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BEST CHARITY CASE John Derus
Two years ago it at least seemed like the man once considered the most powerful pol in town might get his day in court, if not a chance to re-enter political life vindicated. No such luck. Since 1996, the former Hennepin County Board chair has been conducting a one-man crusade against the Star Tribune, which he alleges cost him his political comeback in the 1996 state Senate primary when an Election Day goof placed his mug atop a headline on charity fraud. Last year Derus complained to the Minnesota Board of Judicial Standards after the state Supreme Court killed his case against the state and the Star Tribune; he argued that Justice Alan Page--who cast the tiebreaking vote--was biased because Page's wife did contract work for Cowles Media (then the Strib's corporate parent). The board threw out Derus's complaint, as did a state Senate committee when Derus asked for a new election. The fireman's son from North Minneapolis dwells in political obscurity now, paying the bills with consulting work. And Cowles Media? Made a bundle selling the Strib. Life ain't fair.
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