If you are outraged by the foreclosure crisis, the banking scandal, the Wall Street bailout and the disproportionate use of public funds to secure private profit by health insurance companies and defense contractors, bring your impatience for the change we have been promised to the St. Paul DFL caucus and help pass a resolution for "Healthcare not Warfare", that Congresswoman Betty McCollum become a co-sponsor and champion of H.R. 676!
The Saint Paul City DFL Precinct Caucuses and Ward Conventions are this Tuesday. Precinct caucuses begin at 7:00 p.m. (check-in begins at 6:30 p.m.). The Ward Conventions begin immediately after caucus business is completed. Each Ward is caucusing in a single location:
Ward 1
Rondo Education Center
560 Concordia Ave., 55103
Ward 2
Humbolt High School
30 Baker Street, 55107
Ward 3
Highland Park Jr. High School
975 S. Snelling Ave., 55116
Ward 4
Hancock Elementary School
1599 Englewood Ave., 55104
Ward 5
Como High School
740 Rose Ave W., 55117
Ward 6
Johnson Sr. High School
1349 Arcade St., 55106
Ward 7
Harding High School
1540 E. Sixth St., 55106
Each caucus is to elect Ward Officers, select Delegates and Alternates to the City Convention, and consider resolutions. The Executive Committee has noted that the time for considering resolutions is limited and directed that any resolutions that could not be voted upon in the Ward Convention be submitted for consideration at the City Convention.
Persons chosen as Delegates and Alternates to the City Convention should select persons to serve on the Preconvention Committees. The organizational meeting for the Preconvention Committees will be held at the Hamline-Midway Library, 1558 W. Minnehaha Ave.(one block east of Snelling) on Saturday, February 7 from 10 a.m. to noon.
The City Convention will be Saturday, March 21 at Arlington High School On the agenda for the City Convention will be consideration of endorsements for Mayor and School Board races. This information is also on the St. Paul DFL website: www.stpauldfl.org
Please call or e-mail me to volunteer or get the resolution text for "Healthcare not Warfare"! Soren Sorensen, 612 559-9963, impeccableliberalcredentials@gmail.com
Thanks! See you tommorrow night!