State Representative David Bly, MN District 25B

Two years ago the citizens of Minnesota District 25B elected me to my first term as their Representative at the State Legislature. This was an honor that I respected and enjoyed. On July 1, 2008, the first day of the re-filing period with Sec. of State Mark Ritchie (pictured at left) at the Sec. of State Office, I officially filed for re-election to continue to represent the citizens of MN District 25B.

Over the last two years, on the issues that you have said are most important – education, property tax relief, health care, environment, and transportation – we have achieved positive results. On education, we increased funding to our schools by $850 million to help them continue to recover from the devastating 2003 budget cuts and restored past funding cuts to critically important early childhood education programs like Head Start and ECFE. We passed nation-leading renewable energy legislation and made health care accessible to more than 100,000 Minnesotans and we made strides to keep property taxes in check. We were able to pass a Transportation bill that provided thousands of jobs for Minnesotans to build and maintain our transportation infrastructure.

The 2008 legislative session was considered by many to be the most productive Legislature in years. But our work is not done. I want to continue to keep Minnesota on the right path toward prosperity. Providing health care for all Minnesotans, developing and utilizing various means of alternative energy, and creating a 21st Century Transportation system are all major issues that the citizens of District 25B have expressed to me that are important to them.

In the coming months, I look forward to talking about the issues with people in District 25B from Nerstrand to Belle Plaine. I’ll be out and about quite a bit, so if you have any questions, comments, or ideas, track me down and I’d love to talk with you.