In the Waseca County News report
Rep. Ruth won't seek re-election, we find this gem:
[Former Waseca City Council member Larry Johnson] thinks it is doubtful that state Sen. Dick Day's seat will be vacated by a successful run for the seat now held by Congressman Tim Walz (D-Mankato) in the U.S. House of Representatives.<
"Dick would have a heck of a time trying to beat Walz, who has a very good base in Albert Lea and Austin," Johnson said.
That base exists regardless of whom the Republicans pick in their September primary.
Senator Coleman is taking a victory lap following the Senate's approval of the Farm Bill, the Mankato Free Press and New Ulm Journal report. Residents haven't forgotten that Walz deserves credit for Farm Bill efforts, as a letter to the editor of the Worthington Globe notes:
. . .Rep. Tim Walz should be commended for his hard work in crafting that bill, using ideas from farmers across the district. Walz held 14 public forums around the area to gather the sentiment and views of area farmers.
Included in the bill are his Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Provision, which makes it easier for young people to get their start in farming. He also pushed to make it easier for farmers to enroll in conservation programs, which help them take care of the environment. And, he successfully led the fight to give farmers more flexibility to decide what they want to plant.
Rep. Walz is a breath of fresh air in Washington politics. He listens to his constituents, takes their ideas to Congress and actually delivers results. He is fighting for farmers and every southern Minnesotan.
A blogger at the Hill's Briefing Room picks up on the PB story in Rep. Walz: Neighbor's Home Foreclosed.
MSU-Mankato reprints a portion of the Free Press article about how U.S. Rep. Tim Walz visits campus to view alternative energy research. Walz visited the biofuels research labs and took a look at electric vehicles. In other energy news, the Twin City Daily Planet notes Walz's work on extending (and improving) the wind production tax credit in Owning your own power plant: Trickier than it seems.
Walz is speaking up for small town pharmacists tomorrow, according to Pharmacy Rally on Capitol Hill, a press release from the National Community Pharmacists Association, which is holding its 40th legislative convention in Washington, D.C.
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