Vote the Primary Elections on September 12th

This Tuesday September 12th are the Primary Elections. These are very important as they determine who will be on the General Election ballot in November. Anyone who still has a bitter taste in their mouth from the Public Employee wage freeze a couple of years ago should remember not to vote for Pawlenty. These elections affect our profession, compensation packages, and retirements. A good place to check for who is pro-union and pro-public employee is the Teamster DRIVE endorsement list. This is generally a good guideline and these people who support us deserve our support this Tuesday. These are the people who supported our retirement, passed the blood borne pathogens bill, and we will need to support our Licensed Correctional Officer legislation in the next year.

My two exceptions to the DRIVE list are:

Keith Ellison- He was a friend of gang bangers during the Haff shooting days, has worked against our detention deputies, and was a member of the anti-white Nation of Islam. Go to the Primary and vote for anyone else.

Amy Klobuchar- Under her watch as Hennepin County Attorney it has been very hard to get inmates charged with 4th Degree assault after they have thrown feces, urine and other bodily fluids on detention deputies. Even in the rare event they do get charged the charges are often allowed to be plead away by her office. Even rarer when the felony charge does "stick" the inmate only gets 90 days!

Vote against Ellison and Klobuchar!

Please support Sheriff Fletcher if you live in Ramsey County. He has repeatedly gone to bat for our members making our Ramsey County Detention Deputies the highest paid in the state!

Whatever your political leanings exercise your right to VOTE!