Al Franken roundtable in St. Paul August 26, 2009

[Eric J in MN]

Via email from CCHC (a group against Democratic health care reform):

JUST ANNOUNCED!...

3:00 PM
Minnesota Women's Building
550 Rice Street
St. Paul, MN
(near Minnesota State Capitol)

Sorry about the late announcement, but we just heard.

Please take the opportunity to share your concerns.

Twila Brase
President
Citizens' Council on Health Care

[Eric J in MN]

1. Correction from CCHC via email

Hello,

I have just talked with Sen. Franken's office which informed me that the
press release about the meetings was misunderstood by the media. The
roundtable meetings are closed to the public. Franken will be meeting this afternoon with a select group of people from the health care industry.

When asked about town hall meetings for the rest of the public, I was told that Sen. Franken will be meeting people at the State Fair, that the State Fair starts tomorrow and that his office decided that was "a more efficient way" to meet people. He will not be holding any town hall
meetings.

So again, the 3:00 p.m. Franken roundtable is CLOSED to the public.

Consider letting him know at the State Fair (if you go) or by letter how
you feel about him not taking the opportunity to bring the issue before
his constituents around the state like other members of Congress are doing outside MN (3,000 people came to U.S. Rep Jim Moran's TH yesterday in VA).

The attendance at the 2008 MN State Fair was 1.7 million, many of whom are duplicates because some people come more than once. The population of
Minnesota is over 5 million. Lots of people are not going to see Franken
when they're at the fair. He may not even be in the booth when they go by.

Twila Brase
President, CCHC
651-646-8935

[Eric J in MN]

2. Air America Minnesota email on Al Franken at the MN State Fair Aug 28, 2009

Senator AL FRANKEN
at AM950's State Fair Booth
Friday, August 28th

Come visit Minnesota's newest Senator at AM950's booth. Senator Franken will be appearing and interviewed sometime during the first hour of our local shows between 5PM and 6PM.

Come get all the cool, free stuff AM950 is passing out, register for all our great give away prizes and hear our Senator Franken speak to you.

[dflprincess]

4. "select group of people from the health care industry"

I wonder if it's really health "care" professionals or crooks from the health insurance industry who no doubt bought access with campaign contributions. :puke:

It would be nice if he'd listen to the people who elected him, not just the "industry".

[Eric J in MN]

3. I'm sorry if anyone went today and couldn't talk to Al Franken.

In the future, I won't trust CCHC announcements of events hosted by others without confirmation from a second source.