Shock The World?
By Mitch Berg
I had Marisa SImonetti on my show the weekend before last. She’s a conservative candidate for Hennepin County Commissioner. She’s running for the District Six seat:
In the intervening weeks, she came in second in the run-off election to run against Heather Edelson to represent the southwestern part of Hennepin County:
“Heather Edelson?”, you may say. “Have I heard of her?”
Why yes. She was in the MN Legislature, defeating Dario Anselmo in the 2022 election. Her sole “accomplishent” was writing legislation that would ban gas powered lawn mowers. Because that’s the issue – unpleasant noises in bucolic Edina side streets – that keeps working Minnesotans up at night.
She wants to leave the legislature and bring that amazing freaking talent to the Henco Board.
Now, Edelson (and her record of stunning, courageous achievements) have a ton of name recognition.
But Simonetti got over 30% of the vote in the qualifying round. And with enough name recognition, and enough pissed-off people of all parties bum-rushing the polls next week, we could really shock the world, here.
Which is where you come in.
If you live in the district: Get to the polls. Bring friends and family. These county special elections are normally snooze fests; if people turn out, it’s winnable.
If you live outside the district? Call your friends who live there. Get them out to the polls. Drive them. Ply them with cigarettes and liquor, I don’t care.
I’ll be interviewing Simonetti on my show on Saturday.
Let’s send Heather back home, to listen to gas mowers all day long.
