Re-Elect Bobby Champion        Caucus for Bobby!  Attend your Precinct Caucus  on Tuesday, February 2nd at 7:00 pm. and become a delegate.  If you are unable to attend, you can submit an absentee ballot to the precinct chair requesting to become a delegate.  Senate Convention:  Saturday, February 27, 2010 at North High School, 1500 James Avenue North. Registration begins at 9:30 am and the convention will start promptly at 10:00 am.

Dear Neighbor,                                                                                                       Despite an historic budget shortfall and a contentious session, the 2009 Legislature passed  important bills to: • Create and preserve jobs • Protect K-12 funding • Maintain public safety • Protect our natural resources • Improve transportation These are all significant accomplishments in this challenging economy.  Unfortunately, no final budget agreement was reached. Instead, the Governor chose authority to make unilateral cuts on top of the nearly $2 billion of cuts already enacted by the Legislature.    Those steep cuts will hurt students, the sick and disabled, the elderly, and others, and will most certainly lead to another round of property tax increases.    My top prority as your representative is to promote legislation that directly benefits the citizens of North Minneapolis, the North Loop and Downtown, and that will make our our community a stronger, healthier and safer place to live, work and raise a family.   I urge you to continue contacting me with any question related to state government – your input helps me better represent you at the State Capitol.   Best Regards, Bobby Champion         Upcoming Events   DFL Caucus Training Sumner Library January, 30, 1:00pm-3:00pm, Cargill Room      District 58B Delegate Appreciation Picnic

Caucus for Bobby! Precinct finder:  http://dflcaucuses.org Learn more about caucus visit:  http://sd61.dfl.org/docs/precinct.caucus.beginners.pdf Precinct Caucus Locations  Precinct Location Address W-3 P-08 Fairview Park 621-29th Ave N W-3 P-09 Fairview Park 621-29th Ave N W-5 P-01 Urban League 2100 Plymouth Ave N W-5 P-03 U of M UROC 2001 Plymouth Ave N W-5 P-04 North Point Health Ctr.  1513 Penn Ave N W-5 P-05 North Commons 1801 James Ave N W5 P-06 Harrison Neighborhood Park 503 Irving Ave N W-5 P-07 Bethune Recreation Center 1301 10th Ave N W-5 P-08 Plymouth Christian Youth Ctr 2210 Oliver Ave., No W-5 P-09 Bethune Recreation Center 1301 10th Ave N W-5 P-10 River of Life Church 2200 Fremont Ave N W-7 P-06 The Churchill Apartments 111 Marquette Ave W-7 P-07 5th Ave Lofts 401 North Second St W-7 P-11 The Churchill Apartments 111 Marquette Ave   Ethnic media weighs in on health reform                         Al McFarlane, Insight News; Rep. Bobby Joe Champion   (58B);Senator Al Franken; Nghi Huynh, Asian American Press; JonahOgiamien, MMMC; Bashe Said, African News Journal. Photo by Suluki Fardan. http://insightnews.com/news/5008-ethnic-media-weighs-in-on-health-reform                    New green jobs could move may from Poverty to prosperity Rep. Jeff Hayden, DFL-61B (left) and Rep. Bobby Joe Champion, DFL-58B (right) pictured with Van Jones, a nationally renowned green jobs advocate recently appointed to serve as a special advisor to President Obama’s as the United States Green Jobs Czar. http://insightnews.com/commentary/4234-new-green-jobs-could-move-from-poverty-to-prosperity.  Environmental scan project assesses infant mortality in communities of color  insightnews.com/commentary/4898-environmental-scan-project-assesses-infant-mortality-in-communities-of-color Champion legislation increases reentry support for offenders

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