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| Date: From: Subject: | 4/29/2004 5:05:09 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Minnesota--Call Your Senator Today! |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== April 29, 2004 Minnesota--Call Your Senator Today! Dear HSLDA members and friends: Governor Tim Pawlenty nominated Virginia's Deputy Secretary of Education, Cheri Pierson Yecke, to be Minnesota's Commissioner of Education. HSLDA has had a long history of positive interactions with Mrs. Yecke, and the Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators (MACHE) has had nothing but positive reports of Mrs. Yecke since she has come to Minnesota. That is why last Tuesday's vote by the Senate Education Committee surprised us. On a party line vote of 6 to 4, that committee rejected Mrs. Yecke's nomination to be Minnesota's new Commissioner of Education. Action Requested: 1. The full Senate will vote on Commissioner Yecke's confirmation at any time. Please contact your Senator immediately http://www.hslda.org/toolbox Make sure you identify yourself as a constituent and then say, "Please vote FOR Cheri Pierson Yecke as Minnesota's new Commissioner of Education." 2. Seven Senators have been identified as particularly important. Please also call each of these Senators to ask them to vote for Mrs. Yecke. If you know other families who live in these areas, please pass this message on to them as soon as possible. Senator Tom Saxhaug District 3 - Grand Rapids 651-296-4136 Senator Tom Bakk District 6 - Cook 651-296-8881 Senator Becky Lourey District 8 - Kerrick 651-296-0293 Senator Jim Vickerman District 22 - Tracy 651-296-5650 Senator James Metzen District 39 - South St. Paul 651-296-4370 Senator Linda Scheid District 46 - Brooklyn Park 651-296-8869 Senator Chuck Wiger District 55 - North St. Paul 651-296-6820 Background: Commissioner Yecke met with support group leaders on October 25, 2003. She is a strong supporter of school choice for parents, including nonpublic educational alternatives such as homeschooling. Mrs. Yecke has appointed Morgan Brown as Director of the Office of Choice and Innovation in the Minnesota Department of Education. Mr. Brown has been quite a champion for homeschoolers, and is working closely with MACHE to resolve longstanding problems that have plagued homeschoolers in certain districts. Your support for Commissioner Yecke, at this critical time, may make the difference between having a Commissioner of Education who supports homeschool freedom, and one who does not. Please call your Senator today and pass this information on to other friends of educational liberty. Sincerely, Scott W. Somerville HSLDA Staff Attorney {{JoinAd}} ====================================================================== The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. Box 3000 Purcellville, Virginia 20134 Phone: (540) 338-5600 Fax: (540) 338-2733 Email: info@hslda.org Web: http://www.hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- How To Subscribe: - Subscribe to the HSLDA E-lert Service at our website: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp?Process=Subscribe - Or send an email with name and complete mailing address to: subscribe@hslda.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscription Information: - You subscribed to the HSLDA E-lert Service as: {{Email}} - To unsubscribe from the HSLDA E-lert Service send an email from the email address you want to unsubscribe to: unsubscribe@hslda.org - To change your email address or make other changes to your subscription, visit the HSLDA E-lert Service account web page at: https://secure.hslda.org/hslda/elert/account.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- POSTMASTERS: This message is being sent to the most recent address we have for our subscribers. If this is an invalid email address or you have other problems, please reply to webmaster@hslda.org. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: This is considered a private and confidential message from HSLDA to its bonafide HSLDA E-lert Service subscribers. HSLDA cannot attest to the authenticity of copies posted, forwarded, or sent by any party other than HSLDA. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: Please do not reply or otherwise use this email address; hslda@hslda.org is for broadcast purposes only and is not intended to receive incoming messages. We cannot reply to any email sent to this address. If you have comments or questions, please send email to info@hslda.org or call HSLDA at 540-338-5600. HSLDA members can also email staff directly through the Members website at http://members.hslda.org/contact.asp. Thank you for your cooperation. ====================================================================== | |
