What's it going to take?
It's going to take a
CITIZENS' UPRISING!
Join us as we visit the commissioners.
Because that is what it is going to take to get their attention!
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The citizens of CCARL.com have begun our campaign to go and personally visit each of the Commissioners at their homes. We are asking each and every one of you to do the same. These visits are fun, and there is power and unity in numbers, and the added bonus is that we are disrupting the business-as-usual (and politics-as-usual) lives of these disrespectful and arrogant commissioners. They would prefer that we just give up and go away. They would prefer that they be allowed to give Carl Pohlad 30 years' worth of your hard-earned money, and they would prefer that you don't have any say in the matter. We find their contemptuous and condescending attitudes towards the taxpayers of Hennepin County to be quite objectionable. They seem to have forgotten just who it is that they were elected to represent. Join with us as we show up to remind them. Below is our current schedule. If you are available and would like to join in, please stand with us. Bring extra people with you if you can. Bring handwritten letters with you to leave with the commissioners. Also, bring some letters from people who may not be able to come with, but who would really like the commissioners to know what they are thinking. What to say in your letter: If you signed the petition, use those thoughts. Just let them know your thoughts and feelings about this issue and what you think about their attitudes towards the taxpayers.
This is it folks, the last two weekend days left!
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 Mike Opat |
4529 York Avenue North Robbinsdale, MN 55422 |
| Very easy to find. In Robbinsdale. This is almost at the corner of Lake Drive North and Memorial Parkway. York is on the north side of Lake Drive. This area is straight east of downtown Robbinsdale. This part of York Avenue is very short and a little oddly shaped and narrow. One side is no parking. It is a small brick house, pretty much in the middle of the block. There is a small adress plaque by the front door. |
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SATURDAY Afternoon, August 26 2:30 PM --- Mark Stenglein
 Mark Stenglein |
2322 Taylor Street NorthEast (note: TAYLOR, not Tyler) Minneapolis, MN 55418 |
| Very easy to find. In NorthEast Minneapolis. This is exactly 2 blocks east of Central and 2 blocks south of Lowry.
It is a light color house with red trim, on the west side of the street with a flag out front, and plenty of on-street parking. |
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SATURDAY Afternoon, August 26 4:00 PM --- Peter McLaughlin
 Peter McLaughlin |
4458 35th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55406 |
| Reasonably easy to find. In Southeast Minneapolis, located just west of Hiawatha Avenue and the light-rail line. Exit west off Hiawatha on 42nd Street EAST. There is no access to 35th Avenue from 42nd Street. You have to turn on 33rd/34th and jog around over to 35th. Just turn south on 33rd, and then keep to the left, and make a left-hand turn on 44th. This house is the very last house on the block. It is on the corner, on the west side of 35th Avenue South. There is a house number on the home. |
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Sunday August 27
SUNDAY Afternoon, August 27 1:00 PM --- Randy Johnson
 Randy Johnson |
3700 West 104th Street Bloomington, MN 55431 |
| Very easy to find. In Bloomington, right off of France Avenue South. Just north of Old Shakopee Road and not too far from Normandale Community College. 104th is on the east side of France Avenue South. The house will be on the left-hand side as you go down the hill and around the curve. There is NO house number on the home or on the mailbox. It is a maroon/rust-colored home with light yellow/cream trim and a red door. |
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SUNDAY Afternoon, August 27 2:30 PM --- Peter McLaughlin
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Peter McLaughlin |
4458 35th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55406 |
| Reasonably easy to find. In Southeast Minneapolis, located just west of Hiawatha Avenue and the light-rail line. Exit west off Hiawatha on 42nd Street EAST. There is no access to 35th Avenue from 42nd Street. You have to turn on 33rd/34th and jog around over to 35th. Just turn south on 33rd, and then keep to the left, and make a left-hand turn on 44th. This house is the very last house on the block. It is on the corner, on the west side of 35th Avenue South. There is a house number on the home. |
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SUNDAY Afternoon, August 27 4:00 PM --- Mark Stenglein
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Mark Stenglein |
2322 Taylor Street NorthEast (note: TAYLOR, not Tyler) Minneapolis, MN 55418 |
| Very easy to find. In NorthEast Minneapolis. This is exactly 2 blocks east of Central and 2 blocks south of Lowry.
It is a light color house with red trim, on the west side of the street with a flag out front, and plenty of on-street parking. |
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In the meantime, what else you can do (complete information available from the links on our home page):
- If you cannot join us on a scheduled visit, we encourage you to go and visit the commissioners on your own, -- at YOUR convenience. Write a letter and stop by and drop it off. We have visited all of them, twice so far, and we plan to go back.
- Call them and email them at their offices -- keep up the pressure, and keep the phone lines busy and the email boxes full.
- Contact the media. Phone the TV stations or write a letter to the newspapers.
- Tell your friends and family about CCARL.com and what they can do to fight back with us.
Do whatever you can think of to keep this issue alive and talked about.
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