Dear Members and Friends,
Please join our friends of CCHC on November 9th for a very special event: "What does it mean to be free?"
Our speaker Hansi Hirschmann believes we're losing freedom because we don't even know what it is. Come hear about freedom from one who served under Nazi tyranny and now knows what it really means to be free.
This is a great opportunity to financially support CCHC! Not only will you have a great speaker and a superb dinner, you'll also provide us with funding ($40 per ticket) to sustain and grow CCHC into the future where the threats to your freedom loom large!
Please send in your $75 by check or call with your credit card today. (Mail-in RSVP form and flyer with phone numbers below)
Please contact:
Twila Brase
President
Citizens' Council on Health Care
651-646-8935
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Join our Friends of CCHC November 9th for a special freedom event
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Video Recap: Liberty Candidate Recruitment Night from Sept. 3rd
Dear members and friends of MNLG,
If you missed it, you don't have to miss out. On September 3rd, 2009 we cosponsored a Liberty Candidate Recruitment night in which over 20 wonderful candidates were in attendance running for all levels of government. We did video tape each candidate and their words of wisdom are on our -
We invite you to check out all the candidates and please subscribe to our YouTube Channel. More videos from the event are still being uploaded. If there is not a Liberty Candidate running for office in your area, you should think about running. Now is the time to stand up and fight for what is right.
You can also link to our YouTube Channel, Facebook page, and Flickr page by clicking the links to the right of this message.
We are planning another Candidate Night for November. Please keep a look out for the email.
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Rick Karschnia - Chairman
Minnesotans for Limited Government
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
MNLG Meeting Minutes: September 29th, 2009
Officer's Reports
- Chairman: Our Liberty Recruitment Night was a success, with over 22 candidates speaking. A link is up on MNLG.org for YouTube and Flickr where Pat Anderson, Tom Emmer and Gilbert Higuera are shown.
- Vice-Chair: None
- Treasurer: Covering costs of MNLG Liberty Recruitment Night. We did make some money from the donation bucket which was deducted from the re-imbursement amount made to Rick Karshnia.
7:35 PM: Motion was made by Rick Karshnia and passed to re-imburse Rick Karshnia $237.28 for the personal funds he spent on the Recruitment Night.
- Secretary: None
Committee Reports
- Bylaws Committee: None
- Fundraising Committee: Jill suggested we print pocket-sized State Constitutions. Estimate is $100 for 200 copies of a large size. Price may be reduced if size is smaller. Discussion was held including suggestion to print our own, making an MNLG-proposed ammendment to the Constitution and putting up a link to a sales page on the website. Jill will continue to explore this idea and bring the findings to the next meeting.
7:45 PM: Motion was made and passed to authorize exploration of an MNLG-produced pocket-sized State Constitution for fundraising purposes.
- Events Committee: They are exploring the idea of a spagetti dinner with a film. A venue is needed that is not too expensive. If you have suggestions for a venue or other event ideas, please send them to Anisha Dunne. Also in the works is the annual MNLG Holiday Party.
- Platform Committee: None
- Communications Committee: None
- Elections Committee: If anyone would like to head up this committee, Blaise would gladly step down. Please let the group know if you are interested.
New Business
- Finances: None
- Liberty Candidate Recruitment: See above
- Endorsements: Suggestion was made to come up with a system for MNLG endorsements. Subcommittee was formed to bring a proposal for endorsement procedures to the next meeting.
7:50 PM: Bill Jungbauer moved to endorse Pat Anderson. Motion was seconded, discussion was held and motion passed at 8:05 PM.
8:00 PM: Colin Wilkinson spoke about Eva Eng campaign. They need volunteers to lit-drop. Goal is 150,000 fliers.
8:05 PM: Norann Dillon moved to endorse Tom Emmer. Motion was seconded, discussion was held and motion did not pass.
Group reviewed MNLG members running for local office:
- Nathan Atkins is running for House district 63A
- Pat Barnum is running for School Board district 197
- Norann Dillon is running for Senate district 43
8:15 PM: Bill Jungbauer moved to endorse Pat Barnum for School Board district 197. Motion was seconded, discussion was held and motion was passed.
8:20 PM: Jeff Hagan moved to endorse Nathan Atkins for House district 63A. Motion was seconded, discussion was held and motion was tabled for next meeting.
Upcoming event: 2009 MN GOP State Convention held Saturday, October 3rd.
Motion was made, seconded and passed to adjourn at 8:25 PM.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Minnesotans for Limited Government Endorses Pat Anderson for Governor of Minnesota (2010)
Dear members and friends of Minnesotans for Limited Government,
Minnesotans for Limited Government is a political action committee formed at the grass roots level. A group of liberty minded Minnesotans created MNLG from the strong principles that brought us together. As shown on our website at www.mnlg.org our mission statement declares “Minnesotans for Limited Government is dedicated to promoting the idea that individual and economic freedom be the first consideration of any government action.”
This week, MNLG members voted to officially endorse Pat Anderson for Governor. Pat has shown that she not only believes in liberty and limited government, but also consistently uses these values as part of her decision making process in public office. She strongly believes in the ideals of MNLG and is the only state commissioner who has ever used her position to eliminate her department and put herself out of a job. Pat adheres to, and has an incredible understanding of, the Constitution as intended which is to protect the individual from state interests. Pat is also the only GOP candidate to have experience with a state-wide campaign. Please take a look at her website at http://anderson4governor.com/, as it is one of the most engaging sites in the current campaign. Pat lists her arguments, thoughts, and principles on several issues in a very transparent manner on her website and encourages individuals to ask for her opinion on the issues. We encourage your support for Pat Anderson.
In Liberty,
Rick Karschnia – Chairman
Minnesotans for Limited Government
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Pat Anderson receives endorsement of the Minnesotans for Limited Government
Minnesotans for Limited Government, a Political Action Committee working to bring the principles of limited government back to politics by educating the public and supporting liberty-minded candidates, has endorsed Pat Anderson for the Republican Party nomination for governor.
"The Minnesota Republican Party has a number of conservative candidates running for governor," said MNLG Chairman Rick Karschnia. "But out of the field, Pat Anderson stands out for her long history of putting the principles of individual liberty and limited government to work in a number of executive positions. She's the only state commissioner who ever used her position to eliminate her department and put herself out of a government job."
Anderson's promotion of the idea that individual and economic freedom be the first consideration of any government action played a strong role in her endorsement.
In remarks at the MNLG candidate recruitment night September 3, Pat noted, "In recent years I have seen a new Republican movement coming back, and it is a liberty Republican movement. I feel so blessed, because that is who I am, that is who I have always been."
"I am grateful to the Minnesotans for Limited Government for their support," said Anderson. "The liberty groups are uncompromising and a tough sell. They hold candidates' feet to the fire on the fundamental principles of individual liberty, private property and the rule of law. You really have to earn their trust and their endorsement, not just by talking the talk, but by having walked the walk, and I am honored that out of this field of candidates for governor, Minnesotans for Limited Government believes I can best turn those principles into workable policy."
MNLG is open to any individual who is passionate about liberty and limited government, and actively recruits and supports candidates for public office at all levels. Check out the group's website at http://www.mnlg.org/.
Pat Meets the Press
Pat was the gubernatorial guest on At Issue with Tom Hauser this past Sunday. She dismissed the gender question, making a point she has made before, this race is not about gender but about having the executive capacity to lead. Pat not only puts the gender issue to rest in the five minute format, she points that welfare reform must be done in a constitutional manner, and proposes the use of vouchers to expand educational choice beyond district schools. Noting that the budget problem calls for more than simply a freeze on spending she makes the key point about fixing the budget deficit - "We have to change our tax structure" - and she gets to the root of the problem and describes how she'll get things done. Watch the interview here.
You can see Pat's ability to go one-on-one with the media and make points even when the media wants to go in a different direction. Interviewed by two media veterans, Pat more than handles her own. Watch how Pat uses questions by KSTP's Tom Hauser and WCCO's Esme Murphy to make the points she wants to make - not necessarily the answers they are fishing for.
Pat Walks the Walk - Even When It Means Walking into the Belly of the Beast
Politics in Minnesota writing about the pilgrimage of DFL candidates to worship at the altar of AFSCME Council 5, the 43,000 member state, county and municipal workers union, makes the parenthetical note -- "[By the way, the only GOP contender set to participate in the AFSCME screening is Pat Anderson.]." (http://www.politicsinminnesota.com/2009/sep29/3686/unions-ready-rock-governors-race) But while DFL candidates go bowing and scraping for support, Pat's mission is to explain who's the boss.
"In both my two previous statewide races for auditor, I participated in the screening," says Pat. "I tell the board right up front that I know they are not going to endorse me, but I want to explain my positions and that's why I am talking to them. After all, their members might end up working for me again."
"What some of the candidates don't understand is that as much as we might not like it, government unions are a fact of life right now. Union contracts already negotiated by law have to be honored even if that limits some of the reforms we'd like to make. The Governor has to pursue her goals in that context, and setting expectations and defining to the unions what needs to be done in the best interest of the state is a start."
