Met Council, Light Rail and the Nanny State: Is Resistance Futile?
***We will be taking a collection for area food shelves during the winter and spring meetings. If you are so inclined please bring a non-perishable food donation*** Thanks to everyone for contributing to the food drive thus far!
You’re invited – Sat. June 10, 2017 from 9 – 11:00 am
Lake Elmo Inn, RSVP by Thurs June 8, 2017
Speaker: Jeff Johnson, Hennepin County Commissioner, former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and a candidate for Minnesota Governor.
He will speak on: “Met Council, Light Rail and the Nanny State: Is Resistance Futile?“
*We will also be electing new officers and are still looking for a treasurer, if you are interested contact Linda at: [email protected] or 651-428-7770.
To reserve contact: Brian at: 612-462-2163 or email him at: [email protected]
Cost: $20. non-member; $16. members and $10. Students. Join for the year: $25 and it will pay off in 5 meetings.
Each attendee will be eligible for the drawing for a door prize!
This will be the last meeting until September. We hope you can come!
Who really makes education policy in school districts?
We had a delightful time with Annette Meeks, of the Freedom Foundation, today who discussed:” Who really makes education policy in school districts?” Listeners were interested to know the history of Depts. of Education from 1890 with only 2 employees. As elections to school boards began in the 60 and 70’s politicization of boards began and Unions (looking for protection from all the entities telling them how to run schools) pushed for a US Dept. of Education. After the NEA endorsed their first Presidential candidate in 1976, Jimmy Carter, they succeeded two years later to overcome opposition and have the US Dept. of Ed established. This empowered Unions tremendously. In 2016 alone Unions spent $2.7 Million lobbying and collected $27 M in dues, not to mention all the campaigns they donate to (almost all supporting Democrats). Meeks feels the end is near of Union dominance of school board policy because teachers are tired of it. In addition, parents often feel schools don’t fit their needs and are moving their kids to charter, private and home schooling. The one size fits all approach will fail in years to come allowing for increased freedom of choice for all parents and students. We appreciate Annette’s knowledge on this subject very much.
You’re invited – Sat. May 6, 2017 from 9 – 11:00 am
Lake Elmo Inn, RSVP by Thurs May 4, 2017
Speaker: Annette Meeks, Founder and CEO of the Freedom Foundation of Minnesota – “The size of the federal government has exploded over the last century. If we believe that the size and scope of state and federal government has grown too large, how do we begin downsizing it?”
To reserve contact: Brian at: 612-462-2163 or email him at: [email protected]
Cost: $20. non-member; $16. members and $10. Students. Join for the year: $25 and it will pay off in 5 meetings.
Each attendee will be eligible for the drawing for a door prize!