Endorsed: Our Own Veda Kanitz
DFL Environmental Caucus founder and long time chair Veda Kanitz is running for office!
The DFL Environmental Caucus is pleased to endorse Veda Kanitz for House in district 57A!
The DFL HD57A party unit also Endorsed Veda Kanitz at their convention last week.
This is a big deal. Veda has been a prime mover and inspired leader in our community from the very beginning. Veda is one of the main reasons there IS an Environmental Caucus. Veda is one of the main reasons many of our legislative accomplishments have come to be over the last several years, and she is one of the main reasons that so many of us became active in the Minnesota environmental movement to begin with.
And now, we have the opportunity to pay Veda back! Help her campaign in any way you can. Right now, you can go to her new web page and donate! Please send her a message by donating an amount that references the founding of Earth day. For example, you could give her $1,970! Or, $197.00! Or 19.70! Just make sure you don’t give her too much that you violate campaign finance laws. Maybe just make it an even $100 but stick seventy cents on the end, so you get $100.70. That’s the ticket. (Maybe make a monthly contribution?)
Keep in mind that Veda is not just an environmental champion. She’s never run for office before, but she has been an active in-the-weeds democrat for a long time, so her campaign is already up and running and will be effective. Veda has worked in other activist areas. Indeed, her initial DFL and Minnesota State related work was on marriage equality. Veda supports all the progressive issues. The issues portion of her web page may not be ready when you first visit, but I understand it will be up later this week. But you already know where Veda stands on most issues, because she stands with you, and she stands with all of us.
This is a winnable district, Veda will be amazing in the House, and we can band together and make this happen, to the pragmatic, political and symbolic benefit for all! Please visit her site, and make your donation generous!