Welcome to the Wabasha County DFL Website!

MISSION STATEMENT: Our mission is to support and elect DFL candidates

through community involvement and promoting of democratic principles.

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Wabasha County is located in the First Congressional District
We hold monthly meetings that are open to the public
Chair: Marjorie Ott
Associate Chair: Bill McMillin
Secretary: Cindy Swessel-Hofer
Treasurer: Dean Harrington
Affirmative Action: Jackie Welti

Reminder of Upcoming Calendar Items:

August 4th Meeting at Jackie Welti's home 7 PM

         !**Special Meeting for:  Event Planning and Candidate Support







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AUGUST 4 Meeting

7 PM

Agenda

Welcome
Attendance\\ Secretary Report
Treasurer Report
Old Business:
Donations/Drawing
Fund Raiser: next fundraising plans\\ Candidates: Support, Ideas (CampWellstone)
New Business:
Communication Improvement Ideas:
Other Items:
Adjourn

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Adopt-a-Highway:

Trash pick-ups for 2010 highway clean-up are scheduled for May 1st (rain date May 8) !and September 25 (rain date October 2).

Please consider volunteering, for the good of the environment, good exercise and !good food!

AREA PARADES:

Thank you to all who participated in 2009. We look forward to your participation
and support in 2010. A list of parades will be posted when information is updated.

AG NEWS, VIEWS & FACTS:

SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:

CONTRIBUTIONS ARE MUCH NEEDED

       Your contributions are needed!  The support of our area legislators and congressional delegation is ongoing, as is our need to pay for the website, newsletters and mailings, upcoming fundraisers, and rent/related expenses for Campaign 2010.  Your contribution may be mailed to:\\ 

Wabasha County DFL

Dean Harrington, Treasurer
PO Box 455, Plainview,MN 55964-0455 (Reminder - the political campaign refund program (PCR) ended in June 2009.)

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WE WELCOME YOUR INVOLVEMENT

We appreciate suggestions, volunteering of your time, and donations! To move forward, we are especially in need of your help - with events and campaign activities. Our goal is to make our events both informative and fun for everyone. All our past success is due to the people who got involved and generously gave of their time. Please, contact Margie to volunteer!

WEBSITE…..our website www.wabashadfl.org has been brought up-to-date!

Please check it on a regular basis for county and state DFL happenings and updates, as well as links to other pertinent information.

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Margie Ott
507-259-6252 (cell) or 651-565-4025 (home)
Send correspondence and contributions to:
Wabasha County DFL, PO Box 455, Plainview, MN 55964-0455

Please call Margie @651-565-4025, if you wish to be removed from our mailing list. Thank you.
Prepared and paid for by the Wabasha County DFL

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2010 Wabasha County Convention Results:

Election results for state delegates was the following:

Jim Dahling and Todd Siewert are delegates Paul Wotzka and Mark Schneider as alternates Mindy Tomfohrde and Cindy Swessel-Hofer are delegates Connie Hoke and Elise Diesslin as alternates

Nominations for party office were made: Chair - Margie Ott Associate Chair - Bill McMillin Secretary - Cindy Swessel-Hofer Treasurer - Dean Harrington Affirmative Action Officer - Jackie Welti

All nominations were accepted and adopted.

Directors: Katherine Speer, Don Tentis, Connie Hoke, Tom Mosher, Sherone Mulry, Mindy Tomfohrde, Dori Klein, Todd Siewert, Liz Riley, Gordy Hoke, Paul Wotzka, Jim Dahling, Terri Wintering. All director nominations were accepted and adopted. Nancy Hubbard and Jerry Ott were added as directors at the March Meeting.

Nominations for alternates for the State Central Committee: Katherine Speer and Todd Siewert. These nominations were accepted and adopted.

Candidate For Governor Corner

Articles from Campaigns & internet links

Anderson KelliherCampaign

Wow. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

It’s been a whirlwind since we clinched the DFL endorsement late on Saturday night, and I want you to know that we won because of your strong support of this campaign.

We built the best organization and the strongest convention team and we simply could not have done it without you and the thousands of great Minnesotans supporting us. There’s no two ways about it.

Check out footage of my victory speech on Saturday here.

Today, I’m writing from my statewide DFL Unity Tour with Sen. Al Franken, Rep. Tim Walz, Rep. Betty McCollum, Rep. Keith Ellison, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, State Auditor Rebecca Otto, Mayor R.T. Rybak, State Sen. John Marty, State Rep. Paul Thissen, Mayor Chris Coleman, DFL Chair Brian Melendez, and DFL Associate Chair Donna Cassutt. We’re visiting Bloomington, Mankato, Rochester, Morehead today and we’ll be criss-crossing the state visiting other communities in the coming weeks.

Together – we are ready to win in November.

Over the last nine months, I’ve been so humbled by the thousands of great Minnesotans supporting our campaign. We won on Saturday night, and with your help we will grow the campaign and raise the money to compete against two wealthy self-funding opponents.

That’s why I’m asking you to today to make a contribution of $50, $100, or $250. Please click here to make a contribution right away.

The Pawlenty administration has been devastating for so many Minnesotans. It is so critical that we put a DFLer back in the governor’s office this year. But we need your help.

Best, Margaret

 Dayton Campaign

Please visit us at www.MarkDayton.org. There's "Why I'm Running for Governor," recent articles, and pictures of my "Better 4/5ths": my terrific sons, Eric & Andrew, and my two German shepherds, Mesabi & Dakota.

Our new website comes just a week after I was honored to receive the endorsement of AFSCME MN Council 5's 43,000 members. AFSCME's leaders are among the state's most politically astute, and its members are very active. Their endorsement is a huge boost to my campaign, and I am very grateful for it.

Please help us to build our momentum! Please contribute what you can and join our movement. $5 makes a difference! Or, how about helping to increase our campaign's momentum right through the election with a recurring contribution of $5 or $10 each month? Every dollar really helps!

There are other ways you can join our campaign. You can connect with me on Facebook, Twitter, or our new website and give me your ideas for A Better Minnesota.

See you at www.MarkDayton.org!

My best,

Mark

Entenza Campaign

The DFL Must Focus on Greater Minnesota

By Matt Entenza

Coming from Worthington, I have a special tie to Minnesota’s smaller towns and rural communities, which are key to DFL victory in November 2010. As I’ve said many times, we will not win if the first time our candidate has visited Zumbro Falls – or International Falls, Cannon Falls, or Thief River Falls – is while running for governor.

I’ve been traveling Minnesota for years: as House DFL leader and with Minnesota 2020, the progressive think tank I founded in 2007 and chaired until April. I know that for too long, greater Minnesota has been ignored.

The theme of my campaign is “Making Minnesota Work Again.” That means the entire state – with a special focus on greater Minnesota. Our kids – sadly, now greater Minnesota’s biggest export – aren’t leaving just because they want to. They feel they have no choice. There aren’t enough educational or employment opportunities.

I’d like to tell you how I intend to change this.

Let’s start with the economy. For years we’ve focused on attracting large businesses to “save” one region or another. It’s easier for a big foreign business to get millions of dollars to relocate than it is for your neighbor to get $2,500 to launch or expand a business.

Diversity means stability. When we focus on nabbing big, out-of-state businesses, we orient everything we do to keeping them happy, fearful of what would happen if they left. They take their profits back to their headquarters cities instead of reinvesting in our communities.

I want to build Minnesota business by making Minnesota the Silicon Valley of clean energy. The clean energy economy is characterized by things we’re good at: innovating, creating value-added products, and developing a skilled labor force. Further, we have the right natural resources: plenty of wind, lots of sun, and plant life for biofuels. Leveraging the potential of the clean energy economy, we’ll create high-quality jobs all over Minnesota. We just need a vision, translated to policy and legislation that will make Minnesota a leader in this new economy.

Our vision must encompass education. Following World War II, when the GI Bill massively increased the number of Americans going to college, America entered a period of unprecedented prosperity.

Minnesotans have always valued education: strong basic education and great higher education at nearly 200 public and private institutions. Unfortunately, even at public colleges, costs have risen much faster than family incomes and money available for scholarships. Under Gov. Pawlenty, tuition is up more than 50 percent and climbing. Graduates carry massive debt, and talented Minnesotans are opting not to continue their education because they can't afford it.

For Minnesota to remain a player economically, we must recommit to education. As governor, I’ll reinvest in state colleges and universities and community and technical colleges, better align these institutions with local economic opportunities, keep higher education regionally accessible, and reward public service with scholarships.

Next, we must ensure workers’ rights. Throughout my career, I’ve supported organized labor. As a legislator, I consistently racked up 100-percent voting records with the AFL-CIO. Additionally, as a young worker, I helped organize a Hennepin County AFSCME local. I understand the struggles of workers trying to organize and strongly support making it easier for them to unionize.

Finally, I know health care is on everyone’s minds. While I believe federal-level reform will yield the best results, if that doesn’t happen, Minnesota still can reform. I support a Medicare-like plan. Medicare isn’t perfect, but it provides a good roadmap.

Greater Minnesota faces special challenges. I’ll share what my friend Tracy Beckman, a former state senator from southern Minnesota, has to say about this:

“Matt understands that real health care reform will require more than simply creating a program; it will involve ensuring quality health care providers are available all over the state. It will involve meeting long-term care needs for our growing elderly population. It will involve a focus on delivering care, not just administering insurance.

“At this critical time for Minnesota – when we not only face serious health care issues but also major economic, employment, and education challenges – I know Matt Entenza will focus squarely on making Minnesota work again. His commitment to health care for all is firm and proven by his record in the Minnesota House of Representatives. He has a vision for rebuilding our economy and creating jobs all over the state. And from his own personal experience, Matt knows that education is the key to enabling people to build a better life for themselves – and to creating even more jobs and opportunities for the people of our state.

“I know Matt will be a great governor for all of Minnesota. I hope you will join me in supporting him.”

I invite you to learn more about me, my record and my campaign at www.entenza.com.

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PLEASE CONSIDER GETTING INVOLVED!

Come to our County DFL meetings and find out what fits with your schedule and your interests or just call up one of the officers to find out where help is needed. We welcome and appreciate suggestions, volunteering of your time, and donations. To move forward, we are especially in need of your help with events and campaign activities. Our goal is to make our events both informative and fun for everyone. All our past success is due to the people who got involved.

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