July 29, 2008 7-9 pm Northfield Library
Question: What input and leadership can the Northfield Community provide to achieve universal, affordable health care in Minnesota?
Agenda:
7:00-7:10 Welcome and Introduction—Joan Janusz
Background-Summary of events leading to this gathering
“Stories” illustrating need for reform
Recent media attention re the U.S. Health Care “system” (Sicko, PBS Frontline, Interview [...]
Category Archives: Action
Health Care Reform Gathering
July 25, 2008 – 2:19 pm
LWVMN ACTION ALERT 5/2/08
May 2, 2008 – 10:41 am
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Proof of Citizenship to Register; Photo ID [...]
LWVMN ACTION ALERT 3/6/08
March 7, 2008 – 10:09 am
[The following alert was circulated by Gwen Myers, LWVMN Action Chair, prefaced with this note:
"Please forward this message to your members. In some cases not all your members are in the target districts, but some of them are. This is an important issue for any area facing development. Tiny Spring Park, MN, on Lake Minnetonka [...]
LWVMN ACTION ALERT 2/24/08
February 25, 2008 – 6:27 pm
Action Needed on Clean Cars and Green Solutions Legislation
Please contact your legislator before Tuesday, February 26, 2008
LWVUS Position: Among other things, LWVUS supports reduction of energy growth rates; use of a variety of energy sources, with emphasis on conserving energy and using energy-efficient technologies; predominant reliance on renewable resources; action by appropriate levels of government [...]
LWVMN ACTION ALERT 2/19/08
February 25, 2008 – 1:50 pm
Firearms “Shoot First” bill to get House Hearing
A person would be allowed to shoot anyone, any place, if he felt “reasonably threatened!
Please contact your legislators ASAP!
LWVMN Position: Action to support restrictions on the sale, possession and use of firearms by private parties in the state of Minnesota.
Action - House members must hear a public outcry [...]
State Senate Debate - Thurs., 7 PM, at the Grand
December 19, 2007 – 12:47 pm
Locally Grown and KYMN are hosting a debate among the three Senate District 25 candidates tomorrow night. The candidates are Ray Cox, Republican; Kevin Dahle, Democrat; and Vance Norgaard, Independent.
Questions you would like to have asked may be submitted to Locally Grown. Go to
http://locallygrownnorthfield.org/archives/2794/
Vote in Primary Dec. 18 & Election Jan. 3 !
December 12, 2007 – 4:14 pm
If you are heading out of town for the holidays or Winter Break, don’t forget to bring along your right to vote!
Absentee Voter Instructions:
Residents of State Senate District 25 who plan to be out of town on the date of the upcoming Special Primary Election (Tuesday, December 18) and/or the Special Election (Thursday, January [...]
Action Alert from LWV.org
December 5, 2007 – 7:51 pm
ACTION ALERT: We Must Restore Civil Liberties
Earlier this year, Congress gave sweeping new surveillance powers to the Executive Branch, including widespread warrantless wiretapping of American citizens, in the so-called Protect America Act.
Now, the Senate is poised to reconsider the Protect America Act. We must make sure that this legislation reinstates protections for civil liberties and [...]
Ward 4 meeting; Saturday, December 1, 2007
December 3, 2007 – 7:40 pm
9:30 a.m., St. John’s Church Fireside Room
Submitted by Jane McWilliams, Observer
Present: Jon Denison, 4th ward Councilman; Noah Cashman, Councilman-at-Large; Kris Vohs, Councilman-at-Large; Scott Davis, 2nd Ward Councilman. 15 Citizens.
Denison said that the council is talking about regular ward meetings during the coming year. He had invited other councilmen to this meeting, and Cashman, Vohs and [...]
Action related to Charter Commission 12-3-07
December 3, 2007 – 6:21 pm
Following on a motion by the LWV board on November 8, League representatives Suzie Nakasian and Eve Webster met with the Charter Commission on November 20 to propose that the Commission take steps, in partnership with the League, to increase public awareness of the function of the City Charter, particularly those sections relating to local [...]
