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 Birchwood residents Doug & Heather Hanson voted! Heather is a local business owner. Congratulations are due to Brian Shekleton, Zaylore Stout, Steve Kaplan, and the Rog for SLP team. Between us, we quadrupled the historic voter turnout for an August primary in St. Louis Park. We engaged more people than before in thinking and talking about our community, and in believing their voices matter. They do!
In this tumultuous time in our national politics, cities are where it’s happening. St. Louis Park is where it’s happening. We can move the dial here on maintaining affordable housing, modeling smart redevelopment, promoting racial equity, creating a safe and walkable community, developing robust city-school partnerships, implementing our climate action plan, nurturing small and local business, looking out for the interests of seniors, and so much more. We can continue to be a leader in many areas and maintain our great quality of life here. We have a lot to be proud of and we have a lot more to do. Just under 13 percent of registered voters participated in this primary, which means 87 percent did not. I’d like many more of those 6,693 voters who didn’t come out this time to find a reason to participate in the November general election – not just to vote for the Ward 1 City Council seat, but for school board and the bond referendum to support our schools. These are also critical decisions that will impact our community for years to come. Over the next 12 weeks, I’ll be working alongside a great group of community volunteers to move our campaign forward. I’ll be meeting with as many individuals and groups as I can to hear your concerns and ideas for Ward 1 and St. Louis Park as a whole. If you’d like to set up a meeting, please email me at [email protected] or call/text (612) 590-1806. If you’re part of a group (neighborhood, religious community, school or other interest group) and would like to set up a meeting between your group and me, I welcome that as well. Let’s get together! Finally, deep thanks go out to the large group of wonderful people who have volunteered for this campaign. There’s so much talent and energy in this community! We’ve worked hard and we’ve had fun. If you’d like to join the team, click here to sign up. Campaign donations are also welcome and help us get our message out to voters. I value the donations that have come in so far and am pleased to have spent them supporting local businesses, many of them woman-owned. If you’d like to donate to the Rog for SLP campaign, click here. Thank you! Congratulations again to the candidates, and the 962 Ward 1 residents who showed up at the polls for this election. What a great community! Cheers, Margaret |
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