Here is the text from an email I received recently from a colleague. A coworker of her dad's is running as a write-in candidate in District 3 and sent the following letter out to drum up support. I don't know this person from Adam so no endorsement should be assumed; just trying to provide more information.
Darrell Gerber [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Hennepin County Resident, My name is Daniel V. (Dan) Jones. I am running as a write-in candidate for the position of Hennepin County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor for District 3. This letter is to seek your vote. The Hennepin Conservation District (HCD) was founded in 1949 as a Special Purpose Unit of Government under Section 103C of Minnesota Law. HCD is one of 91 Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) throughout Minnesota, and is part of a national network of conservation districts. The Mission of the HCD is to facilitate the conservation of water, soil, and related natural resources through education, technical assistance, and implementation of sound land use practices, in the most cost-effective manner, for the benefit of current and future generations. Today, HCD is involved in a wide variety of land and water conservation issues. The work of HCD extends from assisting landowners with sustainable land use to working with municipalities to develop growth management strategies. HCD programs and expertise seek to strike the balance between natural resource conservation and responsible economic development. Qualifications : Twenty-nine years in the City of Minneapolis Planning Department--a decade as a supervisor. Avid outdoors person; camping, kayaking, bicycling, hiking. Member Superior Hiking Trail Association, National Wildlife Federation, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, and The Nature Conservancy. I live on a small lake in the district soil and water quality are very important to me. Currently retired, thusI have the time to devote to this position. I believe that the partnerships and organizational skills built during my civil service career will help to move the HCD forward and to build and strengthen partnerships with local communities and other governmental agencies. Together, we can work to protect our precious natural resources for future generations . Put me to work for you! When you vote on November 2nd, write DANIEL V. JONES in the box for SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT SUPERVISOR - DISTRICT 3 . Don't forget to fill in the oval. WANT TO HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN? Tell your friends and family in Hennepin County. What better than a grass roots movement to preserve our trees. Thanks for your support. I look forward to serving you. Daniel V. Jones Plymouth MN > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Don Jorovsky > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 11:36 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Soil and Water Candidates > > Hey, c'mon, people! This is a chance for the list to show > its power! Normally write-in candidacies have little chance, > but if there is no candidate in district 3, all we need here is > for someone (qualified, that is) on the list to come forward > and ask for write in votes, and if even a few of the 1,000 > on here (not counting folks like me who live in New Brighton) > do a write-in, that person will win. > > Pam and others can correct me, but I believe the rule is that > to be eligible, you have to LIVE in the district, but that the > actual voting is done county-wide. A rather strange thing, > to be sure, and one that we might want to change, but I > think that's the way it is right now. > > So----- what are the boundaries of district 3, and what > civic-minded citizen is ready to come forward here? > > Don Jorovsky > New Brighton, where he > already knows to vote for Gwen Willems > and Marj Ebensteiner for Soil and Water > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Pam Blixt > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 10:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Mpls] Soil and Water Candidates > > Mike Wyatt is running in District 5. He works for the Minnehaha Creek > Watershed District as an Environmental Planner and I support his > candidacy. > His website is: > > http://www.wyatt4hcd.com/ > > The website for HCD is: > > http://www.hcd.hennepin.mn.us/index.html > > > Pam Blixt- > Nokomis East > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2004 9:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] Soil and Water Candidates > > I know the job. I know the budget. But I don't know the candidates. > District 1 Kim Boyce > District 3 no candidate > District 5 Jonathan Burns, Kevin Rodewald, Gregory Bowink, Michael Wyatt > all > running for one seat. > Is there any information about these candidates available? > > Thanks, > Scott Vreeland Seward > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! 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