ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS
PARTY

December 10, 2011
6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Americas Best Value Inn
Albert Lea

cash bar
6:30 mingle
7:15 dinner

Entrees:
Pork Loin with cherry and wild rice stuffing
Turkey Breast with apple cranberry stuffing

with

buttered red potatoes or scalloped corn
garden salad or fluff fruit salad

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Price is $26 per person, paid on site

In case of inclement weather,
a decision will be made by noon the day of the event
and an email sent if it is canceled or rescheduled

WALZ HOLDS DEFICIT TOWN HALLS IN ROCHESTER AND WINONA

Involves constituents in budget decision-making process

(Rochester and Winona, MN) – Today, southern Minnesotans joined Rep. Tim Walz at two town halls on the federal deficit in Rochester and Winona. The town halls were fully interactive and offered attendees the ability to decide how to balance the budget and reduce the deficit.

“Serious conversations about how to reduce spending and create a secure fiscal future for all Americans are happening across the country,” said Rep. Tim Walz. “It was important to me to get feedback from southern Minnesotans on how we can work together to balance the budget and ensure more people can achieve the American dream in years to come. I am grateful to everyone who participated today, I will take their thoughts, concerns and ideas back with me to Washington.”

Walz organized a conversation and workshop on the federal budget to get valuable insight from southern Minnesotans. The Concord Coalition, a non-partisan organization dedicated to organizing and educating Americans about the budget challenges we face, was on hand to participate in the conversation as well.

Walz said any plan to reduce the deficit must do so in a smart, responsible way that doesn’t harm our economy. Walz has said he believes we need a balanced approach to reducing the deficit that includes targeted smart cuts; proposals to make the way government operates more efficient; and tax reform that closes loopholes and brings more fairness to the system.

Like so much of what Walz does, the event was a joke. Claimed to be involving consituents and “fully interactive” they were neither. A friend attended in Rochester. No questions were allowed. Surveys were distributed and completed by attendees but not collected! Or, perhaps, collected from a select few.

Walz is either a pathetic fake or inept. His constituents appear to be only those who support him, not all of us in the First District.

Mathematically, a candidate in a 4-way race can win with 26%. But in this race, Democrats and Republicans have bases that exceed 25%. So, 26% will not win this contest. It’s probably going to take at least 47%. In the recent KSTP/SurveyUSA poll, Johnson carried 1%.

How much is anyone willing to bet that Johnson can grow his support by a factor of 47 (4,600%) in two weeks? Similarly, how many think that Steve Wilson’s support will increase by a factor of 12 (1,100%)?

In a race as close as this seems to be, it appears that Johnson and Wilson supporters can only help Tim Walz win. And it looks like Walz thinks so, too. He was wooing Wilson at Rochester’s Wednesday debate. It looked like an attempt to get Demmer voters to consider Wilson. That’s a winning tactic for Walz.

First, the difference is within 1% of the margin of error.

Second, Walz’s lead has done nothing but shrink from poll to poll.

Third, when Walz was the challenger in 2006, the same poll had him trailing by 10 points at this stage of the race.

Fourth, every winner of the last three gubernatorial KSTP/SurveyUSA polls, taken at this stage of the race, failed to win the election. (Yes, we know Randy isn’t running for governor but the observation is about poll dynamics.)

Hmmm.

Expect plenty of negativity from the Walz campaign and third parties on his behalf because he cannot be successful by running on his record.

Expect plenty of facts from the Demmer campaign. As we used to hear, facts are stubborn things.

By the way, there are two other candidates in the race. Steve Wilson and Lars Johnson carried 4% and 1% of the poll results, respectively. Both results are less than the poll’s margin of error.

The Gun Owners of America, GOA, gave Walz a D rating while Randy Demmer gets an A.