Letter to Members of Republican Party of Minnesota Judicial Elections Committee

February 18, 2010

Dear all:  

Greetings.  

This email does not address the work of the committee -- but what's going on in the State Capital to terminate judicial elections as we know them.  I refer to the bill as Senate File 70.  

As indicated in my 2009 speech to the Minnesota Senate Judiciary Committee which I earlier sent to you, this organization -- the Coalition for Impartial Justice -- by supporting Senate File 70 supports constitutional malpractice.  If the Coalition can't be trusted to get its constitutional amendment done right, why should we listen to these elitists and experts at all?    In fact, in the people's view, it is all an elitist veneer to lead the people astray to deny themselves the right to elect their judges.  

If you are interested in more accurate information, I suggest neopopulism.org. 

Particularly, in my speech to the Legislative Evaluation Assembly last week posted on the website, I point out that Greg Wersal, Minnesota's judicial elections champion, is a new populist hero.  

The choice could not be more clear on this issue:  populists oppose Senate File 70; rationalist, elitists, experts support Senate File 70.  Who are you?  

As citizens, we should each choose.  Then, contact your state legislators accordingly.  

Best regards.  

egk  

P.S. Please feel free to distribute this to your Republican friends.