August, 2019
Town Hall Meeting – September 17!
Rep. Laurie Pryor, Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn, and I will be hosting a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, September 17! The forum will take place in the South Commons at Eden Prairie High School, and run from 7:00pm – 8:30pm.
Please bring us your questions, comments, and concerns. Hope to see you there!
Our town hall will also coincide with Constitution Day! On September 17, 1787, the US Constitution was officially ratified. This was the beginning of our movement towards a more perfect Union. I am proud of how far we have come since then, and look forward to what the future will bring.
New podcast episode coming soon
Earlier in the week I made my second appearance on Call of the Senate, the podcast of the Minnesota Senate DFL. Joining me alongside the host, Sen. Jeff Hayden, was Sen. Susan Kent of Woodbury and Bernadette Burnham from Education Minnesota. We discussed some of the positive things we got done for Minnesota within the realm of education, and some of our priorities for next session. The episode will soon be made available HERE.
Still time to visit The Great Minnesota Get-Together!
If you haven’t already, try to make some time to visit the state fair before it ends on Labor Day!
I spent a couple days at the Senate Information Booth in the education building, and got to meet some truly wonderful people.
Some of the people who stopped by happened to be constituents, including a group of students from Eden Prairie.
Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan made a visit to the senate booth as well. Senator John Hoffman and I had a lot of fun catching up with her.
I also got to chat with Education Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker.
Senator Melisa Franzen from neighboring Edina also happened to be at the senate booth at the same time as me!
Joel Glaser, from the Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations (AMPTERS), and I got to have our first meeting outside of the capitol, with his booth just a stone’s throw away from the Senate one.
My favorite visit was from my wife Patti and my grandson Elliot. His sense of wonder at the tractors and other large machinery reminded me of how joyous this annual event really is.