Jim Graeve, St. Joseph
Anne Buckvold is running for the Minnesota Legislature in Senate District 13A and has as her motto “Buck the System.”
What a great idea: Buck the System. The Minnesota Legislature failed to get its job done on time and still may require a “special session” to complete a funding bill for transportation and other matters.
Anne works for the non-profit organization “GRIP” or “Great River Interfaith Partnership.” She saw first hand the “politics of blame” being played out in St. Paul. She was angry and frustrated by the fact that we, Minnesotans, had a chance to get passenger service to the Central Minnesota area via the North Star commuter rail.
With Anne Buckvold in the Legislature, we in Central Minnesota will know we have a strong representative there. Right now, if you stop someone on the streets of St. Joseph and asked them who their state representative was, the chances are very good they could not tell you who he/she is.
That will not be the case if we elect Anne. She will hit the road running because of her experience this past session representing GRIP. We need a strong, new voice in St. Paul in 2017. Anne will live up to her motto and shake the system up.
Please vote Nov. 8 for Anne Buckvold.