Minnesota Resource Guide
Sam Adams State Resource Guides are designed to help citizens get involved in their home state.
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Background:
Minnesota is known for its populism, and citizens are very politically active. For example, more than 75 percent of eligible Minnesotans voted in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
It's good that citizens are active because conservative representation in the state has been losing ground in the past few years. In November, the Republicans lost control of the House of Representatives, lost seats in the Senate, and barely held on to the governor's mansion. However, even though Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty remained in office, he violated the Taxpayer Protection Pledge he signed, which stated he would oppose any and all efforts to increase taxes.
Action Groups:
Let Minnesota Vote
http://www.letminnesotavote.com/
Taxpayers League of Minnesota/Freedom Club
www.taxpayersleague.org
Anoka County Watchdog
www.anokacountywatchdog.com
Minnesota Taxpayers Association and Foundation
http://www.mntax.org/
Think-tanks:
Minnesota Free Market Institute
http://www.mnfmi.org/
Center of the American Experiment
http://www.americanexperiment.org/main.php
Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
http://www.freedomfoundationofminnesota.com/
Resources:
Contact Local Officials
http://www.ktlkfm.com/cc-common/pvs/official_local.php?dist=bio.php
Blogs:
Minnesota-Based Blog Directory
http://blogs.citypages.com/mnblogs/
Freedom Dogs
http://www.freedomdogs.com/
Minnesota Democrats Exposed
http://www.minnesotademocratsexposed.com/
Scholar’s Notebook
http://mnedreform.blogspot.com/
State of Nature (Taxpayers League Blog)
http://tplmn.blogspot.com/
Smart Politics
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/oster017/smartpolitics/
Other News Sources:
Jason Lewis – Radio Free Minnesota
http://www.ktlkfm.com/pages/jlewispersonality.html
David Strom’s Townhall column
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DavidStrom
Minnesota Education Reform News
http://scholarsnotebook.info/news/
Featured by the Sam Adams Alliance or in Common Sense:
Common Sense – Collapsed Priorities
http://www.samadamsalliance.org/common_sense/id.2710/sense_detail.asp
Common Sense - Is "Rocky" Back?
http://www.samadamsalliance.org/common_sense/id.2665/sense_detail.asp
Common Sense – Getting Mighty Crowded
http://www.samadamsalliance.org/common_sense/id.2372/sense_detail.asp
Common Sense – Making Sport of Us
http://www.samadamsalliance.org/common_sense/id.2305/sense_detail.asp
Modern Day Sam Adams Hall of Fame – Harold Hamilton
http://www.samadamsalliance.org/publication/id.2422/pub_detail.asp
