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Greg Paquin elected Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party State Convention Delegate from Beltrami County---

From the article below published in today’s Bemidji Pioneer:

“Greg Paquin, who was elected as a delegate, spoke about his Senate 4 DFL candidacy against Olson, saying affirmative action laws must be enforced and that more American Indians need to hold elective office.”

Note: Two more Native American Indians are entering the race to challenge DFL’er State Representative Brita Sailer and DFL’er State Representative John Persell, who along with State Senator Mary Olson, joined together with Bemidji and Beltrami County public officials to deny Native American Indians the right to jobs in constructing and in the operation of the Bemidji Regional Event Center. Olson, Sailer and Persell are heavily backed by the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association which is backing Minnesota State Senator Tom Bakk for Governor.Also today while in the twin cities i visited Sen.Mary Olsons Office and Sen. Mee Moua Office inquiring as to the loosely construed "Affirmative Action Policy " SF 2809 a bill for an act to end around State Affirmative Action law 363.A. What we really need is legislators who enforce and strengthen Laws designed to level the playing field for Protected Class Workers and not to water down other laws that this judiciary committee of legislators is attemtping to prevent others from making civil lawsuits against State agencies accountable to Affirmative Action Law in a bill for an act currently on the floor. In light of the Lawsuit the Native American Indian Labor Union 12 has against the the Department of Employment and Economic Development and the City of Bemidji and Kraus -Anderson i find it just a little too coincidential that this Bill has Sen. Mary Olson Looming in the Background as an C0-AUTHOR!
I have repeatedly pointed out that without a living wage job there is no escaping poverty for Native American Indians or anyone else. This was reported by the Bemidji Pioneer previously < http://nativeamericanindianlaborunion12.blogspot.com/ > :

“The best way out of poverty is a job, he said, and that’s why he continues to push enforcement of affirmative action.”

Gregory Paquin
Candidate for Minnesota State Senate District 4

At present, no Native American Indians sit among the more than 200 Minnesota State Legislators or Minnesota’s Congressional delegation.