Update: The Rochester Post Bulletin reports on the Rochester senior health care meeting in Leaders explore ways to fix Medicare system. [end update]
KEYC-TV reports on yesterday afternoon's meeting about Medicare at Mankato's Summit Center in Klobuchar and Walz Visits Southern Minnesota To Talk Health Care:
Senator Amy Klobuchar and Representative Tim Walz are visiting southern Minnesota to discuss health care issues and their concerns regarding Medicare. A panel met earlier today in Mankato to discuss long term solutions to the problem of wide spread geographic inequality in Medicare spending. Minnesota's health care is based on quality care at low costs... a system Representative Walz says should be a model for health care programs nationwide. The Congressman spent today talking with constituents about their health care concerns. Rep. Tim Walz says, They're struggling with health care costs, they're concerned about the future, but the one thing that's there is they're optimistic that these things can be solved. "The political duo also met with southern Minnesota residents to discuss veteran's issues.
KTTC-TV reports on Rochester's meeting on Medicare costs. Here's the video clip, which begins after the short ad (the ad and its revenue is the station's, not BSP's):
Owatonna's Marlene Nelson sent her letter, Walz's office quick to help, to the Mankato Free Press; it was previously in the Owatonna People's Press.
Elsewhere in the MFP's letter page, Walz supporter Max Hailperin writes about H.R. 6709, The National Conservation, Environment, and Energy Security Act, in Walz wants solutions. He cites the Fairmont Sentinel's editorial, Walz seeks energy bill; Congress fails to act.
Once again, a conservative reaches for a debunked urban legend. The Houston County News has published a letter from M.J. "Mac" McCauley of Winona, First learn about candidate's viewpoint, then vote, that cites the Alexander Tyler "Fall of the Athenian Republic" nonsense. The widely-emailed urban legend also attributes opinions and statistics to Hamline Law prof Joseph Olson that he doesn't hold; in fact, Snopes reports that he himself first learned of his supposed view when someone sent him the email.
A longer version of McCauley's letter appeared in the Winona Post under the ironic headline, Voters must be informed. McCauley himself should start by checking up on his own source material, rather than relying on truthiness. Bluestem caught the use of this
At Minnesota Central, retired accountant McPherson Hall asks a few questions about the definition of "rich" in MN-01 : Is the Reluctant Millionaire Doctor Rich ?
The Rochester Democrat notes that there will be a house party for Tim Walz in Rochester on August 20. RSVP please. Those who can't make it can support Walz's re-election bid by contributing here. Tomorrow marks the end of the pre-primary reporting period for the FEC.
Update: A friend sent us this YouTube of last week's Town Hall meeting with laid-off TRW workers (UAW members) in Winona:
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