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Reader is disappointed with Erik Paulsen's Town Hall
Published June 7th, 2018 in the Minneapolis Star Tribune I recently attended U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen’s town hall meeting in Brooklyn Park, and I have to say I was hugely disappointed. Not with the congressman’s answers, mind you, but with the behavior of those in attendance. For the last 15 months, we’ve all heard about a need for a public forum where people can respectfully disagree and air their grievances. But when given the opportunity to do so, all we heard were the same seven questions asked again and again. I was told that people wanted to hear where Erik stands on the issues. But on May 30, they seemed more interested in their own questions than in his answers. I recall that one man didn’t approve of an answer Erik had given and simply repeated the question. We didn’t have to agree with every answer Erik gave — I certainly didn’t expect any of us to do so — but we owed each other the opportunity to ask the questions that matter to us. If you don’t like the answer, fine. Let someone else ask a different question. Don’t get me wrong; many, if not most, folks were perfectly respectful. But it doesn’t take a majority of folks to make the event a waste of time for everyone. All it takes is a few people to ignore the moderator and render the whole thing pointless. I understand we’re all passionate about different issues and want to have our voices heard. I just wish we didn’t like the sound of our own voice so darn much. Linda Stageberg, Minnetonka
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Why does Erik Paulsen Oppose Net Neutrality?
Published in the Eden Prairie News on June 23, 2018. In 2017, Erik Paulsen voted to repeal net neutrality despite overwhelming public support by the American people in favor of keeping it. About 83 percent of Americans believe in keeping net neutrality including 75 percent of Republicans. So how much does it cost to buy a vote from Erik Paulsen? We should ask the telecom companies that had a vested interest in repealing net neutrality. They donated over $50,000 to his campaign. His opponent Dean Phillips refuses to take any campaign donations from special interests. Dean believes that money is a corrupting influence in politics and wants his voters to know that he will represent them, not big donors. In 2018, let's vote for a leader who will vote for our best interests, not the interests of corporate donors. Debbie Lane Eden Prairie
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