State Representative David Bly, MN District 25B

Thursday before the Carleton forum, my campaign manager and I made a stop at the “Voice Your Vote” exhibit at St. Olaf.
I ran into St. Olaf artist Mac Gimse and Steve and Jennifer Edwins who wished me well in the coming election. We all noted with interest that the exhibit included a [...]

Friday, I heard Art Rolnick, Senior Vice President and Director of Research Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, speak at the Education Minnesota Conference. His topic was “Early Childhood Education – Economic development with a real return.” He has spent the last ten years studying the research on a variety of forms [...]

Thursday evening I participated in a candidate forum at Carleton College, organized by David Holman of the Wellstone House of Organization and Activism.
The many attendees were witness to a good discussion from city, county, and school board candidates, and the House 25B candidates, Rep. Ray Cox and myself. Roy Grow was the moderator and [...]

Here I am on the phone with KDHL’s GORDY KOSFELDHe keeps saying I am hard to get a hold of, makes wild on-air APB’s putting the word out on me, but he can’t seem to call the campaign office, fully staffed and I’m in the book, oh well, and between my work at the [...]

On Thursday evening, St. Olaf College Democrats heard from Mayoral candidates Betsey Buckheit and Lee Lansing as well as County Commissioner Kathleen Doran-Norton and City Council candidates Clarice Grabau and Victor Summa. They all did a fine job talking about the important part college students play in enhancing the life of [...]

On Wednesday, the 13th, the Northfield Education Association (NEA) held its annual all-member meeting. Two items were on the agenda, setting the annual budget and endorsements of local candidates. The budget discussion took about 15 minutes, and a plan was put into place to evaluate school board candidates. The final issue was resolving [...]

The words of Ross Perot’s Vice Presidential candidate, James Bond Stockdale, came to mind during the Chamber of Commerce Legislative Candidate Forum at the Archer House on Thursday morning, where I don’t think I was in my best form. I wasn’t the only one…

My left hemisphere was engaging my right hemisphere in [...]

We’re down to the wire here, with less than a month to go. There have been many forums over the last two weeks, including the 3 Links Forum, League of Women Voter’s Candidate Forum, and the Chamber of Commerce Forum.
At the League of Women Voters Forum, one thing that stood out was the way [...]

Stephanie Henrickson stopped by to share her latest political creation. She is on her way to enter it at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts:The Art of Democracy: Tools of Persuasion
October 8 through November 28, 2004 Minnesota Artists Gallery“Art of Democracy: Tools of Persuasion” is an open call for Minnesota artists to express their [...]