Story update

Cambridge is a small town with one of the worst traffic snarls in the state for its size. The local government has looked into it and the local papers have looked into extensively. Each one of the solutions presents a new problem. My story would look into local property and business owners’ perspective that would be affected by any changes to the highway. This is where MN highway 95 runs through downtown Cambridge and runs under the highway 65 bypass causing a bottleneck, making a nasty situation.

Super Tuesday

While many may cast a ballot in the general election hoping for the winds of politics to blow in their favor, participating in a local caucus is a more solid way to engage a party by discussing issues, passing resolutions, choosing delegates, and selecting a candidate. Typically, the number of people who caucus is relatively low; however, this year a record number of people filed into long lines at public schools and public halls to engage their parties. And Super Tuesday was no different for the DFL caucus in the voting precinct of west Cambridge.
Voters were eagerly standing in line to attend the meeting in the forum of the Cambridge Primary School. As party members signed in, a line stretch out and down the hall. A man in black Obama ’08 t-shirt stood in the front exclaiming that he had been bought and sold by the Democrats; he was joking, but he was more than eager to support his candidate.
The meeting began as people filled the room and clogged the door way to vote for their presidential preference. Out of a little over 100, less than half stayed for the rest of the meeting. Most of the turnout was people over fifty, and I could recognize some former teachers in the crowd.
The precinct chair and assistant chair were elected, and the 18 delegates (which was over half of the meeting) were chosen to represent the precinct in the May 3 congressional caucus held in Duluth.
A resolution was passed unanimously supporting the platform for the deprivatization of health care, and the resolution to support a single payer system was met with just six apposed.
Jim Godfrey, who is challenging incumbent Rob Eastlund (R) for state representative of district 17A, made a visit to the meeting. He campaigned as some one who represented the people, and not like current office holders who protect the “power elites”, as he hinted at Governor Pawlenty.
Towards the end of the meeting, the results of the presidential vote were tallied revealing Barack Obama to be the winner having 10 votes over Hillary Clinton. Attending a caucus can give the citizen a more hands on experience in the democratic processes by shaping their party from the ground up.