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MCRC Events Archive |
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MCRC at the 2010
TC Pride Festival, June 26-27, 2010! |
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Once again MCRC hosted a booth at the
Pride Festival in Loring Park in
Minneapolis. Republican candidates marched in the parade, handed out
lit at the CD5/MCRC table, and interacted with attendees to one of the
largest gatherings in the city!
To see all the photos, just click
here.
Many thanks to
Peggy Katch for sharing all these great photos! |
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MCRC at the 2010
May Day Festival, May 2, 2010! |
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For the second
year in a row, MCRC hosted a booth at the May Day Festival in Powderhorn Park in
south Minneapolis. Our candidates for statewide and national office
marched in parade and our fearless leader, Nik Ludwig, paddled
valiantly in the flotilla making sure the sun arrived safely on
the other shore! Click
here to view
photos. |
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Wonderful MCRC day at the Fair! |
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On Sunday, September 6th, the
Minneapolis and St. Paul Republicans staffed the MNGOP booth at
the State Fair and had a wonderful time interacting with
hundreds of visitors to the booth. There is great interest and
enthusiasm for GOP ideas of limited government, personal liberty
and responsibility, and accountable, responsive politicians.
MCRC was able to reassure fairgoers that we're here and fighting
to return Minneapolis government back to the people! |
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June 14th 2009 Juneteenth
Festival |
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For the
second year in a row, MCRC entered a float in the 2009 Juneteenth
Festival on June 14th. After the parade, we hosted a table,
answering many questions and having some great discussions. We also gave
away dozens of free pocket U.S. Constitutions! Click
here to see more photos. |
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June 27-28th 2009
Twin Cities Pride
Festival |
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MCRC hosted
a booth for two days at the annual TC Pride Festival, gathering
nearly 200 completed surveys and handing out even more pocket U.S. Constitutions! Click
here to see more photos. |
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First neighborhood
forum huge success |
| On Thursday evening, May 21st,
Pat Anderson,
President of the Minnesota Free Market Institute, spoke to
over 40 Southwest Minneapolis residents on Minneapolis property
taxes and the city budget. The forum, held at the Linden Hills
park building, was both intense and informative with a lively
exchange of questions and answers. This is just the first of such
venues MCRC will be offering around the city to inform people
about taxes, schools, crime, and a number of other topics.
Check the website for announcements of a forum in your
neighborhood! |
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Northeast Citizen
Patrol Day |
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On Tuesday, May 11th, Minneapolis
Mayor R.T. Rybak declared May 11, 2009 to be Northeast
Citizen Patrol Day. At Tuesday's 2nd Precinct Open House,
Councilmember Paul Ostrow presented NECP founder John Schulte and
the Northeast Citizen Patrol with an official Mayoral
proclamation.
Click
here to view a picture of Police
Chief Dolan, Inspector Skomra, Paul Ostrow, John Schulte, and some
of the patrollers at the open house. Congratulations to John and
his dedicated volunteers for their self-sacrifice that has made NE
Minneapolis a safer place to live! |
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MCRC's Merry
May Day! |
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On May 3rd,
MCRC hosted an informational booth at the 35th annual May Day
Festival in Powderhorn Park in south Minneapolis. Our presence
provoked a number of lively discussions and many thanks to all who
volunteered to make Republicans in Minneapolis no longer a rare
sighting! Click
here to view
photos. |
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June 27-28th 2009
Twin Cities Pride
Festival |
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MCRC hosted
a booth for two days at the annual TC Pride Festival, gathering
nearly 200 completed surveys and handing out even more pocket U.S. Constitutions! Click
here to see more photos. |
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First neighborhood
forum huge success |
| On Thursday evening, May 21st,
Pat Anderson,
President of the Minnesota Free Market Institute, spoke to
over 40 Southwest Minneapolis residents on Minneapolis property
taxes and the city budget. The forum, held at the Linden Hills
park building, was both intense and informative with a lively
exchange of questions and answers. This is just the first of such
venues MCRC will be offering around the city to inform people
about taxes, schools, crime, and a number of other topics.
Check the website for announcements of a forum in your
neighborhood! |
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Northeast Citizen
Patrol Day |
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On Tuesday, May 11th, Minneapolis
Mayor R.T. Rybak declared May 11, 2009 to be Northeast
Citizen Patrol Day. At Tuesday's 2nd Precinct Open House,
Councilmember Paul Ostrow presented NECP founder John Schulte and
the Northeast Citizen Patrol with an official Mayoral
proclamation.
Click
here to view a picture of Police
Chief Dolan, Inspector Skomra, Paul Ostrow, John Schulte, and some
of the patrollers at the open house. Congratulations to John and
his dedicated volunteers for their self-sacrifice that has made NE
Minneapolis a safer place to live! |
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MCRC's Merry
May Day! |
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On May 3rd,
MCRC hosted an informational booth at the 35th annual May Day
Festival in Powderhorn Park in south Minneapolis. Our presence
provoked a number of lively discussions and many thanks to all who
volunteered to make Republicans in Minneapolis no longer a rare
sighting! Click
here to view
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"Whistleblower: Is
1-mile bike path worth $9.2 million?"
Once again, the city caters to special interests over the common
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The city of Minneapolis is about to complete a
deal to
spend $9.2 million dollars of taxpayer money on a 1 mile section of a
downtown bike trail. What should be a private development project is
once again absorbing tax revenue from a city with too few cops,
deteriorating streets and infrastructure, and ever rising taxes that are
forcing citizens from their homes. Links to all city council members are
below.
(Source: by Pam Louwagie, Star Tribune, February 21, 2009)
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Republican activist
training session a great success |
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(Click image for
more photos) |
The training session offered by MCRC and
American Majority
at Club Jaeger on Saturday,
February 21, 2009 drew over 30 activists from all over the metro area.
The enthusiastic crowd picked up lots of tips for growing our
organizations, getting our message out, and winning elections. Click here to see
more photos of this great event. |
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First Annual MCRC
Holiday Party is a big success! |
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more photos) |
On
Sunday, December 7th, nearly 50 supporters and members of MCRC
gathered for food, beverages, and prizes at the
2008 MCRC Holiday Party. Although the night was cold and clear,
inside Club Yaeger the air was warm and filled with laughter and
conversation. Even Santa dropped in to distribute gifts and
holiday cheer! Click here to see
more photos of this wonderful event. |
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Video/Sons of Liberty report present disturbing facts
about Minneapolis public schools |
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This
video
by Brandon Ferdig of
Minneapolis Expression,
looks beyond the yard signs and researches the facts about the
Strong Schools Strong City referendum which passed on November 4th,
2008. The video includes an interview with
Grant Cermak,
former candidate for MN House district 58A and member of
MN Sons of
Liberty, who studied the budgets of the Minneapolis School
system for the last several years and discovered the following
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Residential and commercial property
taxes will be increased 6% per year for 8 years. |
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Taxpayers currently pay $19,000 per
pupil per year. |
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The number of schools has decreased from
140 to 90 yet overall maintenance costs continue to rise. |
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There has been a 30% decrease in
students over the last 10 years yet funding has always been increased. |
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Read the
full report or a
summary of the data. |
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Juneteenth Parade
Wrap-Up And BIG Thank You! |
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 Well, the Juneteenth
parade on June 21, 2008 was a big success - most people I've talked to
agreed that we had the best float in the parade. More importantly we
delivered our message - that it was Republicans who were there on
Galveston Island on June 19, 1865, freeing the slaves from their
bondage. It seems that some of the people at Juneteenth were
under the mistaken impression that it was Democrats who freed the
slaves! Click here for photos of this
great event.
Furthermore our candidates
Barb Davis White, Grant
Cermak, and Yoman Brunson
had a great opportunity to meet the people of the Northside and talk
about liberty and freedom from the chains of government tyranny.
Thank you very much to all of you who participated - you did
wonderful work
and it really paid off!
Mission accomplished. |
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Thousands defy cold for
2008 Tax Rally! |
| 6,000 Minnesotans filled the Capital grounds on Saturday, April
12th, to send a "no new taxes" message to our politicians. Click
here for more info and photos. |
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MCRC sends delegate to GOP
National Convention! |
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 Our
own Steve Rogers, Ward 4 Chair,
was elected as a delegate on Saturday, April 5th, 2008, at the at the CD5
convention in Robbinsdale. 268 delegates were seated and voted 3
delegates to the National Convention: Kris Broberg, Juliette Jordal
and Robert Steven Rogers. Two alternates were also elected: Corey
Sax and Adam Weingold. Congratulations to all those elected! 51 out
of 129 resolutions were voted on before adjournment.
Also,
Barb Davis White was unanimously endorsed as our candidate to
run against Keith Ellison for the 5th congressional seat.
(Source: MNGOP CD5 website) |
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Democrats hit
Minneapolis hard with new tax increases! |
Here's a brief summary
of the increased tax burden on the citizens of Minneapolis:
Start By Raising The Gas Tax Immediately – With Additional
Increases Phased In During Summer Driving Season. "Raise the gas
tax by 8½ cents a gallon by 2014. The increases would be phased in,
going up 2 cents next month, another half cent on Aug. 1 and 3 cents
on Oct. 1. After that, it would go up half a cent a year for six
years. …. A passenger car owner who drives 12,000 miles a year and
gets 22 miles per gallon would pay about $46 a year more in gas
taxes." (Bill Salisbury, "Legislature OKs Roads Plan," Pioneer
Press, February 22, 2008)
Let Metro Counties Raise The Sales Tax Without A Referendum And
Add A New Excise Tax. "In addition, county boards in the
seven-county metro area could impose a quarter-cent sales tax and a
$20 excise tax on new vehicles. … No referendum would be required."
(Mike Kaszuba, Mark Brunswick, "Legislature Sends Gas-Tax Bill To
Veto-Ready Governor," Star Tribune, February 22, 2008)
New Minneapolis Sales Tax: 7.40%
And New St. Paul Sales Tax: 7.25%
"Increase the sales tax in the
seven-county metro area by a quarter of a cent to pay for bus and
rail transit. The measure would raise the sales tax 0.25 percent to
6.75 percent in suburban cities, 7.25 percent in St. Paul and 7.40
percent in Minneapolis." (Bill Salisbury, "Legislature OKs Roads
Plan," Pioneer Press, February 22, 2008)
Add Additional Sales Tax To Cars
Purchased In Metro Area. "The bill also adds a $20 sales tax to
motor vehicles sold in the metro area." (Bill Salisbury,
"Legislature OKs Roads Plan," Pioneer Press, February 22, 2008)
Increase License Tab Fees On
All New Cars.
"Boost license tab fees on newly
purchased cars and trucks. If you keep your current vehicle, your
fee would not go up. But if you buy a new car in Minnesota or a used
car from another state, you would pay a fee of 1.25 percent of the
purchase price. That would be $250 on a $20,000 car." (Bill
Salisbury, "Legislature OKs Roads Plan," Pioneer Press, February 22,
2008)
For more details go to
www.taxapalooza.com
Posted February 26, 2008 |
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Minneapolis City Republican
Committee convention was a great success! |
| On Monday, February 18th, well over
50 Republican activists from all over the city came together at the Kenwood Neighborhood Center
and elected ward chairs and officers from all 13 wards. The crowded room
was full of lively conversation which lasted until closing time.
Congratulations to all our ward chairs! Click
here for more information. Posted February 21, 2008. |
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