A second chance!

04/15/2005

Minnesotans, Make a Difference

All Minnesota residents are invited to sign.

We’re pleased to let you know that enough funds were raised to repeat
the full-page ad that appeared in the Mankato Free Press on Sunday,
April 3, and has been sent to the Governor. We hope to at least
double the number of signers, adding to the original 329 who signed
up. Their generosity amounted to nearly enough to pay for this second
ad. Very little more money is needed; it’s names we want in order to
give our lawmakers a strong message.

[NOTE: We are particularly looking for participants outside the
Mankato area to sign on with us now and then to sponsor similar ads
in their own hometown newspapers.]

Please join us this time in encouraging more signers; if you haven’t
signed already, do so now. Don’t procrastinate.  Encourage your
friends.  Numbers talk!

You can sign up by emailing your name and address to

mailto: speakmn@hickorytech.net

Only names appear in the ad.

Addresses are to ensure legitimacy. We need to receive every name,
address, and donation by Wednesday, April 20. If you want to
contribute, make checks out to “Speak Out!” and mail to Speak Out!
c/o John Christenson, 2011 Freeman Drive, St. Peter 56082. Thank you
for joining this effort to make a difference. The ad/petition:

We’re Speaking Out! Lawmakers, Are You Listening?

We, the undersigned, ask you, Governor Pawlenty, and you, our elected
Senators and Representatives, to return our state to the status it
once enjoyed as progressive, caring and compassionate.

In the best interests of Minnesota’s citizens, we request
reallocation of existing revenues and immediate roll back of previous
tax cuts to provide for basic human needs through

Greater support for social services
Saving and extending MinnesotaCare
Sufficient financing for education

We also request an increase in the minimum wage

Friends, Speak Out With Us

In your neighborhoods
In your faith communities
In your places of employment
At your school organizations
In your service clubs
Anywhere you are

Contact your state senator and legislators

It’s time to stand up for what’s right. It’s time to show we care. It’s time!