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January Congressional District Forum in Maple Grove

If you haven’t been able to attend one of our previous forums, or are interested in hearing more from our candidates, please mark your calendars and plan to join us for our next forum:

What:  DFL Congressional Candidate Forum

When:  Tuesday, January 23, 2018, registration starts at 6:00 PM, forum begins at 6:30 PM

Where:  Maple Grove Community Center, 12951 Weaver Lake Rd, Maple Grove, MN 55369

We’re pleased to announce this forum will be moderated by Katie Rodriguez.

Please submit your questions in advance here.  Deadline for submissions midnight, Sunday, January 14, 2018.

Minnesotans, don’t forget about the tax bill

The following commentary by Lori Sturdevant was posted on the StarTribune website November 17, 2017:

Franken news is just one of the big things going on.

There’s never a good time, I suppose, to learn that one’s U.S. senator groped a sleeping woman while mugging for a camera. Still, it was particularly irritating to be interrupted with the news about U.S. Sen. Al Franken on Thursday just as the U.S. House was passing a mammoth tax bill that’s skewed against Minnesota and other high-tax/high-services states.

How’s an editorial writer supposed to summon readers to think high-minded tax policy thoughts when the day’s news is about other body parts?

That’s not a plea for pity — not entirely, anyway. It’s also a lament on behalf of the 250 people who crammed into the Minnetonka City Council chamber Wednesday night to hear from three DFLers who want to replace one of the architects of the House’s tax bill, five-term Republican U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen of Minnesota’s Third Congressional District. Continue reading “Minnesotans, don’t forget about the tax bill”