Barb update, Food for thought, and Obama Exposed

All,


Barb Davis White will be holding a fundraiser next Friday, August 15th at Babalu Restaurant (800 Washington Ave N in Minneapolis) from 6:00 to 10:00 pm.

More information on the event can be found at the following link:

http://tcbusiness.org/event/barb_davis_white_for_congress_2008_fundraisermeet_the_community_friday_august_15_2008.html

Thank you,

Carleton Crawford

5th


Passed on in an email...food for thought


My kind of thinking....



A president's pension currently is $191,300 per year.


Assuming the next president lives to age 80. Sen. McCain would receive ZERO pension as he would reach 80 at the end of two terms as president.


Sen. Obama would be retired for 26 years after two terms and would receive $4,973,800 in pension.

Therefore it would certainly make economic sense to elect McCain in November.




How's that for non partisan thinking???




Please go to and then pass on this important website.


http://www.exposeobama.com/

New definition of a lemming WOW

follow link to:




http://michelebachmann.townhall.com/blog


see how the liberal mind set has destroyed the mind!

Rino's rear ends enter ahead of reason

Rino's once again betrayed their own constituents and their party platforms. Damn their stupid hides. Follow the two following links to read up on the latest stab in the back!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121815293390922431.html?mod=todays_columnistshttp:




//www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2008/08/06/better-off-doing-nothing/

endorsement

t is official now, visit



http://www.libertypac.net/html/state.html



Timothy D. Utz

CCCR Candidate, Minnesota State House 50-A

www.timutzforhouse.com

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reproduced without written authorization from the candidate.



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Thank you all for your words of support for Our Troops. Many of you have asked how you can help or what you might send to the Troops. For those of you who wish to send items, packages to the Troops, we welcome any and all your support, and yes it is needed and appreciated.

The two best distribution avenues in ASG Kuwait are through our Red Cross office and our USO centers in various location throughout Kuwait.

Camp Arifjan is the hub for both.

I notified Mr. Johnny Gooch, our Red Cross Director and he has compiled a good list of the most sought after items.

We are not including every items due to the extreme heat experienced in Kuwait, which will damage or liquidate most products such as soft candy, etc. Therefore, my list includes the most logical products that we have found acceptable in most cases:

The single most important for all military are the "Telephone Calling Cards". We can never have enough and always seem to be running out!.

Comfort Items:
Hard candies, (pre wrapped) or sealed
Wash cloths, soap( all types-hard and liquid-if sealed to prevent leakage)
Toothbrushes, toothpaste, mouth wash
Various types of shampoos, conditioner
Various assortments of body washes and lotions for females
Combs and brushes of various types.
Different levels of Sun screen lotions.
Wet wipes, anti-bacterial moist wipes
Various types of anti-perspirant & Deodorants for both male & Females
Q-tips, Razors and shaving creams for Male & Females.
Reading materials such as "soft back books" and Puzzles.

I would ask you to send packages directly to the Red Cross address below and Calling Cards to me, to ensure equitable distribution around the various Camps.

Our Red Cross office address:

American Red Cross
Attn: Station Manager
Camp Arifjan
APO AE 09366

My address is:
MAJ Dennis McCool
Director of Installation Support
ASG – KU DIS / DPW
APO AE 09366

I would like to add that one thing which is appreciated as much as the items you send, would be cards, letters, notes from all the supporters back home. If you send a box, put a big folded poster board with all the names of the folks in your organization, so we can hang it in the hallway. The Troops love to read them.

Thank you for your support.

Very best regards,
Dennis

MAJ Dennis McCool
Area Support Group-Kuwait
Director, DPW/DIS
Office: DSN 318 430-3458/2343
Cell: 944-3168

We are supporting America's Finest. They deserve our very best effort and continual improvement of the level of support we provide. Anything less is unacceptable.



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Thanks

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Timothy D. Utz

CCCR Candidate, Minnesota State House 50-A

www.timutzforhouse.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Moriarty [mailto:mori0146@umn.edu]
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 10:10 AM
To: Jeff Moriarty
Subject: Tim Utz Campaign Events Update 8/4-8/10



Monday: Campaign Meeting at Tim’s Place at 6:30pm. We will be planning for national night out and all are welcome to come and participate. We will be breaking all the house parties into groups for groups of volunteers to go to and spread Tim’s message on Tuesday.



Map of Tim’s place: http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=556+40th+ave+ne+columbia+heights&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=47.215051,101.074219&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr





Tuesday: National Night Out. Tim will be hitting up a bunch of the house parties going on along with a lot of volunteers. We need to get Tim’s name out there and any help you can give is appreciated



Wednesday:



Thursday:



Friday:

In order to keep the campaign going and planning for the future here like with getting lawn signs we are making a call for donations. Anything you can give from $5, $10, $20 will go a long way in helping the campaign with the purchase of material to help get Tim’s name and message out there. Please consider making a donation at http://www.timutzforhouse.com/donate.html . We hope to see you on the campaign trail this week.


Folks we have a campaign bus about ready for the campaign trail. We are hoping to be ready for National Night Out this Tuesdays. As with any campaign, money is always a subject of conversation. Our campaign is no different. Several items you can help with getting the message out.



Donate funds to the campaign

Tell others of the campaign

Hose a house party or find a neighbor willing to host a party

Get involved! Your State needs you.



We need folks for Tuesday night at National Night Out to visit a preset list of local block parties. If you or any kids can help then we are very pleased. This night is an opportunity to gain real exposure for the campaign. Nay and I hope to wee you all on the campaign trail soon.

Press Release:

The press invited to join the Tim Utz for house campaign Tuesday night August 5th 2008 during National Night Out. The campaign bus leaves our mailing office at 556 40th Avenue North East around 6:00 PM. We are intending to meet and greet folk’s thought our House District 50-A. Please contact John Paulson at our events coordinator, 763-226-3633, for further information and a reservation.
Timothy D. Utz

CCCR Candidate, Minnesota State House 50-A

www.timutzforhouse.com



Resolve to win...

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Just wanted to give everyone an update on how things are going here in Kuwait.

Today marks my third week and my first day off, so far. I am keeping very busy, but really enjoying my many jobs. Each day I am finding it more and more incredible that a job like this exists in today’s bureaucratic military and government. It seems that I have an incredible amount of responsibility but have an equally incredible amount of authority and resources both money and staffing support. Much of the staffing is contractor provided, but that is fine as long as they want to work and do a good job.

I did not realize until I got here and got into the jobs that my responsibilities encompass the entire country of Kuwait. I am assigned to Area Support Group – Kuwait (ASG-KU) which is the permanent US infrastructure which facilitates all the temporary OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom and OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) manpower and materiel movement.

As the DIS (Director of Installation Support) for ASG - KU, I have supervision of all Morale Welfare and recreation activities like libraries, gyms, pools, community centers, Red Cross, Education Centers, and PX (AAFES) on all the installations in Kuwait.

I am also the DPW (Director of Public Works) for all the military installation in Kuwait. All the northern camps are under supervision of the Deputy at Camp Buehring and all the camps in the south are supervised by the Deputy out of Camp Arifjan. I have signed over $800,000 in contracts for air conditioning equipment, service contracts and various electrical and maintenance equipment, just in the past 2 weeks.

Don't worry, I am trying to spend your money wisely.

If it wasn't so darn hot, I could really get into this. The temperature is in the mid 120's most of the day and hits 130 occasionally. It will stay that way until about mid September.

I am the Fire Marshall also, by virtue of being the DPW. Fortunately there are regular Fire Departments with a Chief at each station who is responsible for Fire Protection. The Fire Prevention folks work in concert with the Fire Chief and DPW. I am just the Green Suiter (Army) guy that gets pinged when there is a problem, like everytime a Dumpster catches on fire.

I am also the Director of Housing, which is a function of DPW as well, but really takes up about 50% of my time because we have many different types of quarters and many different types of orders and durations of assignments here. Generally the longer you will be here the better your housing. But that creates all kind of inquiries and animosity, an consequently a lot of phone calls to me.

We are short handed in all areas, but the people here both Military and civilian all see to want to be here and want very much to do the BEST they can. It is very inspiring to work with such a great group of people.

I feel very fortunate to be in a position to make a difference in the Quality of Life of our young men and women in the Military, who are assigned to or just pass through Kuwait.

It is an incredible challenge, but I believe I am prepared for it.

Hope everyone back home is doing well.
Still “Resolve to Win” and to continue attempting to make a difference.

Very Best Regards,

Dennis McCool

MAJ Dennis McCool
Area Support Group-Kuwait
Director, DPW/DIS
Office: DSN 318 430-3458/2343
Cell: 944-3168

We are supporting America's Finest. They deserve our very best effort and continual improvement of the level of support we provide. Anything less is unacceptable.

Meeting

I am having an informal meeting at my house on this Sunday Night (August 3) 5:15 p.m. Sorry for short notice but there is food involved! (Brats, Beans, Chips, Cookies) You can bring families, friends and a girlfriend, Jeff. I have my P & Z meeting on Wednesday night. Check out the public notices in the Friday SunFocus for information on what will be discussed at the Wednesday meeting.

Tuesday is National Night Out. I need to practice a short speech on you, if you won't mind.

RSVP - please! Email me back to let me know if you can come.

4260 Tyler St NE
763-227-3268 (Cell)

Directions:
(Corner of 43rd and Tyler - one block east of Reservoir Boulevard - blue house)

From the north: Go South on Central-take a left at 44th, go to the top of the hill, Right on Reservoir and left at 43rd, blue house on corner of 43rd and Tyler

If you are closer to 37th or 40th head towards Reservoir and then go north - take a right on 43rd, blue house on corner of 43rd and Tyler.

(Just remember, the Tyler Street I live on is closer to the water treatment plant, not next to Central. Also, 43rd does not go straight up the hill from Central, only 40th, 42nd and 44th, do.)

Donna Schmitt
for Columbia Heights City Council



Monday: Campaign Meeting at Tim’s Place at 6:30pm. We will be planning for national night out and all are welcome to come and participate. We will be breaking all the house parties into groups for groups of volunteers to go to and spread Tim’s message on Tuesday.



Map of Tim’s place: http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=556+40th+ave+ne+columbia+heights&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=47.215051,101.074219&ie=UTF8&z=16&iwloc=addr



Tim Utz Campaign Events Update 8/4-8/10



Tuesday: National Night Out. Tim will be hitting up a bunch of the house parties going on along with a lot of volunteers. We need to get Tim’s name out there and any help you can give is appreciated



Wednesday:



Thursday:



Friday:





In order to keep the campaign going and planning for the future here like with getting lawn signs we are making a call for donations. Anything you can give from $5, $10, $20 will go a long way in helping the campaign with the purchase of material to help get Tim’s name and message out there. Please consider making a donation at http://www.timutzforhouse.com/donate.html . We hope to see you on the campaign trail this week.



In Liberty,

Tim Utz for House Campaign

Misc

Congress should put voting on solutions to the energy crisis
ahead of going on a five week vacation. See article at following link

Mike.Conaway@qismessenger.com



http://www.nrcc.org/


The Center for individual freedom at the following link.

friends@gopusamedia.com

These are your members of Congress

Rep. Keith Ellison

Senator Ellison's immigration report card Senator Ellison's immigration voting record

Washington, DC

ph: (202) 225-4755

adr: 1130 Longworth
Washington, DC 20515

Minneapolis, MN

ph: (612) 522-1212

adr: 2100 Plymouth Avenue North
Minneapolis, MN 55411

Sen. Norm Coleman

Senator Coleman's immigration report card Senator Coleman's immigration voting record

Washington, DC

ph: 202-224-5641

adr: 320 Hart
Washington, DC 20510

St. Paul, MN

ph: 651-645-0323

adr: 2550 University Ave., West
St. Paul, MN 55114

Mankato, MN

ph: 507-625-6800

adr: 12 Civic Center Plaza
Mankato, MN 56001

Sen. Amy Klobuchar

Senator Klobuchar's immigration report card Senator Klobuchar's immigration voting record

Washington, DC

ph: 202-224-3244

adr: 302 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Minneapolis, MN

ph: 612-727-5220

adr: 1200 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Rochester, MN

ph: 507-288-5321

adr: 1134 7th Street NW
Rochester, MN 55901

Virginia, MN

ph: 218-741-9690

adr: 820 9th Street North
Virginia, MN 55792

Moorhead, MN

ph: 218-287-2219

adr: 121 4th Street South
Moorhead, MN 56560

Also article in the Wall Street Journal

by Daniel Henninger

Is John McCain Stupid

follow link http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121745962594698731.html?mod=todays_columnists

Tim Utz Campaign Bus Painting

Assistance is needed this Saturday from 8am-11am to help paint Tim Utz’s campaign bus. Meet at Tim’s place at 556 40th Ave NE Columbia Heights at 8am or anytime after that in which you can help out. We want to have the bus ready for national night out, which is this coming Tuesday. Please reply to this email if you are going to help out. Thanks for any assistance that you can give.



In Liberty,

Tim Utz House Campaign

Parade entry for Tim Utz

Tim Utz is in the St Anthony Parade come and Show support so we can get rid of the lefty that enslaves us with her special brand of totalism. LINE UP IS AT 6:00 - 6:45, THE STREETS WILL BE BLOCKED WITH BARRICADES AT 6:45......YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THE STAGING AREA AFTER THAT TIME. Attached is the line up for the parade on Friday. I apologize for it being so late. If you have questions please call me. A few instructions. FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE IS NO PARKING AVAILABLE IN THE PARKING LOT AS IT WILL ALL BE USED FOR STAGING. CARS DROPPING OFF PARTICIPANTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE PARKING LOT FOR SAFETY CONCERNS, PLEASE DROP AT THE CURB I CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. I PUT MOST OF MY KIDS UNITS IN THE PARKING LOT AND KIDS AND A HARRIED DRIVER ARE NOT GOOD IN THE SAME PLACE. THERE WILL NO PARKING AVAILABLE ON THE STREETS EXCEPT FOR PARADE UNITS....PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY. You can probably park across Lowry on the side streets with no problems or a block off of Stinson on the west side ot the Blvd. Candy thrown from vehicles is NOT allowed, your walkers may hand candy to the crowd as they walk along the road. Please please pay attention to the unit if front of you and behind you keep about 20 feel between units. Groups with children......please please please keep your kids in close proximity to you. We've have had units leave and some members of their groups have been left behind.......scary for some kids and an adventure for some. Let's not find out the difference. St. Charles Borremo is on Stinson Avenue and 27th. There will be units lining up in the lot, in front of the church and on 27th. if you look at your line up it will tell you where you will be staged.........chalk numbers will be on the ground, please get to your line up number and get settled until you are called to enter the parade. Please remember as the unit if front of you moves forward.......please move forward and we will stop you or tell you to proceed when it's your time to enter. We will be coming in from 4 different places so again, please pay attention to the ladies with the hats and they will wave you or stop you as necessary.....please don't run us over though. If you have any questions please feel free to John P. or Tim U

Town Hall Meeting Tomorrow July 30th 7pm

Reminder: Town Hall Meeting: Puerto Del Sol July 30 The Tim Utz for House campaign, HD 50-A, is proud to announce a Town hall meeting Thursday July 30th 2008 and starts at 7:00 PM. The event being held at Puerto Del Sol restaurant just across the street from Bobby and Steve's Auto World in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. Map: Puerto Del Sol Come meet Tim and listen his message of personal liberty and small limited government. If you attended the event or are going to attend please feel free to comment on it. For any inquires please contact us Also thank you to those who reminded me to bcc everyone, my apologies for having done it the other way. In Liberty, Tim Utz Campaign

press release # 10

St. Anthony's Village Fest Parade Friday August 1st 7pm. Ends at Silver Lake Shopping Center on Silver Lake Road. Come out and meet Tim. If you would like to help with the parade email us. Hope to see you there. Parade starts at 7pm is apart of St. Anthony's Village Fest. CCCR, Minnesota State House 50-A www.timutzforhouse.com This communication is considered private and not transmittable or reproduced without written authorization from the candidate.

Rush: 20 years of Broadcast Excelence

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Thank You!

We made government work for us last night! This was the most amazing city council meeting I have ever been to. This proves that we can work together and we can get the correct information out about bad city ordinances. Even though the city tried to send out their articles and mislead the public into thinking that this was a good thing, together we were able to turn this around. It was because neighbors talked with each other about this and letters were written to papers and discussed at places like church and McDonalds that the correct information was finally heard. Thank you to everyone that spoke and for those that just came and supported. Keep up the good work! Donna Schmitt Candidate for Columbia Heights City Council

Porker of the Month: Rep. John Mica Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) has named Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) Porker of the Month for his opposition to an earmark ban and defense of earmarks. According to the Orlando Sentinel, on July 8, Rep. Mica said, “There’s no way in hell I would support banning earmarks…That’s our job, getting elected and making decisions. Yes, there are bad earmarks, like there are bad members of Congress. And what you do is get rid of them.” Earmarking is not Congress’ “job,” as Rep. Mica claims. Before the 1980s, Congress would fund general grant programs and let federal and state agencies select individual recipients through a competitive process or formula. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees named specific projects only when they had been the subject of hearings and approved by authorizing committees. Members of Congress with local concerns would lobby the president and federal agencies for consideration. The normal budget process, which is aimed at preventing abuse and allocating resources on the basis of merit and need, has become a sideshow in the scramble by individual Appropriations Committee members to pick winners and losers based on seniority. For opposing an earmark ban or moratorium and defending the out-of-control earmarking process, CAGW names Rep. John Mica its July 2008 Porker of the Month. Read more about the Porker of the Month. CCAGW Slams “Coburn Omnibus” as Harry Reid's Sour Grapes The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) has urged the Senate to vote against cloture on the Advance America’s Priorities Act, also known as the “Coburn Omnibus,” unless the spending in the bill is offset by spending cuts elsewhere. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has placed a legislative “hold” on more than 80 bills since January 2007 to force Congress to debate their merits and costs before subjecting taxpayers to billions of dollars in new spending. To circumvent the logjam, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has rolled 35 of the bills into one omnibus package costing more than $10 billion. In a letter to the Senate last week, CCAGW President Tom Schatz wrote, “The magnitude of Congress’ spending problem cannot be overstated. In the first nine months of fiscal year 2008, the budget deficit was $148 billion higher than in the previous year…This action is another attempt to rubber stamp more government spending…the Senate must carefully examine all the bills and decide whether the programs in question duplicate already existing programs, whether they actually benefit the intended recipients, and whether they are worth spending valuable tax dollars on.” Read more about the “Coburn Omnibus.” CCAGW Denounces Housing Bailout Bill CCAGW this month strongly denounced the Bush Administration’s cave-in on H.R. 3221, The American Housing and Foreclosure Prevention Act, which the president is expected to sign into law this week. “The Bush Administration’s reversal on its veto threat on H.R. 3221 virtually ensures that taxpayers will be saddled with the huge costs associated with this bill for decades to come. There are so many bad aspects to this bill, it is almost impossible to know where to begin,” said CCAGW President Tom Schatz. The bill, which was already expected to cost $300 billion, was changed to include a rescue plan for the nation’s two housing government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, after they suffered an alarming stock slide on July 11. The GSE rescue plan, which is expected to cost $25 billion, places taxpayers squarely and explicitly behind the GSEs, but fails to address their critical long-term structural problems or lay claim to any future GSE profits on behalf of taxpayers. In addition, House Democrats resurrected a controversial $3.9 billion grant program that had been removed from the bill earlier due to opposition from President Bush. The grant program, designed to assist states and localities in purchasing foreclosed properties, will be just another slush fund for pork-barreling politicians. Read more about the housing bailout bill. CAGW Observes Cost of Government Day, 2008 CAGW observed Cost of Government Day on July 16 by expressing outrage at the federal, state, and local governments’ continued waste of hundreds of billions of tax dollars on outdated, ineffective, duplicative, and non-essential programs and agencies. Cost of Government Day is the date on which the average American worker has earned enough to pay off his or her share of the tax and regulatory burdens imposed by all levels of government, according to the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation. “Today taxpayers have been released from state servitude and can begin to provide for themselves and their families,” CAGW President Tom Schatz announced. Americans now work more than half of the year - 197 days - to pay their share of the cost of government, with 84 of those days due to federal spending alone. This year, the average American needed to work an additional 16 days to pay off his or her cost of government compared to 2000 and four days more than last year. Read more about Cost of Government Day, 2008. CAGW Opposes FCC-Imposed Net Neutrality CAGW this month expressed opposition to news that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is considering levying sanctions against the Comcast Corporation for blocking some Internet traffic. “What the FCC is contemplating amounts to imposing network neutrality,” protested CAGW President Tom Schatz. Proposals for so-called “net neutrality” would have the federal government mandate that Internet service providers allow all traffic to flow, regardless of cost or need. Any government interference with or regulation of the Internet will require the requisite bureaucracy to manage, and the cost will be foisted onto taxpayers. Once a bureaucracy is created, it naturally expands, not contracts. Consumers have more Internet choices than ever before. Cable, satellite, and wireless broadband providers are competing head-to-head for customers and providing better services at lower prices. Coerced net neutrality would suppress such innovation. Pricing and web content are both means of competition. Without a plethora of consumer options, monopolies will arise and push out smaller companies. Read more about net neutrality. Pelosi continues contempt for employers article by Henry Lamb on GOPUSA Eagle. follow link to article http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/guest/2008/hl_07291.shtml also article by Beth Fouhy McCain promotes drilling for oil off U.S. coast follow link to article http://www.gopusa.com/news/2008/july/0729_mccain_drilling.shtml

Article re RIBS, City Council meeting,Plea for help

Read the StarTribune article from Sunday's paper about the Columbia Heights Ordinance and post a comment online. I'll see you Monday night at 7:00! Donna Schmitt http://www.startribune.com/local/north/25945754.html?location_refer=North%20Metro:highlightModules:1 Dear Members Minnesota Majority asks for help Contact info below Hello all: Join Minnesota Majority next week at one of three county fairs where Minnesota Majority will have booths trying to spread the word about GlobalClimateScam.com and many other legislative shenanigans!! The booths reach the public, presenting our views on the very issues we fight for!!! We'll be in three different corners of Minnesota: Brainerd in Crow Wing County, Lake Elmo in Washington County, and Rochester in Olmstead County. Here are the schedules and volunteers we have thus far ... Anywhere you can help tell the conservative view is very, very much appreciated! Thank you, thank you for anything you can do - Amy Anderson, Minnesota Majority/Carver County GOP 952-446-1263 612-877-0752 Olmstead County Fair Schedule Wednesday, July 30th 1-3 p.m. Ken Anderson 3-6 p.m. 6-10 p.m. Sue Weist Thursday, July 31st 1-3 p.m. 3-6 p.m. 6-10 p.m. Friday, August 1st 1-3 p.m. 3-6 p.m. 6-10 p.m. Sue Weist Saturday, August 2nd 11-3 Ryan Kumpf 3-6 6-10 Sunday, August 3rd 11a.m. -3 p.m. 3-7 p.m Washington County Fair Schedule Wednesday July 30th (must be set up by 10 AM) 9:00 – 12:00 12:00 – 3:00 3:00 – 6:00 6:00 – 10:00 Amanda Kivi Thursday, July 31st 10:00 – 12:00 12:00 – 3:00 Wendy Pellett 3:00 – 6:00 6:00 – 10:00 Friday, August 1st 10:00 – 12:00 12:00 – 3:00 3:00 – 6:00 6:00 – 10:00 Susan Swanson Saturday, August 2nd 10:00 – 12:00 D'Aun Best 12:00 – 3:00 Richard Goecke 3:00 – 6:00 Rodney F Albers 6:00 – 10:00 Maybe Colin Wilkinson Crow Wing County Fair Schedule Monday, July 28th 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m 2:30 p.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, July 29th 7 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. 2:30- 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 30th 9 a.m. – noon Noon – 4 p.m. 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. Thursday, July 31st 8/9 – 10 a.m. 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. 2:30 - 7 p.m. Friday, August 1st 8:30/9:30 a.m. – noon Noon – 4 p.m. 4-9 p.m. Saturday, August 2nd 9 -10 a.m. 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. 6:30-10 p.m. Ruthie Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform Independent Minnesota Minutemen FIRE Coalition State Chapter www.mnsirproject.com minnsir@yahoo.com

Re: Tim Utz Events and press release

Wednesday: Town Hall Meeting at Puerto Del Sol 7pm 7/27/08 press release #9 The Tim Utz for House campaign, HD 50-A, is proud to announce a Town hall meeting Wednesday July 30th and starts at 7:00 PM. The event being held at Puerto Del Sol restaurant, 37th and Central, just across the street from Bobby and Steve's Auto World in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. Press welcome CCCR press release #9 Tim Utz Campaign Events Events 7/27-8/1 Monday: Columbia Heights City Council Meeting 7pm City Council Chambers, City Hall, 590 40th Avenue N.E., Columbia Heights, Minnesota. Voting on the RIBS ordinance will be happening so make sure to so up and make sure it doesn’t pass. http://www.ci.columbia-heights.mn.us/city_council/agenda_minutes.asp See pages 65-83. Pay attention to the North Metro Realtor's association comments pages 80-83. Tuesday: Campaign Meeting at Sarna’s 6:30pm. Ask for the Tim Utz Campaign Meeting Wednesday: Town Hall Meeting at Puerto Del Sol 7pm The Tim Utz for House campaign, HD 50-A, is proud to announce a Town hall meeting Wednesday July 30th and starts at 7:00 PM. The event being held at Puerto Del Sol restaurant just across the street from Bobby and Steve's Auto World in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. Thursday: Friday: St Anthony Parade 7pm We need more volunteers to help in the parade passing out stickers, literature, and candy. If you are available and willing to help out please contact John Paulson and let him know: johnplsn@yahoo.com.

National Park Gun Ban Expanding???

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gun Owners of America" <Gun_Owners_of_America@capwiz.mailmanager.net>
To: "Robert R. Galbreath Jr." <cfacr@ptd.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:42 AM
Subject: National Park Service Gun Ban Expanding

National Park Service Gun Ban Expanding
-- 600-mile Trail to be added to NPS

Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org

ACTION: Urge your two senators to support S. 2619 -- a bill introduced by
Sen. Tom Coburn -- to repeal the gun ban on National Park Service lands.
Also, please urge them to stand with Sen. Coburn against the strong-arm
tactics of Majority Leader Reid, who is trying to silence Coburn and thwart
his pro-gun agenda.
You can skip to the bottom and use the pre-written letter below to contact
your two senators right away. Or, you can first read the following alert to
better understand the battle Sen. Coburn is embroiled in and how Sen. Reid
is trying to use his position as Majority Leader to trample Coburn (and the
Second Amendment).


Wednesday, July 23, 2008

On July 10, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to designate the
Washington-Rochambeau Trail, which stretches 600 miles from Rhode Island to
Yorktown, Virginia, as a National Historic Trail. Such a designation would
place the trail under the jurisdiction of the Department of Interior and the
National Park Service, thus subjecting the Washington-Rochambeau to the
current NPS gun ban.

Carrying firearms on land controlled by the NPS is prohibited, even if the
state in which the land is located allows firearms. The only way you can
legally have a firearm anywhere on National Park land currently is by having
it unloaded and inaccessible, such as locked up in your trunk.

While the Interior Department recently (after seven years of foot-dragging)
proposed new rules to partially reverse the gun ban, they have not yet taken
effect. If and when they do go into effect, most gun owners would still not
be allowed to possess firearms on these lands because, among other problems
with the rule, open carry would remain prohibited. Congress still needs to
take action to make the gun ban repeal complete and permanent.

Before the bill passed the House, Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) filed an amendment
with the Rules Committee to protect the Second Amendment on the trail. His
amendment would have required that state and local laws govern firearms
possession and carrying on the trail. The Rules Committee changed that
language and made it apply only to hunting.

Rep. Bishop denounced the Committee during debate on the measure, pointing
out that the committee "did not defend all of the Second
Amendment, only the
so-called hunting rights, which is not, not the purpose of the Second
Amendment."
Rep. Bishop made a motion to send the bill back to committee with
instructions to restore the pro-gun language. His motion narrowly failed,
211-202.
The bill (H.R. 1286) now heads to the Senate where the situation is much
more complex. Dr. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has been a leader on repealing the NPS
gun ban. Sen. Coburn previously introduced a bill (S. 2619) to rescind the
ban, but it remains bottled up by senate leadership. Earlier this year,
Sen. Coburn entered into a so-called unanimous consent agreement with Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid to get a vote on his repeal language, but Sen.
Reid reneged on his promise and blocked the vote.

Sen. Coburn remains committed to forcing a vote on killing the NPS gun ban,
and Sen. Reid seems equally committed to blocking that vote. Reid's most
recent maneuver to silence Coburn is to introduce (as one measure) a package
of bills that Coburn has held up on constitutional grounds. Rolling many
bills into one, loaded with pork and pet projects to dole out to a variety
of senators, is a transparent attempt to erode the widespread support Sen.
Coburn has among his colleagues.

If Reid is successful in passing so many bills at one time without debate,
the ability of individual senators to force deliberate consideration and
roll call votes on important legislation will be threatened.

The reason each state has two senators is stop large population centers
(such as an unholy alliance of NYC, Chicago and Los Angeles) from dictating
their will upon the rest of the country. Historically, the rules of the
Senate have always allowed any individual senator to keep the full body from
acting in an unconstitutional manner.

If other senators allow Reid to act as the dictator of the senate, Coburn's
ability to stop the expansion of the NPS gun ban will be severely
threatened.

Unless Sen. Coburn's effort is successful in repealing the gun ban, the 600
mile Washington-Rochambeau -- which encompasses parts of major thoroughfares
such as I-95 -- will become yet another Second Amendment infringement zone
effecting hundreds of thousands of gun owners up and down the East Coast.

CONTACT INFORMATION: You can visit the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center
at http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send your Senators the
pre-written e-mail message below. And, you can call your Senators at
202-224-3121 or toll-free at 1-877-762-8762.

----- Pre-written letter -----

Dear Senator,

Senator Tom Coburn is leading the fight against the National Park Service
gun ban.

While the Interior Department recently (after seven years of foot-dragging)
proposed new rules to partially reverse the gun ban, they have not yet taken
effect. If and when they do go into effect, most gun owners would still not
be allowed to possess firearms on these lands because, among other problems
with the rule, open carry would remain prohibited.

Senator Coburn is the sponsor of a bill, S. 2619, to make the gun ban repeal
complete and permanent. I urge you to become a cosponsor of this
legislation.

In addition, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has used unprecedented
procedural maneuvers to silence Dr. Coburn and to keep this bill or a
similar amendment from coming to the floor of the Senate. Please stand with
Sen. Coburn against the strong-arm tactics of Sen. Reid and support the
repeal of the NPS gun ban.

Sincerely,


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Olofson Relief Fund

David Olofson has been subjected to a gross miscarriage of justice.
What happened to Olofson could happen to any American who owns a
semi-automatic firearm.

He was convicted of knowingly transferring an unregistered machine gun
-- a standard semi-auto rifle which fired two three-round bursts and
then jammed. Gun owners call that a malfunction. The federal government
calls it an easy way to get a felony conviction. Olofson was sentenced
to 30 months in federal prison.

David Olofson is an information technology professional with a wife,
three children and a mortgage. Until his conviction, he was also in the
National Guard.

The Olofson Relief Fund has been set up to allow concerned Americans to
help the Olfoson's make their mortgage and (their one) car payments
while Dave is unable to work.

If you decide to contribute to the Olofson Relief Fund, your credit
card will be charged monthly for the amount you have indicated. This
will continue until Olofson is out of prison -- or you notify us to
discontinue the charges.

Gun Owners of America is acting as the agent for the fund. All moneys
collected will be transferred regularly to the mortgage and car loan
holders.

To make a monthly contribution, go to:
http://www.gunowners.org/olofson.htm

To read about this case in greater detail, see:
http://www.gunowners.org/op0850.htm

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Please do not reply directly to this message, as your reply will
bounce back as undeliverable.

To subscribe to free, low-volume GOA alerts, go to
http://www.gunowners.org/ean.htm on the web. Change of e-mail
address may also be made at that location.



Yours in Liberty,
Robert R. Galbreath Jr.

City Council Meeting Alert

Greetings,

SHORT VERSION:

We need everyone possible, who can attend, to show up at the Columbia Heights City Council Meeting, tomorrow, Monday, July 28, 2008, to oppose the passage of the Residential Inspection Before Sale (RIBS) ordinance. It is an assault on property rights and freedom, and gives government power it does not legitimately have under our Constitution. See the detailed version of this email for further information. Oh, and those of you who are already informed of this issue, or whom I have previously contacted, my apologies for the redundancy. I just finished creating the mail list and am sending it to everyone. Thank you.

Gregory K. Sloat
4731 6th St. N.E.

DETAILED VERSION:

My name is Gregory (Greg) Sloat, and I'm the Chair for Precinct 8, in Columbia Heights. I am writing to all the people who attended last February's GOP Caucus in Columbia Heights for whom I have an email address, because I believe you are the people who care enough about this country to step up and be heard, and defend our Constitution and our freedom, and it starts at the local and grassroots level.

I'm trying to get as many people as possible to attend the next City Council Meeting, which is tomorrow, July 28, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. The City Council is planning on passing the new Residential Before Sale Inspection (RIBS) ordinance. This is a basic assault on your liberty and freedom, as it will require you to get "permission" from the city, in order to sell your own property, your home.

It will work like this. When you decide you want to sell your home, you have to go to the city and pay a fee (reported to be somewhere between $150-175), and have an inspection (the city is currently interviewing inspectors). If the inspector finds any repairs that need to be done, you'll have to do them before you can get the "certificate" that allows you to sell your home. If any of the work requires building permits, you'll have to purchase those and have the work done. After the repairs are made, you'll have to have another inspection (at your cost), and then IF your home passes, you'll get your "Certificate of Property Maintenance," which will allow you to sell your home. If your home still does not pass, the process starts all over, again. If you decide to not sell your home, you will still have to make any required repairs, within 90 days. If your home is on the market for over a year (not unheard of in the current real estate climate), you'll have to start the process over, because the certificate is only good for one year.

This will effectively kill selling your home, "as is," which will mean that people looking for affordable housing that they can buy as a "fixer upper," will have to look someplace else, other than Columbia Heights. It is the government telling you what you may or may not do, with your own property.

The North Metro REALTOR's Association is against this ordinance, for some very valid reasons which they describe in detail and back up with hard facts and data, and their remarks are contained within the City Council's Agenda (as is a copy of the full ordinance), for tomorrow's meeting (see pages 80-83 for the NMRA's remarks).

Donna Schmitt, currently on the Planning and Zoning Commission, who is running for City Council (for whom you should vote, because she'll protect and defend your rights), and who is ALSO against this ordinance, was kind enough to provide a link to the PDF file from the city, which has the Agenda, the ordinance, and the NMRA's remarks.

Here is the link: http://www.ci.columbia-heights.mn.us/city_council/agenda_minutes.asp

Please go to this link, read the ordinance, if you have time, but certainly read the remarks from the North Metro REALTOR's Association (it's only 3 pages, plus a chart).

I know this is short notice, but I'm asking any of you who can, to show up for tomorrow's City Council Meeting, and voice your STRONG opposition to this ordinance. NOWHERE in the Constitution does it allow government to require us to get "permission" to sell what is already and rightly ours. This is just another step in the steady and sure attack on our liberty and freedom. This will certainly negatively impact the Columbia Heights real estate market. There have been several good letters printed in both the Northeaster and the Columbia Heights Sun-Focus regarding this issue. We need to pack the Council Chambers on Monday evening, and show them that we are NOT going to accept this, and that we will vote out of office anyone who votes in favor of this ordinance.

Sincerely,

Gregory K. Sloat