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Todd County Resistance met March 3rd


For over a year a group of eight to ten of us have been meeting as the Todd County Resistance and Coffee Club. We meet, identify State and Federal issues, and then write post cards to the responsible elected officials asking them to take action. On Saturday March 3rd we met and wrote 70 post cards. We also raised $50.00 for the local food shelf.


We'd welcome you to write post cards as well. Here are some of them that we wrote on March 3rd. The addresses for the officials are below the messages.


Dear Congressman Peterson.

I recently learned that you voted Yes on the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. Shame on you! We  need less people carrying guns - not more. It’s time you started voting for common sense gun control legislation. Our safety depends on it.

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Dear Congressman Peterson.

Please co-sponsor H.R. 2436 - the Organic Agriculture Research Act of 2017.

Organic food accounts for more than 5 percent of total food sales but the the USDA’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) only spends about .01 percent of its budget on researching organic farming annually.

Please support H.R. 2436.

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Dear Congressman Peterson.

Don’t support Trump’s Harvest Boxes for SNAP recipients. They will be costly, inefficient, and an insult to the dignity of low income people.

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Dear Congressman Peterson.


Please support legislation that would require a mental health exam, with the results available to the public, of all presidential candidates.

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Dear Representative Kresha

Please introduce legislation this session that will fully fund the required engineering study for commuter rail expansion from the Twin Cities to St. Cloud. 

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Dear Senator Smith

I urge you to side with farmers, small businesses, consumers, and local governments over corporate agribusiness interests by rejecting SB 3599's attempt to over ride the right of citizens to maintain control of food and farming locally.
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Dear Rep. John Poston

I urge you to draft legislation that would protect the monetary reserves of Minnesota non-profit HMOs. This legislation would insure that the reserves remain in the State and are used by Minnesotans only for health care.


Senator Tina Smith
309 Hart Bldg
Washington, DC  20510

Rep. Collin Peterson
2204 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC  20515

Rep. John Poston
517 State Office Bldg
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd
St. Paul, MN  55155

Rep. Ron Kresha
531 State Office Bldg
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd
St. Paul, MN  55155

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