Bluestem Prairie's world headquarters is in sunny Maynard in Minnesota House District 17A, among the 20 battleground districts in the fight for control of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
One of the things we're hearing from neighbors and friends is how sick everyone is of the dozens of direct mail pieces we've been bombarded with in the district.
Most of these are "Independent Expenditures" from political parties and political action committees that by law are out of a candidate's control. He or she can't coordinate with these entities on independent spending.
But many voters don't realize that--and get angry with the candidate, rather than the messenger. Perhaps the worst thing of all is hearing a person complain about attack mail with Andrew Falk's and Tim Miller's picture on it. They haven't read the copy of the mail piece attacking a candidate before tossing it, but they remember the candidate's photo on the piece and believe that the piece is from that individual.
We caught a video of two cats chatting. Bluestem urges all voters to check the return addresses and disclaimers on the political mail they're getting. It's best to judge candidates by what they say and write about themselves.
But we'll let the cats at the top of the post do the talking, as annoying as this mailbox is:
If you appreciate Bluestem Prairie, you can mail contributions (payable to Sally Jo Sorensen P.O. Box 108, Maynard MN 56260) or use the paypal button below:
Email subscribers can contribute via this link to paypal; use email sally.jo.sorensen at gmail.com as recipient.
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