I write to remind you of our next monthly meeting on Saturday, May 9th at our office in Mineral Point, 43 High St. As has been our custom of late, we will start at 1:30.
This meeting will feature a visit by State Senator Kelda Roys, who is running for Governor. These visits by the candidates seeking the Democratic nomination give us a chance to hear from them at greater length than the 5-minute “elevator pitches” that a number of us heard at the 2nd CD Convention last weekend, and to put questions to her about what she hopes to accomplish.
Let me add that we will be holding a discussion of strategic plans for the rest of 2026, the outline of which are described on the enclosed agenda. However, let me say here that we need your help. There is really no other way to put it. In the coming election, we are being presented with an opportunity to take control of all three parts of state government for the first time since 2010. In my reckoning, that opportunity is a real one, not just a faint hope, and it is something we must seize for all sorts of reasons. So please come to the meeting next Saturday to join in our planning and join this discussion.
One initiative in particular deserves special mention here, and that is a new approach to canvassing. For some time now, a number of us have been thinking about a more neighborhood-based approach to canvassing that uses it not just to fill in holes in our voter database but also to build engagement with voters by creating neighborhood groups. I won’t discuss all the details here, but if you are at all interested in helping, please come to the monthly meeting and then stay around if you can until 4:00 when we will talk over the plans for canvassing.
Hope to see you next Saturday!
Thanks
Tom