State Representative David Bly, District 25B

This weekend was the last parade of the campaign season, the New Prague D_______ Days harvest celebration. I’ve learned that because the name is copy righted by the Chamber and I probably can’t refer to the festival in this blog by name - their neon pink warning about that covers “items for sale” and “advertising” and I’ll leave it to the legal beagle to argue about “advertising”. Anyway, together the David Bly campaign, the Teresa Daly campaign and the Bruce Bjork campaign, and the Carpenters and their big black truck had a beautiful stroll down the main street of New Prague celebrating D______ Days..

Bruce found a likely supporter in New Prague, or at least a big fan willing to give him a hand!.

Bruce is the house candidate for 25A, and I really admire him and the power of his message. He works for the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches, day in, day out dealing with the impacts of the funding cuts on the poor, cobbling together the “faith-based” initiatives we’ve been hearing about, trying to fairly distribute what funding they have for the most impact. He is working very hard in a spread out rural district, contacting voters with fervor.

Teresa Daly is running for the Second Congressional District against John Kline, who hasn’t been seen much around these parts, but who was in the parade right by the Pork Queen. Teresa has run a great campaign and is managing to be everywhere at the same time.. I admire her hard work and message of working for Minnesota families.

The streets were lined with people. I enjoyed greeting people and passing out those Bly stickers - the kids end up a walking billboard for an incoherent political philosophy, but it’s all part of the D_______ Days tradition.. We’ll have to wait a whole year for fun like this again.