http://idonthateamerica.com/2007/12/20/letter-democracy-lacking-in-klines-office/ A look at politics from student activists and recent alumni from Winona State University, MN. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:28:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://idonthateamerica.com/2007/12/20/letter-democracy-lacking-in-klines-office/#comment-1940 Minnesota Central Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:32:51 +0000 http://idonthateamerica.com/2007/12/20/letter-democracy-lacking-in-klines-office/#comment-1940 If the gatekeepers control who gets access to Kline ... the question that needs to be asked is "Who is meeting with Kline?' Access will tell you who he is representing. Even if Bill Habedank and his group met with the Congressman, that doesn't mean that Kline would take any action (or even listen.) Gutknecht would meet groups but then voted however the Rove-Republican Machine told him. For example, how did the Minnesota Corn Growers Association get to meet with Congressman Kline and get him to sponsor HR 349 ? If the gatekeepers control who gets access to Kline … the question that needs to be asked is “Who is meeting with Kline?’ Access will tell you who he is representing. Even if Bill Habedank and his group met with the Congressman, that doesn’t mean that Kline would take any action (or even listen.) Gutknecht would meet groups but then voted however the Rove-Republican Machine told him.
For example, how did the Minnesota Corn Growers Association get to meet with Congressman Kline and get him to sponsor HR 349 ?

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