bus trip to Washington DC for Tim Walz’ swearing-in

11/30/2006

Hi Everyone,


Here's an opportunity I hope some of you can join in. We've arranged for a bus trip to Washington, DC to see our new congressman sworn in. We cannot get in the gallery to see it live because there's just not enough room, but the Walz campaign has arranged for a reception where we can watch it by live video feed and then have Tim join us!


Here are some of the details we've worked out so far and we'd like people to RESERVE SPOTS ON THE BUS BY DECEMBER 9TH so we can see where we stand:


Leave on the bus early on Tuesday, Jan 2nd with pickup in three cities - Mankato, Rochester and Winona.


Arrive in Washington in the daytime on Jan 3rd and be able to spend some time on our own in Washington.


The swearing-in is at noon on Jan 4 and we'd view it at a reception that will be held across the street from a hotel at which the Walz office has blocked off rooms - I'll get you details on making those reservations.


Everyone gets most of January 5 (Friday) to spend time in Washington - we're not organizing this time, but I'm sure groups of us will go together to see the sites, etc.


Then we'll get on the bus after suppertime on Friday, Jan 5th (to save money on the hotel) and travel throughout the night to arrive home sometime on Saturday, Jan 6th. So you'd just need to reserve a hotel room for Jan 3rd and 4th.


Right now we have a bus that will fit 56 passengers. If we fill it, the round trip will cost each of us $100. If we're under 56, that price could go up slightly (for instance, if we get 50 people, it will cost $112). If we're at 48 or fewer passengers, then we'll take the smaller bus to keep the cost down for each of you.


If you want to reserve a spot/spots on the bus, please contact one of the following by Dec 9th:


Lori Sellner in Brown county (lorisell@sleepyeyetel.net or 507-227-4004)
Katherine Speer in Wabasha county (kcspeer@myclearwave.net or 507-421-2453)
Anne Morse in Winona county (morse@acegroup.cc or 507-643-6272)


I'll send out another email within 24 hours with regards to the hotel that has rooms blocked - just need to verify some details. It's my understanding the cost of those rooms is about $180 per night, but if you share, you can make that affordable. There may also be a less expensive union hotel nearby and if I determine that, I'll include it in my next email as well.


This should be a very fun trip for all of us who are proud to have worked so hard to elect a DFL congressman in the 1st CD, so I hope many of you can join us!


Lori Sellner
1st CD DFL Chair
507-227-4004