor for a vote.
“This is exactly the type of
leadership we’ve been wa it-
ing for from President Biden,”
said Jamie Henn, spokesman
for the group “Stop the Oil
Prof iteering.” “Big Oil has
made nearly $300 billion in
excess profits this year by
gouging us at the pump. A
windfall prof its tax can pro-
vide immediate relief by
redirecting that money into
the pockets of hardworking
Americans.”
Industry groups have c on-
demned the prospect of a
windfall tax, with American
Exploration & Production
Council CEO Anne Brad-
bury saying it “would likely
backfire by further driving
up energy costs for Ameri-
can families and businesses.”
Biden talks tax in face o f
re cord -setting oil profits
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By KYLE STOCK
Bloomberg News
Nothing screams “future
of transportation” like an 80
mph sushi bar.
At least that’s how Fo rd is
marketing the refrigerator-
sized front trunk that comes
standard on two of its elec-
tric vehicles, complete with
drain. Seafood not your thing?
Fo rd suggests loading it up
with 1,000 chicken wings.
It’s still early days in the
race for EV supremacy, and
while engineers have rushed
to improve driving ranges
and charging speeds, they
remain split on the front
trunk. Ro ughly one-third of
the 30 or so EV models for
sale in the U.S. have super-
sized the feature in recogni-
tion of its novelty and utility
— after all, a “frunk” is one
of few things EVs offer that
a gas-powered vehicle can-
not. Another third of mod-
els, however, skip the frunk
altogether, freeing up cabin
space on a bet that customers
accustomed to frunkless liv-
ing won’t demand one when
they go electric.
Fr unks aren’t new to the
auto i ndustry.
Models with engines in the
rear of the car, like Porsche’s
911 and the defunct Chevro-
let Corvair, have l ong offered
a front trunk in lieu of a rear
one. But for the first time, EVs
are allowing drivers t o get the
best of both — and automak-
ers are reacting accordingly.
Fo rd’s plug-in pickup, the
F-150 Lightning, boasts the
biggest frunk space on offer,
but even some smaller, sport-
ier EVs are designed to c arry
large cargo where an engine
would have been. The Lucid
Air has a 7.1-cubic-foot cavity
up front, roughly the size of
a freezer chest, while Tesla’s
Model Y stretches the tape
to 4.1 cubic feet, a fair-sized
wine fridge.
As such, the frunk has
become the identifying call-
ing card for a new species of
vehicle that doesn’t overtly
display its novelty. No one
can see the massive battery
or the electric motors under
the skin of a n EV, but a cavern-
ous frunk is hard to m iss. With
a ceaseless stream of social
media content, the feature is
proving to b e the best kind of
marketing engine: one that
runs on its own.
There’s the standard frunk
flex: ice and beer. Then the
bolder: durian fruit, for
example, or pumpkins. The
seasonal: heaps of candy
behind giant teeth. And the
awe-struck: Frunk owners
seem compelled to close
themselves in the compart-
ment at l east once, a s giddy as
toddlers in a sandbox. There’s
even a #frunkpuppy Insta-
gram trend, which is exactly
what you might expect.
And yet frunk-free EVs
are also common. Neither of
BMW’s new electric sleds —
the iX SUV and the i4 sedan
— has a frunk. Nor does the
EQS sedan from Mercedes,
which won’t even let cus-
tomers pop the hood on its
EVs without a deep Yo uTube
search and some ill-advised
tinkering. Mercedes engi-
neers went so far as to d esign
a little panel that flips out of
the side for drivers t o replen-
ish windshield-wiper fluid.
“In our view, the boot in
the rear is more than large
enough,” Cathleen Decker,
a spokeswoman, said. “The
feedback we receive is very
positive.”
B ozi Ta tarevic, a race-car
mechanic and auto journal-
ist, prefers an EV without a
frunk. “I’m a tall person and
you basically get more leg
area and foot room,” he said.
“A nd as a mechanic, I would
much rather pop open the
hood and have easier access
to w hatever I have t o service.”
N ot all EV fans are as
diplomatic. Both BMW and
Mercedes have been criti-
cized for not fully embracing
the frunk. Jo n Rettinger, host
of an eponymous Yo uTube
channel reviewing cars and
other technology, ordered a
Mercedes EQS a few m onths
ago. When the deal went
sour because of a dealership
markup, he bought a Rivian
pickup, in part because of
the cargo space it offered up
front.
“If I’m looking at an elec-
tric car that doesn’t have a
front trunk, perhaps wrongly,
I’m thinking there was a prob-
lem in engineering,” Ret-
tinger said. “Or it’s built on a
platform that wasn’t designed
to b e fully electric.” The argu-
ment that most consumers
don’t want or need one feels
condescending to h im — “like
a pat on the head.”
Jason Fe nske, who pro-
duces the Yo uTube series
Engineering Explained, said
the lack of a frunk is the
most frustrating thing about
BMW’s i4, primarily because
there’s a cavity under the
hood that is large enough to
hold a rolling suitcase.
‘Frunk’ i s electric cars’
most d ivisive feature
KYLE STOCK • Bloomberg
Wo odrow tested an electric vehicle’s front trunk or “frunk.”
reports.
Fo r other advertisers, there
is concern that Tw itter’s porous
content controls could result in
their brands appearing adja-
cent to o bjectionable content.
“I think it’s a good idea for
advertisers to pause,” said
Na ncy Ly ons , co-founder and
CEO of C lockwork, a Minneap-
olis-based firm with expertise
in websites and digital strategy.
“I t hink i t’s going to b e a dan-
ger zone for brands for a while. I
think it’s wise to b e in ‘wait and
see’ mode,” Lyons said.
Clockwork does not advise
clients on social media man-
agement, so it is not making
recommendations to custom-
ers about Tw itter.
Ly ons said she’s personally
been a Twitter user since the
beginning b ut i s not “religious”
about it — often taking a week
or two off from tweeting.
“While I am hesitant and
concerned, I’m not quite ready
to jump ship,” Lyons said.
Appearing on “Meet the
Press” with Chuck To dd over
the weekend, Minnesota Sen.
Amy Klobuchar said she does
not trust Musk as the pilot of
Tw itter.
“I think you have to have
some content moderation. …
We h ave to c hange the require-
ments on these companies,”
said Klobuchar, an outspoken
critic of anticompetitive prac-
tices by America’s large tech
firms.
Many of K lobuchar’s f ellow
Democrats have expressed
concern about Musk’s owner-
ship of the platform, fearing
he may reinstate the account
of former President Donald
Tr ump, who was kicked off
Tw itter following the Ja n. 6,
2021, riot at t he Capitol.
The issue of content mod-
eration falls squarely in the
middle of the nation’s debate
over free speech, defamation
and tech firms’ culpability.
“Elon Musk to me has this
naive idea that Tw itter is just
the town square, i t’s just a piece
of technology. To me, that
absolves the platform from the
same sort of r esponsibility that
I have a s a radio host. It’s a c op-
out — Tw itter is a publisher,”
DeRusha said, who fears the
social media outlet could get
overrun by a busive p eople.
Fo r now, t he change in own-
ership at Twitter is not bringing
big changes to the platform.
“For us, it doesn’t really
change the way we do busi-
ness on that channel,” said
Jeff B ischof , business develop-
ment vice president of sales
for Bloomington-based Boom!
Digital Marketing, w hich places
ads for clients on social media.
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JEFF CHIU • Associated Press
E lon Musk has taken control of Twitter after a legal battle and
months of uncertainty. Users want to know what comes next.
Country and vote no. Regard-
less, we are encouraging our
eligible employees to vote
in order to make their voice
heard.”
Those interested in unioniz-
ing want better pay, i mproved
working conditions and recog-
nition of seniority. “We antic-
ipate the entire unit voting
based on our feedback from
the folks there,” Moore said.
Fleet employees at most
major airlines already are
unionized, except for those at
Delta A ir Lines. Atlanta-based
Delta is the dominant carrier
at Minneapolis-St. Paul Inter-
national Airport followed by
Sun Country, which is head-
quartered at t he airport.
This is the second group
of Sun Country employees to
seek to unionize this year.
Sun Country mechan-
ics voted to unionize in June
after frustrations with wages
and work rules. The group
elected the Aircraft Mechanics
Fraternal Association as their
collective bargaining agent.
The vote was 75 -30 for union
representation of 131 eligible
employees.
In December, Sun Country
pilots approved a new contract
negotiated by t heir union. That
pact gave them a significant
pay increase and an improved
scheduling model for the air-
line’s future growth.
Gita Sitaramiah • 612-673-4434
Tw itter: @GitaSitaramiah
Ballots to b e mailed for Sun Co untry vote
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Notice is hereby given that aGeneral Election will be held in the City of Fridley,
Minnesota,on Tu esday,November 8,2022 at the polling locations listed below for
the purpose of voting for offices at the State,County and municipal level.The polling
locations for said election will be open at 7:00 a.m.and will remain open until closing
at 8:00 p.m.
The polling locations areasfollows:
Precinct Name Polling Place Name Polling Place Address
FRIDLEY W-1 P-1 GRACE EVANGELICAL FREE
CHURCH
755 73RD AV ENE
FRIDLEY,MN55432
FRIDLEY W-1 P-2 HAYES ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
615 MISSISSIPPI ST NE
FRIDLEY,MN55432
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FRIDLEY,MN55432
FRIDLEY W-1 P-4 FRIDLEY COMMUNITY
CENTER
6085 7TH ST NE
FRIDLEY,MN55432
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FRIDLEY,MN55432
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CHURCH
6180 HIGHWAY 65 NE
FRIDLEY,MN55432
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SCHOOL
5575 FILLMORE ST NE
FRIDLEY,MN55432
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CENTER
100 85TH AV ENE
FRIDLEY,MN55432
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CHURCH
61 MISSISSIPPI WAYNE
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SCHOOL
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CITY OF HAM LAKE,MINNESOTA
PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a
General Election will be held in the
City of Ham Lake,Minnesota,on
Tuesday,November 8,2022 at the
polling locations listed below for
the purpose of voting for candi-
dates of the offices specified be-
low.The polls for said election
will be open at 7:00 AM and will re-
main open until closing at 8:00 PM.
CITY OF HAM LAKE OFFICES
•Mayor
•City Council Member at Large,2
seats
The voting places are as follows:
Precinct Name Voting Location
Ham Lake P-1 Glen Cary Lutheran
Church,15531 Central Avenue NE,
Ham Lake,MN 55304
Ham Lake P-2 Ham Lake Senior
Center,15544 Central Avenue NE,
Ham Lake,MN 55304
Ham Lake P-3 Oak Haven Church,
1555 Constance Boulevard NE,
Ham Lake,MN 55304
Ham Lake P-4 Eagle Brook Church -
Ham Lake Campus,1503 157th
Avenue NE,Ham Lake,MN 55304
Ham Lake P-5 Radisson Road Bap-
tist Church,13627 Radisson Road
NE,Ham Lake,MN 55304
Ham Lake P-6 Church of Saint Paul,
1740 Bunker Lake Blvd NE,Ham
Lake,MN 55304
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for afour-year term
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for afour-year term
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Champlin,12165 Ensign Avenue
Ward 3-Precinct 1-Servant of
Christ Lutheran Church,740 East
Hayden Lake Road
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