November 1, 2008 – 6:45 am
In an Oct. 30 article in the Huffington Post titled, Confessions of a Lawn Sign Stealer, St. Olaf visiting professor Phil Busse (theatre dept) wrote:
If I need to justify my actions, I could argue that I was trying to achieve some great public service for rural voters. In his 2004 book, What’s The Matter [...]
November 1, 2008 – 5:01 am
The League of Women Voters Northfield-Cannon Falls (LWVNCF) teamed up with the Northfield News this year to host three candidate forums. The first was a Northfield City Council primary forum in August.)
This week on Thursday night, the forum featured the Northfield City Council candidates. Here’s the video that’s posted to the LWV blog.
Click play to [...]
October 31, 2008 – 1:31 pm
See the election night party blog post for details.
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October 30, 2008 – 9:43 pm
Some local candidates are having private and not-so-private parties around town on Nov. 4. The political parties might be doing likewise.
But we, the LoGroNo Triumvirate, are hosting an election night event where:
Citizens of all stripes, sizes, persuasions, and affiliations can come together in one place to watch the election returns
Citizens can gather [...]
October 30, 2008 – 3:50 pm
I blogged a straw poll here on Locally Grown on Oct 20 that asked:
On Nov. 4, will you vote for the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment?
Results:
Yes (56%, 76 Votes)No (44%, 59 Votes)Total Voters: 135
The Northfield News ran a similar straw poll on Oct 25 that asked:
Will you vote to [...]
October 30, 2008 – 3:09 pm
Last weekend’s Nfld News contained their 2008 Northfield Area Voter Guide supplement. It’s now available as a PDF on their website.
And tonight, the paper is teaming up with the League of Women Voters of Northfield & Cannon Falls to host a City Council candidates’ forum at City Hall.
See the press release on the [...]
October 24, 2008 – 8:39 am
Don McGee and Erica Zweifel are running for Northfield City Council, Ward 3. We’ve invited them to interact online with us (the LoGroNo Triumvirate) here in the message thread attached to this blog post for the next few days.
And then we’ll invite you, the citizens of Northfield, to also chime in over the [...]
October 23, 2008 – 11:53 am
L to R: Joe Gasior, Rhonda Pownell, Victor Summa, and Lynn Vincent are running for Northfield City Council, At-Large, a 2-year term (remaining years from Noah Cashman’s seat). We’ve invited them to interact online with us (the LoGroNo Triumvirate) here in the message thread attached to this blog post for the [...]
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