{"id":2523,"date":"2008-05-03T15:07:27","date_gmt":"2008-05-03T20:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2008-05-03T15:07:27","modified_gmt":"2008-05-03T20:07:27","slug":"jan-schneider-for-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2523","title":{"rendered":"Jan Schneider for the House"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just got done interviewing Jan Schneider<\/a> – the GOP-endorsed candidate to run for the US House against the Sturdevant-endorsed RINO Neil Peterson in District 41B.<\/p>\n

Jan sends me this:<\/p>\n

This November, 122 State Legislative campaigns will go before the voters and help cement the decision-makers in St. Paul for the next four years.\u00a0 And despite the wild swings of the electorate in 2002, 2004 and 2006, still relatively few seats will be truly in play.\u00a0 But a handful of voters can decide the direction we take.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is one of those seats \u2013 not just for the State but the Republican Party.<\/p>\n

I’m Jan Schneider and I’m the endorsed Republican candidate in House District 41B.\u00a0 In my race, unlike almost all 121 others, the critical election isn’t in November (although that’s going to be very competitive too), but in September.\u00a0 And most certainly unlike most of the other races, the impact of who emerges to run in November will be felt far beyond the borders of my district of Western Bloomington and Southern Edina.<\/p>\n

My opponent is probably well known to most of you \u2013 Rep. Neil Peterson.\u00a0 And between now and September, you’ll likely hear that the opposition to Rep. Peterson is based solely on his transportation vote \u2013 as is my candidacy.\u00a0 But those of us who live in 41B known the fuller picture.\u00a0 For four years, Rep. Peterson has put his voice and his vote to such projects as the Twins Stadium, a clothing sales tax, the Dream Act and, originally, in opposition to eminent domain reform.\u00a0 In 2007 alone, according to the Journal of the Minnesota House of Representatives, Rep. Peterson voted with the DFL 52.1%\u00a0 Surprisingly, I agree with some of Rep. Peterson’s defenders \u2013 one vote shouldn’t define a record.<\/p>\n

But I’m not running simply to \u201coppose\u201d Rep. Peterson anymore than I’m running because of one vote or issue.\u00a0 For 25 years, I’ve operated my own small business as an executive business consultant, working with small companies as well those listed among the Fortune 500.\u00a0 I’ve made my career out of striving for greater efficiency and effectiveness and it has long aggravated as many of our legislators, Democrat and Republican, have chosen the path of least resistance by \u201cstriving\u201d for more of the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I have also served in civic government, sitting on the Bloomington Planning Commission and being elected Chair by my fellow commissioners \u2013 many of whom held diametrically opposed views to my own.\u00a0 I’ve long believed in reaching across the aisle, but not walking across it.\u00a0 Much like Thomas Jefferson, I believe that \u201cin matters of style, swim with the currents.\u00a0 In matters of principle, stand like a rock.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement that the delegates and alternates of 41B sent when they endorsed my candidacy in early March reflected more than one vote.\u00a0 It also reflected more than frustration with Rep. Peterson or support for my candidacy.\u00a0 It reflect a desire felt in every corner of our State that the status quo that we have accepted \u2013 be it from our politicians or in the policies they create \u2013 is no longer sustainable or tolerable.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Should Rep. Peterson prevail this September, that message will be lost and replaced not just by the same old standards, but those standards on steroids.\u00a0 When a candidacy dedicated to innovation and principle is stopped by a career politician who has a 52.1% voting record with the DFL \u2013 in a Republican primary \u2013 who will believe that Republicans, let alone Minnesotans, are serious about change?\u00a0 .<\/p>\n

I need your support.\u00a0 Please contribute to my campaign and help sent a message that will reverberate across Minnesota in both parties.\u00a0 Let the powers-that-be know that while we may \u201cstand like a rock\u201d in our beliefs, we will no longer just stand idly by.\u00a0 I invite you to visit my campaign website at www.ElectJanSchneider.com<\/a> and get involved any way that you can.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jan Schneider<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jan needs your help, of course; Peterson is supported by a phalanx of big unions, including the construction unions that’ll be the big beneficiaries of the Transportation Bill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check out the website, and help out any way you can.\u00a0 Defeating the DFL is important; knocking off the Override Six is almost even bigger, since the long-term viability of this state is so closely tied to the viability of the GOP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just got done interviewing Jan Schneider – the GOP-endorsed candidate to run for the US House against the Sturdevant-endorsed RINO Neil Peterson in District 41B. Jan sends me this: This November, 122 State Legislative campaigns will go before the voters and help cement the decision-makers in St. Paul for the next four years.\u00a0 And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campaign-08","category-minnesota-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}