State Representative David Bly, District 25B

2008 State Conservation Scorecard

Representative David Bly received a “100% Minnesotan” award Monday, September 22, from Paul Austin, Executive Director of the Conservation Minnesota Voter Center. The award recognizes a perfect record on key conservation, energy and clean water votes during the 2008 Minnesota legislative session. The Conservation Minnesota Voter Center is a non-partisan organization that [...]

A recent Kaiser foundation study found that the U.S. Spends More Than Twice as Much on Health Care Per Person Than Most Other Industrialized Nations, Ranks Last in Preventable Mortality.
(KAISER DAILY HEALTH POLICY REPORT for Thursday, July 17, 2008)
A former legislator once summed our current health care system up as a Gordian knot of paper [...]

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008
Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Place: The home of Tony Becker and Becky Judge Becker
207 Lincoln Street S
Northfield, MN
The Committee to [...]

[ October 4, 2008; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] Join me for coffee and conversation at Duets Coffee shop in Belle Plaine.

I will be holding coffee house meetings across my House District 25B. Hopefully the times will not change but keep on eye on my calendar for last minute changes.
Starting September 25, all Thursdays, 8:00 to 9:00 AM at Goodbye Blue Monday Coffee Shop, 319 Division St., Northfield
Starting September 25, all Thursdays, 10:00 to 11:00 [...]

I will be joining Rep. Mindy Greiling and Rep. Patti Fritz this evening to discuss the proposed finance reform that Rep. Greiling will introduce in the coming session. I support this effort to rethink how Minnesota schools are funded I hope you will join us for the presentation and discussion.
MONDAY, September 15, 2008
7:00 PM
Committee: K-12 [...]

Plans are progressing well for the Renewable Energy conference I have mentioned earlier. I have been working with John Farrell of the Institute For Local Self-Reliance to advance the conversation on Renewable Energy Payments (REP). This is the policy I promoted in the last session that is sometimes called “Feed in Tariff” to promote [...]

I’m pleased to announce that the political action committee of the Minnesota Nurses Association has endorsed me for re-election. The MNA PAC has recognized this year’s efforts to improve access to health care and improve health in general through support education and prevention. I am committed to making sure that health care providers have [...]

On Aug. 13 I attended a community discussion hosted by the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation director Tim Penny. He presented the goals and initiatives that SMIF is embracing at the present time and opened the discussion to community and district members to talk about their concerns. I was joined by fellow legislators Rep. Patti Fritz, [...]