All summer long and into the fall, voters here in Minnesota House District 12A kept hearing about a "metro" fundraiser for former state representative Jay McNamar. One Backer backer wondered aloud in a letter to the editor of the Morris Sun Tribune:
I wonder why McNamar goes to the metro for his campaign funding. Surely he must know that they expect favors back from him. . . . How can you have your slogan as a “voice for rural Minnesota” and go to the metro for your funding? You cannot.
If the Backer backer was serious about that Q & A, Bluestem hopes her head doesn't explode when she learns of a Republican House fundraiser in the metro that also raises the spectre of Kurt Daudt's caucus enlisting on the wrong side in the War On Christmas.
Yes. The HRCC is having a fundraiser in the metro for the entire caucus!
Bluestem dipped into the Fundraising Calendar that the Messerli and Kramer* website maintains for government affairs professionals (known to us in the sticks as "lobbyists") to look for opportunities that might be afforded to these passionate paid advocates to grease the wheels of power for their clients.
Imagine how shocked our tender rural souls were to discover--on the Monday after the First Sunday of Advent, no less--a Republican "Holiday Party." Here's the text:
HRCC Holiday Fundraiser
- Event Date and Time:
- November 30th, 2016 - 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Event Location:
Town & Country Club
300 N Mississippi River Blvd
St. Paul 55104
United States
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Description:
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Please Join Speaker Kurt Daudt, Majority Leader Joyce Peppin and Members of the House Republican Caucus
For Our Annual Holiday Celebration
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Town & Country Club
300 N Mississippi River Blvd
St. Paul, MN
GOLD SPONSOR: $5,000 includes three tickets for dinner and four tickets to the Main Reception
SILVER SPONSOR: $2,500 includes two tickets for dinner and four tickets to the Main Reception
BRONZE SPONSOR: $1,500 includes one ticket for dinner and four tickets to the Main Reception
$300 per person for our Main Reception
Private Dinner with House Republican Leadership and New Members
5:00-6:00 PM
Main Reception with House Republican Members
6:00-8:00 PM
All Sponsors will be recognized at the event
Please RSVP by November 25, 2016 ~ By Mail: Return the enclosed reply card ~
By Telephone: (651) 769-7687~ By Email: [email protected]
We hope to see you on November 30!
Dear Lord! Where is the reason for the season?
And this isn't the first time that the HRCC has surrendered in the War On Christmas, throwing a "Holiday Celebration" at a private club in the heart of the evil metro. Last year we reported about MN HRCC's War on Christmas? Join Speaker Daudt & caucus for "Annual Holiday Celebration."
This raises Solvie's question again. How can a caucus define itself as the "rural" heart of Minnesota and yet go to the evil metro for fundraising?
If we can't trust Jeff Backer's caucus to avoid metro fundraisers, we're going to retreat to our big country kitchen, clutch our pearls, and cry tears of frustration into our Sugar Plum Advent Cake batter.
Photo: We're baking a cake for Advent and hope it looks this good. BTW, while Messerli and Kramer isn't hosting the Holiday Celebration, merely listing it on its calendar, the listing does remind us of the firm's debt collection wing in this pair of stories from last March, House Speaker Daudt sued by debt collectors, was tardy on taxes and Daudt says he received no special treatment on debt lawsuits.
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