Hi Neighbor,
> March 11, DFL District 64 and 65 convention!
Choose Congressman Vento's successor. Chris Coleman is running
and pushing the Ayd Mill 4 lane freeway. Monroe Community School 9am and
St. Paul Central High School, 1pm. Mary McEvoy has more info below.
Make Chris Coleman know he should be supporting no connect.
> YARD SIGNS CAN BE pick up at Lexington/Hamline Community Council
office at 1160 Selby Ave., one block west of Lexington, 651 645-3207.
BE SEEN. Bring your sign to the 64 and 65 District caucus.
> Time is short! We need more letters to the City Council and
Legislature. Sen. Dick Cohen never answered me, the bum!
Please write city and state officials other than your own, too.
And write letters to the editor answering the 2-29-00 St. Paul Dispatch
two page ad (editorial) for a four lane mini hiway 280.
Addresses way below.
> http://www.aydmill.org/ site. Any analysis or materials are welcome!
>>>>>
TO: Neighbors supporting NO CONNECT Ayd Mill Road
FROM: Mary McEvoy, 1689 Portland Ave, 651-644-2587
RE: IMPORTANT MAKING OUR VOICES HEARD IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS!!!
REMINDER! This weekend the DFL is holding precinct meetings. It is important
that we have a presence at these meetings. PLEASE PLAN ON ATTENDING YOUR
PRECINCT MEETING. Why? Read on!
You will attend the meeting at a location depending on where you live.
IF YOU LIVE on the South side of Portland, (east of Ayd Mill Rd.) to
University and beyond, you will meet with SD65 at 9AM at Monroe Community
School, 810 Palace Ave. This includes many of you in LEX-HAM. If Sandy Pappas
is your Senator, you live in SD 65.
IF YOU LIVE on the north side of Portland to St. Clair (east of Ayd Mill) or
between I-94 and St. Clair (west of Ayd Mill), you will meet with SD64 at 1PM
at Central High. This includes some of Lex-Ham, and all of Merriam Park and
Snelling-Hamline. If Dick Cohen is your Senator, you live in SD64.
If you are not sure, you can call me at 651-644-2587, Dennis Hill (chair of
SD65 and a No Connect supporter) at 292-1214 or check the web at
http://www3.pioneerplanet.com/precinct.
HERE IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY! On MARCH 11, starting at 1:00 PM at CENTRAL HIGH
or 9AM at MONROE COMMUNITY SCHOOL, DFLers are gathering to endorse our STATE
REP CANDIDATE, our STATE SENATE CANDIDATE and MOST IMPORTANTLY to ELECT
DELEGATES to a May 6th meeting at North High where we will ENDORSE a DFL
Candidate for CONGRESS, to run for the seat being vacated by Bruce Vento.
WE CAN HAVE A MAJOR SAY IN WHOM IS THE DFL CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS. As you may
know, there are currently 7 announced DFL candidates: Council member CHRIS
COLEMAN, Representative BETTY MCCOLLUM, South St. Paul Mayor KATHY GAYLORD,
and Labor activist MARY ROSENTHAL, County Commissioner RAFEAL ORTEGA,
Representative MARY JO McBRIDE, and Senator STEVE NOVAK. We need to ask each
of these candidates to state their position on maintaining our strong St. Paul
neighborhoods and we need to actively support those candidates who support us.
SO WHAT CAN YOU DO?
FIRST: Attend your precinct meeting on Saturday March 11 at Central High at
1:PM or Monroe Community School at 9AM. There are a number of different
precincts in your Senate District. It depends where you live. When you get to
the meeting there will be people there to tell you in what classroom your
specific precinct is meeting.
SECOND: During the precinct meeting there will be an ELECTION FOR DELEGATES TO
ATTEND A SENATE DISTRICT MEETING THE SAME DAY AT THE SAME PLACE. You should
get yourself elected as a delegate to that meeting. Just about everyone who
wants to be a delegate can be! During the meeting you can also cast a vote for
who the Minnesota DFL should support for US President.
THIRD: Offer a resolution during your precinct meeting supporting NO CONNECT!
It would be great having the same resolution come out of a number of
different precincts.
FOURTH: On the SAME DAY AS PRECINCT MEETINGS at the same place, the folks
elected as delegates will convene in the auditorium. During this meeting 5
things will happen:
1. We will endorse 2 State Reps.
2. We will your state Senator
WE NEED TO ASK EACH OF THESE PEOPLE TO PUBLICLY STATE
THEIR POSITION ON AYD MILL ROAD.
3. We will elect a chair and associate chair of our Senate District
(again a chance to ask for a position statement)
4. We will ELECT DELEGATES TO ATTEND THE MAY 6 CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION
where we endorse our CONGRESSIONAL candidate (see note above!!)
AND THE JUNE 1,2,3 STATE CONVENTION.
We need to be sure that we have a strong voice in who represents us in the
HOUSE, SENATE, and CONGRESS! We are ORGANIZED and can play a POWERFUL ROLE in
this process. I will be at each meeting and will be glad to help anyone who
has any questions!
I am also MORE THAN WILLING to meet with folks who are interested before the
MARCH 11 meeting to make sure all of this is clear. I WILL ALSO BE AT BOTH
CENTRAL AND MONROE to help you figure out the process. I hope to see many of
you at Central High or Monroe Community School on March 11.
LET'S TAKE CHARGE!!
>CONTACT INFO:
STATE LEGISLATURE:
Senator Richard Cohen
Capitol address: 317 Capitol, 75 Constitution Ave
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol phone: (651) 296-5931
e-mail: sen.richard.cohen@senate.leg.state.mn.us
Senator Ellen Anderson
Capitol address: G-24 Capitol, 75 Constitution Ave
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606
Capitol phone: (651) 296-5537
e-mail: sen.ellen.anderson@senate.leg.state.mn.us
Representative Michael Paymar (DFL) 64B
211 State Office Building
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
(651) 296-4199
E-mail: rep.Michael.Paymar@house.leg.state.mn.us
Representative Matt Entenza (DFL) 64A
213 State Office Building
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
(651) 296-8799
E-mail: rep.Matt.Entenza@house.leg.state.mn.us
Alice Hausman (DFL) 66B
245 State Office Building
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
(651) 296-3824
E-mail: rep.Alice.Hausman@house.leg.state.mn.us
Representative Andy Dawkins (DFL) 65A
215 State Office Building
St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
(651) 296-5158
E-mail: rep.Andy.Dawkins@house.leg.state.mn.us
ST PAUL:
Address letters to: Your Council Member
City Hall, Room#: (see below)
St. Paul, MN 55102
Ward 1: Jerry Blakey 651-266-8610, Room 310C
jerry.blakey@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Ward 2: Chris Coleman 651-266-8620, Room 310B
chris.coleman@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Ward 3: Pat Harris 651-266-8630, Room 310C
pat.harris@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Ward 4: Jay Benanav 651-266-8640, Room 310D
jay.benanav@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Ward 5: Jim Reiter 651-266-8650, Room 320A
jim.reiter@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Ward 6: Dan Bostrom, President 651-266-8660, Room 320B
dan.bostrom@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Ward 7: Kathy Lantry 651-266-8670, Room 320C
kathy.lantry@ci.stpaul.mn.us
Saint Paul City website:
http://www.stpaul.gov/council/
City Council Fax #: 651-266-8574
RAMSEY COUNTY http://www.co.ramsey.mn.us/Cntybrd/Homecb.htm
County Commissioner Rafael.E.Ortega@co.ramsey.mn.us
phone: (651) 266-8350.
Staff member Fran.Sontag@co.ramsey.mn.us
County Commissioner Susan.M.Haigh@co.ramsey.mn.us
Staff member sarah.kneece@co.ramsey.mn.us
County Commissioner Janice.Rettman@co.ramsey.mn.us
telephone, 266-8360
Staff member Eugene.Haselmann@co.ramsey.mn.us
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