League of Women Voters Observer, Marcia Walters
The main body of this meeting was devoted to listening, with no action, to outside agency budget presentations. The agencies are requesting funding for the 2007 budget year. The groups who appeared at this meeting were the Rice County Historical Society, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Humane Society, [...]
Author Archives: Marcia Walters
Rice County Work Session–August 15, 2006
August 17, 2006 – 8:31 pm
Rice County Commissioners Meeting - April 25, 2006
April 29, 2006 – 5:28 pm
LWV Observer - Georgiana Campbell
This meeting was a sign that spring and summer are almost here! Business began with resolutions for the county to participate in boat and water safety programs. The state will grant the county additional money ($13,489) for this program, to “promote law enforcement and water safety.” A supplemental [...]
LWV Northfield Annual Meeting This Saturday
April 26, 2006 – 3:32 pm
On Saturday, April 29, at the First United Church of Northfield, 300 Union Street, the NLWV will hold their annual meeting. Starting at 8:30 a.m., you can drink coffee, enjoy fruit and sticky buns and say hello to friends, and pay your dues.
Invite all your friends and relations who might be interested in finding [...]
Meeting of Interest for NLWV Members
April 26, 2006 – 3:21 pm
Wal-Mart America: Changing the Face of our World
Thursday, May 4, 2006, at 6:30 PM, in the Pause, first level of Buntrock.
Contact: Eric Fure-Slocum (History Department, St. Olaf College,
furesloc@stolaf.edu) for further information.
“Wal-Mart America: Changing the Face of Our World” explores changes in work, business, shopping, and the everday landscape in the late-20th and early-21st centuries. Sponsored [...]
ACTION ALERT!
April 24, 2006 – 6:22 pm
ACTION ALERT: Don’t Let Congress Make a Mockery Out of Lobbying Reform
The House of Representatives is scheduled to take up “lobbying reform” legislation on Thursday, April 27. Unfortunately, the proposed bill, H.R. 4975, is very weak and does little to curb corruption in Congress. Several key amendments to improve the legislation will [...]
Rice County Work Session - April 18, 2006
April 18, 2006 – 11:31 am
Observer, Marcia Walters
Besides proclaming Correctional Officer Week (May 7-13) and Volunteer Week (April 16-22), the commissioners heard a FYI discussion of the tax increment financing district established by the city of Dundas for College City Beverage and received the final report from Committee #3. The purpose of this committee was to “explore the potential [...]
LEAGUE HOSTS UPDATE AND Q & A SESSION WITH STATE LEGISLATORS
April 18, 2006 – 7:09 am
by Kiffi Summa
On April 24th , at 7 p.m., The NLWV “4th Monday” public meeting series continues with an opportunity for citizens to meet with State Representative Ray Cox and State Senator Tom Neuville.
The legislators will give an update on progress of the major issues in the current legislative session. There will be time [...]
FORUM LOOKS AT HEALTH CARE
April 5, 2006 – 6:52 am
On Thursday, April 6, starting at 7:00 p.m., hear Kip Sullivan, of the Minnesota Universal Health Care Coalition (MUHCC), speak about health care, how we got to where we are and what can be done in the future.
The meeting is co-sponsored by the St. Olaf Nursing Department and NLWV, and is to be held in [...]
LWVMN TARGETED ALERT, Dist. 36B, 4/4/06, Rep. Pat Garofalo
April 4, 2006 – 9:41 pm
Rep. Pat Garofalo, 651-2961069, rep.pat.garofalo@house.mn
Hackbarth/Dill Bill = Funding to Open North Shore Trail to ATVs
Hearing Before House Capitol Investment Committee
League Position: LWVUS on Natural Resources - Promote an environment beneficial to life through the protection and wise management of natural resources in the public interest by recognizing the interrelationships of air quality, energy, land [...]
ACTION ALERT: Arctic Refuge Threatened Again in Back-Door Budget Tactic
March 30, 2006 – 6:34 am
Action is needed to
prevent Congress from trying again to use the budget process to open the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling! Drilling proponents still do
not have the votes to open the Refuge outright, so they are trying to use the
budget as a filibuster-proof vehicle to give oil companies access to the
pristine lands. The [...]
