LittleSis: Curtis Carlson Nelson

Nelson filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May 2011 seeking to reorganize his finances. But that proved hopeless and the bankruptcy was converted into a Chapter 7 liquidation proceeding in August 2011. The picture that emerges from Nelson's bankruptcy proceedings is that of a man with no job, no foreseeable source of meaningful income, and one who is cut off from a family fortune that was created through the stunning business successes of the late Curt Carlson -- Nelson's namesake -- and that of his mother, Marilyn Carlson Nelson. Nelson's slide became public in 2007 when he sued his mother and Carlson Companies after he was passed over for promotion and eventually left the company. His most recent failed business venture was an automotive marketing company called Visible Customer Holdings. It collapsed in 2010. According to a 2009 personal financial statement provided for one of his now-defaulted loans, Nelson listed a personal net worth of $29.4 million. His most recent financial statement in the court file, dated June 2011, shows Nelson holding a cash balance of $119.80. His Wayzata home, once valued at $6.9 million, is now in foreclosure.

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Stanley S. Hubbard	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, John P. Kline, Jr., John McCain, Harry Reid, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Northstar Leadership PAC, Jack Ryan, Jim Knoblach, Freedom First PAC
David Frauenshuh	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, Jim DeMint, John P. Kline, Jr., Mel Martinez, John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Northstar Leadership PAC, Jack Ryan, Freedom First PAC
Robert J Ulrich	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, John P. Kline, Jr., Mel Martinez, John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Northstar Leadership PAC, Jack Ryan, Freedom First PAC
Dan Meyer	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, Jim DeMint, John P. Kline, Jr., Mel Martinez, John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, Newt Gingrich, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Northstar Leadership PAC, Freedom First PAC
Vin Weber	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, Jim DeMint, John P. Kline, Jr., Mel Martinez, John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, Newt Gingrich, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Volunteer PAC, Freedom First PAC
Pierson M Grieve	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, John P. Kline, Jr., Mel Martinez, John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Northstar Leadership PAC, Jack Ryan
Marilyn Carlson Nelson	Norm Coleman, John P. Kline, Jr., John McCain, Harry Reid, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Volunteer PAC, Northstar Leadership PAC, Freedom First PAC
Patrick Alexander	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, John P. Kline, Jr., John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Coleman Leadership Committee, Jim Knoblach, Freedom First PAC
Joseph G Fogg III	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Volunteer PAC, Jack Ryan, Freedom First PAC
Stewart W Bainum Jr	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, Jim DeMint, John P. Kline, Jr., Mel Martinez, John McCain, Harry Reid, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee
Glen A Taylor	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, Jim DeMint, John P. Kline, Jr., Mel Martinez, John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Freedom First PAC
Alvin E McQuinn	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, John P. Kline, Jr., Mel Martinez, John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Northstar Leadership PAC, Freedom First PAC
Stephen W Sanger	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, John P. Kline, Jr., John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Northstar Leadership PAC, Freedom First PAC
Ray Oden Jr	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, Jim DeMint, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Newt Gingrich, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Volunteer PAC, Freedom First PAC
Paul K Schilling	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, Jim DeMint, John P. Kline, Jr., John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Volunteer PAC
Donald Oren	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, John P. Kline, Jr., John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Northstar Leadership PAC, Freedom First PAC
Kenneth S Abramowitz	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, Jim DeMint, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Volunteer PAC
Edward C Levy Jr	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, Jim DeMint, Mel Martinez, John McCain, Rod Grams, Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Freedom First PAC
Charles R. Black	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, Jim DeMint, John P. Kline, Jr., Mel Martinez, John McCain, Rod Grams, Newt Gingrich, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Volunteer PAC
Jeannine M Rivet	Michele Bachmann, Norm Coleman, John P. Kline, Jr., John McCain, Mark Kennedy, Rod Grams, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Republican Party of Minnesota, Northstar Leadership PAC, Jack Ryan, Freedom First PAC

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Stanley S. Hubbard