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A
Thank
you
for
tuning
into
our
minnesota
senate
candidate
forum.
All
candidates
in
senate
district
49
and
50
were
invited
to
participate
in
this
forum
due
to
covet
19.
This
form
is
being
recorded
without
an
audience
and
all
safety
precautions
recommended
by
the
minnesota
department
of
health
and
the
city
of
bloomington
are
being
followed.
Hello,
everyone,
I'm
amanda,
crombee
co-president
of
the
league
of
women
voters
bloomington
the
league
of
women.
Voters
is
a
non-partisan
political
organization
that
never
endorses
any
political
party
or
candidate.
A
Our
purpose
in
hosting
this
forum
is
to
provide
you,
the
public,
with
the
opportunity
to
learn
more
about
the
candidates,
so
that
you
can
make
informed
voting
decisions.
Your
vote
is
your
power.
Let
it
be
heard
a
reminder.
The
general
election
is
on
tuesday
november
3rd,
but
early
voting
in
minnesota
begins
on
september
18th,
to
request
your
absentee
ballot.
Go
to
mnvotes.org.
A
B
Welcome
everyone.
Thank
you
for
tuning
in
to
tonight's
general
election
candidate
forum
for
minnesota,
state
senate
candidates
in
districts,
49
and
50..
This
form
is
being
recorded
in
council
chambers,
bloomington
city
plaza
without
an
audience.
The
city
of
bloomington's
coronavirus
safety
protocol
is
being
followed.
I'm
deb
brinkman,
I'm
the
president
of
the
league
of
women
voters
of
st
louis
park
and
I'll
be
your
moderator
this
evening.
B
The
purpose
of
this
evening's
forum
is
to
hear
the
candidates
for
minnesota's
senate
district
49
and
minnesota
senate
district
50
discuss
issues
that
are
important
to
you,
we'll
try
to
cover
as
many
issues
as
possible
in
the
time
that
we
have.
If
your
questions
aren't
addressed
here
this
evening,
please
feel
free
to
contact
the
candidates
directly.
B
B
Here
are
the
rules
and
format
for
tonight's
forum.
Speaking
order
was
set
before
the
forum
and
will
alternate
with
each
question.
Each
candidate
will
have
two
minutes
for
an
opening
statement.
90
seconds.
To
answer
each
question
posed
by
the
moderator
and
one
minute
for
a
closing
statement:
league
volunteers
will
time
candidate
responses
and
hold
up
signs
to
show
candidates
how
much
time
they
have
left
and
when
they
must
stop
candidates.
Please
finish
your
sentence
and
obey
the
stop
sign.
B
All
submitted
questions
become
the
property
of
the
league
of
women
voters
bloomington.
So
now
we'll
go
to
the
introduction
of
the
candidates.
First
for
senate
district
49
is
melissa,
lopez,
franzen
she's,
the
democratic
candidate,
her
opponent,
miss
or
julie
duprey
is
a
republican
candidate
did
not
reply
to
the
invitation
to
participate
for
senate
district
50.
B
Mr
dean,
william
mumbleau
is
the
republican
candidate
and
he
has
declined
to
participate.
Miss
melissa,
halverson
wicklund,
is
the
democratic
candidate
and
is
here
tonight
to
participate.
Thank
you.
So,
let's
first
start
with
opening
remarks
by
ms
branson.
We
start
with
alphabetical
order
and
then
melissa,
wicklund
you'll
start
with
the
closing
remarks.
So
that's
how
we'll
keep
things
fair,
so
miss
francine
feel
free
to
start
with
your
opening
remarks.
C
Thank
you
and
good
evening,
everybody
and
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
with
you
and
I've
always
attended
the
league
of
women
voters.
Events-
and
this
has
been
my
eighth
year
serving
in
the
minnesota
senate.
I
did
come
in
at
the
same
time
as
my
colleague
who's
also
here
senator
wicklund
and
it's
been
an
honor
to
represent
bloomington
in
the
minnesota
senate.
I
think
it's
one
of
the
most
complex
and
fascinating
cities
in
our
state.
We
have
not
only
the
mall
of
america,
the
airport
we
have
so
many
economic
drivers
for
our
state.
C
C
I
know
we
are
going
through
a
very
different
political
climate
for
lack
of
a
better
description,
and
certainly
the
conversation
that
we're
having
here
today
would
would
have
been
better
to
have
it
individually
at
the
door,
but
the
campaign
has
changed
and
our
playbook
has
changed
and
we
have
to
be
nimble
to
make
sure
that
all
minnesotans
are
safe.
At
home
and
that's
why
we're
wearing
our
mask
socially
distancing
and
doing
this
remotely
and
virtually?
I
would
love
to
have
your
support.
C
Like
I
mentioned
I've
been
in
the
legislature
for
a
few
years,
and
I
want
to
continue
to
work
and
tackle
the
issues,
especially
the
budget.
We
have
an
approximately
6
billion
deficit
and
growing
because
of
that
pandemic
and
minnesota
was
in
a
good
place.
We
had
a
reserve,
we
had
a
surplus
and
obviously
with
the
deficit
happening
now,
because
of
the
pandemic
and
all
over
our
state
and
nation
and
country
in
the
world.
C
We're
going
to
have
to
have
to
tackle
big
issues
of
prioritization,
of
where
we're
going
to
spend
and
we're
going
to
have
to
make
some
reductions.
So
I
look
forward
to
be
part
of
that
discussion,
after
serving
in
health
and
human
services
for
six
years
and
the
finance
committee.
Currently
it's
going
to
be
a
very
interesting
session
in
2021,
and
I
look
forward
to
be
there
to
represent
your
voice
when
we
make
those
decisions
and
thank
you
again
for
hosting
this
to
the
league.
D
D
D
I
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
here
tonight
and
be
able
to
talk
with
voters,
although
I
wish
that
we
were
able
to
do
so
in
person,
we
are
able
to
make
some
adjustments
and
then
be
able
to
to
convey
our
thoughts
online
and
and
on
the
tv,
and
I
hope
that
you'll
reach
out
to
me.
If
you
have
further
questions
after
tonight,
I
have
served
in
my
role
in
the
senate
on
committees
having
to
do
with
health
care
and
education
and
local
government.
D
Those
have
been
my
key
priority
areas
and
I
have
had
the
privilege
of
serving
in
bloomington,
where
we
have
many
complex
issues
going
on
in
all
of
those
areas.
Over
the
past
few
months,
I've
really
enjoyed
or
really
been
consumed.
I
guess
is
a
better
word
with
addressing
the
coveted
pandemic
as
much
as
we
are
able
to
in
the
legislature
and
that's
been
through
serving
our
constituents
who
have
issues
that
need
assistance,
as
well
as
mapping
out
priorities
for
us
to
be
addressing
in
the
legislature.
B
C
B
C
All
these
issues
were
always
top
of
mind
for
minnesotans,
and
now
they've
just
been
exacerbated
and
amplified
because
of
covet.
So
in
understanding,
how
we're
going
to
tackle
healthcare
is
my
second
top
priority,
and,
and
one
of
the
issues
is,
how
do
we
expand
access
to
people
to
be
able
to
have
a
health
care
that
they
can
afford
when
they
lose
their
jobs?
So
this
whole
notion
that
we
are,
we
have
to
be
employer-based.
C
Health
care
is
very
complicated
and
we
need
to
start
looking
at
other
models
like
the
public
option
and
making
sure
that
everyone
has
a
minimum
plan
that
they
can
rely
on
and
then.
Thirdly,
I've
served
on
transportation
for
all
my
time
in
the
minnesota
legislature
and
I'm
excited
to
continue
to
work
on,
hopefully
having
sustainability
in
funding
for
transportation
projects
like
the
southwest
light
rail
that
was
just
recently
finally
approved
by
the
federal
government.
D
I'd
say
my
my
top
three
priorities:
although
there
are
many
things
that
we
always
are
constantly
dealing
with
in
the
legislature,
I
guess
the
top
certainly
is
going
to
be
next
year.
Is
the
budget
and
the
impact
that
the
code
19
pandemic
has
had
on
our
budget
will
be
cause
us
to
have
to
make
very
difficult
decisions
about
how
to
move
forward
and
create
a
balanced
budget
for
our
state.
B
D
D
We
also
have
a
budget
reserve
and
that
will
be
part
of
the
solution
as
well,
because
that's
why
we
keep
a
reserve
is
to
address
challenges
that
we're
facing.
So
I
think
it'll
be
a
combination
of
all
of
those
different
methods
that
we
will
have
to
use
and
I'm
sure
there
will
be
difficult
choices
in
in
areas.
I
hope
that
we
can
preserve
education
and
human
services
programs
as
much
as
as
possible,
because
those
are
our
our
future
depends
on
on
our
children
being
educated.
So
thank
you.
C
Thank
you
for
the
question.
I
agree
that
it
has
to
be
looked
upon
everything's
at
the
on
the
table.
I
believe
that
we
have
to
obviously
start
with
discretionary
spending,
and
that
needs
to
be
evaluated
and
potentially
that's
where
we
can
start
making
some
necessary
adjustments
and
cuts.
Potentially
also
new
revenue
can
come
in
and
those
are
all
scalable
and
raising.
C
I
I
know
how
much
schools
are
struggling
with
all
the
additional
challenges
of
covid
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
safe
secure
and
that
our
kids
can
learn.
So
I
will
do
all
I
can
to
hold
health
education
harmless
and
also
to
continue
to
support
the
essential
services
that
our
health
and
human
services
budget
provides
for
minnesotans.
So
those
are
areas
that
I
will
look
to
be
surgical
and
not
just
have
a
straight
line
cut
throughout.
B
C
C
C
B
Great
thank
you
to
melissa,
wicklund
and
we'll
start
with
you
for
this
next
question.
Given
that
the
current
developments
in
minnesota
and
across
the
country
regarding
policing
and
race,
how
can
the
minnesota
legislature
simultaneously
support
police
reform,
policing?
Excuse
me,
police
reform,
policing
and
build
a
public
trust
in
the
police.
D
Well,
I
think
that
the
legislature
has
a
key
role
to
play
as
a
statewide
as
something
that
you
know.
We
can
make
laws
that
affect
all
cities
and
and
all
of
the
residents
of
minnesota,
and
I
think
that
we
have,
over
the
past
few
months,
heard
from
many
people
in
many
communities
that
they
feel
today.
D
They
don't
feel
that
the
the
police
and
public
safety
system
is
serving
them
well
and
that
we
have
room
to
make
improvements
in
that
this
summer
we
had
many
discussions
about
ways
to
create
greater
police
accountability
to
the
public.
I
believe
that
the
people
in
bloomington
and
all
across
the
state
want
to
feel
safe
in
their
communities,
and
the
police
are
definitely
something
that
are
they're
needed
in
the
community
and
they
play
a
role
in
providing
that
safety.
D
So
we
had
passed
a
bill
in
july
that
did
address
some
initial
police
and
put
in
place
some
new
new
ideas,
but
I
think
we
still
have
a
long
ways
to
go
and
a
lot
of
discussion
that
we
need
to
have
about
whether
communities
of
color
feel
that
more
reforms
are
needed
to
make
sure
that
that
everyone
does
feel
safe.
Thank.
C
Thank
you
and
after
the
death
of
george
floyd,
I
think
I'll,
all
minnesotans
and,
and
certainly
the
entire
country
has
gone
through
a
lot
of
hurt
and
really
deep
conversations
about
the
role
of
public
safety
and
how
we
police
our
our
neighborhoods
and
we're
lucky
to
live
where
we
do
in
in
bloomington
eden,
prairie
dinah
and
in
minnetonka,
which
is
part
of
senate
district
49.
We
have
great
policing.
C
I
have
a
business
in
minneapolis
right
off
a
lake
in
lindale,
so
right
in
the
heart
of
where
that
unrest
happened
and,
and
certainly
a
lot
of
know,
a
lot
of
people
that
live
under
my
friends
and
neighbors.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we
instill
and
restore
public
trust
in
our
public
safety
and
on
our
police.
C
We
did
pass
the
bill
that
senator
wiklen
referenced.
It's
a
first
step.
It's
it's
still
a
work
in
progress.
I
would
say
we
did
pass
some
measures
that
are
common
sense
measures
like
eliminate
the
choke
hold
and
and
certainly
ban
its
use
and
also
an
oversight
and
training
for
police
officers.
We
worked
with
all
stakeholders,
there's
more
work
to
be
done.
We're
not
out
of
this
topic.
C
It's
not
going
to
be
fixed
and
changed
overnight,
especially
not
with
just
one
bill,
there's
a
lot
of
inequities
in
our
state
system,
and
it
poses
a
lot
of
concerns
for
communities,
especially
communities
of
color,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we
are
continuing
to
have
those
discussions,
but
also
pass
legislation
at
the
state
capitol
that
eliminates
those
disparities.
As
much
as
we
can.
C
C
That
again
is
finally
approved
as
of
this
week
to
finally
get
the
last
federal
funding,
I
also
have
supported
the
gas
tax
and
that's
a
way
that
we
can
continue
to
fund
our
transportation,
because
the
gas
tax
does
not
go
for
transit.
It
goes
directly
for
roads
and
bridges
through
a
formula
all
the
way
to
our
local
communities.
C
We're
going
to
have
in
this
next
session
is
whether
it's
a
timing
to
to
do
something
in
that
regard,
I
support
sustainable
funding,
because
what
we
need
to
rely
on
our
roads
and
bridges
to
be
safe
for
commerce,
for
people
to
to
drive
on
them
and
for
our
pedestrians
to
also
feel
safe
and
cyclists
as
well.
So
I
support
all
of
them,
but
it
has
to
be
a
comprehensive
package.
D
You,
yes,
I
I
would
also
support
really
an
all
of
the
above
approach
to
transportation.
I
think
that
transportation
issues
and
that
we
face
in
the
state
have
to
do
with
existing
roads
and
bridges
that
we
need
to
maintain
and
we
need
to
have
sufficient
sustainable
funding
to
maintain
our
our
roads
and
bridges.
But
we
also
need
to
develop
transit
systems
and
and
maintain
and
encourage
use
of
transit,
to
help
relieve
some
of
the
congestion
and
provide
alternatives
for
people
who
who
choose
not
to
have
cars
and
to
be
able
to
get
to
work.
D
D
B
D
Thank
you.
I
I
do
support
and
have
supported
over
the
past
few
years
bills
that
have
been
proposed
to
increase
common
sense
gun
regulation
in
minnesota
gun
violence
is
all
too
common,
and
I
think
that
we
need
to
be
enacting
more
laws
to
to
address
gun
violence,
and
one
way
to
do
that
would
be
to
pass
a
bill
that
has
to
do
with
expanding
background
checks
to
make
sure
that
that
all
all
those
purchasing
guns
are
subject
to
the
background
check.
D
C
I'm
an
attorney
by
trade,
and
I
we
can
argue
one
issue,
one
side
or
the
other,
but
I
really
do
think
it
comes
down
to
common
sense.
We've
seen
so
much
increase
in
violence
in
our
schools,
violence
in
our
streets,
because
there's
people
who
are
not
responsible,
gun
owners
and
those
are
the
ones
we
want
to
make
sure-
have
less
access
to
guns.
C
So
if
the
laws
that
we're
proposing
like
red
flag
laws,
which
I've
co-hosted
or
co-sponsored
in
the
minnesota
senate-
and
I
support
if
they
seem
like
an
inconvenience
well
I'd
rather
have
someone
go
through
an
inconvenience
than
losing
someone's
life.
It's
common
sense
for
me
and
we
can
argue
it
if
you're
completely
against
it.
C
I
respect
your
position,
but
I
think
we
need
to
protect
our
kids
and
going
to
school
and
and
we
should
find
ways
that
we
treat
mental
health,
that
we
find
ways
that
we
support
families
going
to
crisis
and
what
we
can
do
in
the
minnesota
senate
in
the
legislature.
Support
common
sense
restrictions
on
on
how
to
access
guns
illegally
and
do
it
in
a
safe
and
secure
way.
And
I
also
support
sensible
background
checks
that
close
some
loopholes
and
again,
if
it's
an
inconvenience,
I'm
sorry.
C
Well,
we
could
start
with
a
bonding
bill
that
increases
housing
supports
and
I've
always
supported
that.
In
my
first
term,
we
did
increases
in
in
bonding
for
housing,
bonds
and
and
those
are
competitive
and-
and
we
always
run
out
because
it's
not
enough
and
there's
a
saying
that
if
you
build
affordable
housing,
they
will
fill
it
well,
because
we
don't
have
enough
of
it.
C
It's
there
is
a
problem
where
people
are
working,
a
full-time
job
or
a
few
full-time,
a
few
jobs
at
a
time
and
still
can't
provide
stable
housing
and
when
we
don't
have
stable
housing
when
people
who,
again
in
the
mental
health
world,
when
you
don't
have
stable
housing,
how
can
you
get
better?
How
can
you
take
care
of
your
family?
C
You
need
stable
housing,
that's
a
fundamental
piece
of
how
do
we
move
forward
in
economic
prosperity
and
we
have
to
make
sure
that
we
have
that
funding.
So
bonding
is
one
of
them
and
certainly
other
areas
of
supporting
ability
for
people
to
who
cannot
work
also
have
those
supports,
so
I'm
not
looking
for
for
getting
people.
We
have
an
epidemic
right
now
of
homelessness
in
minnesota.
You
see
some
of
our
parks
are
our
witness
of
what
what
is
going
on.
C
D
We've
also
seen
efforts
to
pass
legislation
that
assists
cities
in
establishing
new
ways
of
incentivizing
builders
to
build
more
affordable
housing
because
it
does.
There
are
costs
involved
in
building
any
type
of
housing
and
in
order
to
try
and
make
sure
that
that
they
are
allocating
some
units
to
be
affordable
for
for
people,
there
may
be
ways
that
cities
can
get
involved
and
provide.
Incentives.
B
D
C
Thank
you.
I
I
certainly
support
a
minnesota
version
of
the
green
new
deal
we
need
to.
We
tried
to
pass
something
similar
last
session
and
there
were
too
many
off-ramps,
so
we're
still
working
on
it.
A
lot
of
the
energy
industry
needs
some
time
to
transition,
but
there's
a
government
imperative
to
to
kind
of
push
the
industry
and
to
to
move
in
that
direction.
Look
we're
not
seeing
companies
building
coal
plants
anymore,
they're,
actually,
basically,
phasing
them
out
excel's
doing
that.
C
Other
companies
are
moving
more
and
more
into
renewable
energy,
and
we
should
support
that
some
some
in
renewable
energies
used
to
need
incentives.
Now
they
don't
so
that
you
can
see
a
shift
in
the
market.
So
there
is
certainly
so
much
room
for
innovation
in
this
in
this
arena
and
there
is
a
role
for
for
government.
B
C
An
issue
that
I
don't
think
90
seconds
will
be
sufficient
to
address,
but
I
will
do
my
best.
I
believe
people
have
a
right
to
health
care.
It's
a
fundamental
right.
We
are
one
of
the
most
expensive
places
to
have
health
care
and
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
results
to
show
for
it.
So
we
can
do
this.
We
have
innovation
in
our
district.
Just
in
bloomington
we
have
companies
like
health
partners
that
are
doing
so
much
more
to
try
to
get
into
the
the
communities
that
that
need
more
access
to
care.
C
I
I
have
optum
and
I
have
united
healthcare
children's
hospital
france
avenue.
I
have
so
much
health
care
in
my
district,
which
I
appreciate,
because
I
get
to
learn
so
much
about
the
complexities
of
health
care,
but
we
all
admire
the
big
problem,
which
is
the
cost
of
health
care,
and
we
have
to
do
a
better
job
to
negotiate
to
be
able
to
have
a
public
option
that
can
move
us
forward
into
health
care
for
all.
We
have
minnesota
care,
which
is
a
robust
program
for
the
working
poor.
C
D
D
It
has
affordable
premiums
and
we
need
to
find
a
way
for
more
people
to
have
access
to
affordable
premiums,
especially
when
many
who
have
been
on
employer-sponsored
programs
aren't
able
to
access
them
if
they're
laid
off.
So
that
would
be
one
area
that
I'd
see
us
exploring
also
maybe
an
option
to
explore
a
minnesota
care
type
program
for
prescription
drugs
to
make
those
affordable
as
well.
Thank
you.
B
D
Well,
I
think
that
the
end
of
the
question-
how
do
we
afford
it
is,
is
really
key.
We
have
been
trying
to
increase
funding
and
since
the
the
great
recession-
and
we
have
not
caught
up
and
have
not
been
providing
schools
with
adequate
funding.
Since
you
know
there,
they
were
exposed
to
many
cuts
during
that
period
of
time,
and
so
we
need
to
keep
our
eye
on.
C
Thank
you
and
it's
terrible
that
we're
notorious
for
it,
but
we
can
also
be
notorious
for
fixing
it
and
being
a
an
example
of
how
to
turn
it
around.
I
would
start
with
the
pain
for
it.
I
think
it
pays
for
itself
when
we
invest
in
education
and-
and
I
have
many
examples
of
that-
that
90
seconds
won't
be
enough,
but
starts
with
early
childhood
education
to
have
parental
education
to
make
sure
parents
have
what
they
need
to
have
their
children
be
successful.
C
Again,
I
just
started
kindergarten
and
I'm
just
overwhelmed
with
all
the
decisions
that
I
have
to
make
already.
I'm
an
educated
person
and-
and
I
feel
sometimes
already
inundated
with
so
much
information
so
when
people
are
busy
with
a
job,
two
jobs
or
or
maybe
they've
never
been
to
school
and
their
child
is
going
to
the
school.
For
the
first
time
we
have
to
have
accessibility
to
what
we're
expecting
parents
to
do.
C
I
also
have
noticed,
as
many
of
you,
that
schools
are
so
important
for
for
children,
well-being
and
food
safety
and
food
security
and
family
well-being.
So
this
is
not
the
time
to
cut
funding
for
schools.
This
is
the
time
to
find
out
how
we
can
collaborate,
there's
a
great
model
of
community
service
schools
that
we've
tried
to
support.
Maybe
this
is
the
time
where
we
actually
implement
it
and
start
working
our
way
through.
C
So
if
another
pandemic
or
whatever
crisis
hits,
we
are
better
positioned
to
support
our
families,
but
we
have
to
look
at
the
robust
services
and
look
at
schools
in
a
different
way
and
I
think
that's
a
good
model
to
look
at
in
minnesota
and
also
on
higher
ed.
This
is
another
thing
that
we
should
be
able
to
support
to
your
colleges
as
well.
C
That's
a
fair
question
and
I've
gotten
a
lot
of
emails
and
phone
calls
from
constituents
concerned
about
the
role
of
the
legislature
in
a
pandemic
or
any
emergency.
After
what
we
were
experiencing,
I
think
we
should
look
back
when
we
come
back
into
session,
how
we
can
do
a
better
job
at
collaborating
the
legislative
branch
with
the
executive
branch.
C
Unfortunately,
it's
a
little
bit
politicized
right
now,
because
the
elections
are
around
the
corner,
but
I
think
there
is
a
way
that
we
can
prepare
for
the
next
emergency
because
there
will
be
a
next
one
and
we've
never
experienced
this
in
our
lifetime.
So
there
is
a
role
for
the
government
for
the
governor
to
have
executive
powers
to
do
things
he
needs
to
do
when
we're
not
in
session
and
be
nimble
and
be
flexible.
C
He
cannot
appropriate
or
she
cannot
appropriate
funds.
So
that's
the
role
of
the
legislature,
so
we
we
worked
with
the
with
the
executive
branch
to
do
a
fund
that
he
would
have,
in
this
case,
governor
wallace,
accessible
to
to
buy
ppe
and
other
other
important
supports.
Like
child
care.
We
actually
did
emergency
grants
to
at
least
two
rounds
and
we're
going
on
the
third
one
of
emergency
child
grants,
because
we
know
that
we
needed
first
responders
and
essential
workers
to
have
that
support
and
our
children
need
it
as
well.
C
D
B
D
D
If
you
look
at
the
way
that
we
handle
our
wastewater
treatment
systems
and
transit,
and
you
know,
I
think
that
the
met
council
is
does
a
great
job
with
that
coordinating
use
of
dollars
for
our
parks,
regional
parks,
things
like
that
in
the
metropolitan
area.
So
I
I
definitely
think
that
the
that
the
model
to
me
is
working.
D
C
There's
a
lot
of
conflict
about
who
serves
on
the
on
the
met
council,
their
authority
and
and
the
composition
and
the
number
of
appointees
whether
they
should
be
staggered.
There
was
a
review
done
by
the
citizens
league
with
their
recommendations.
Those
were
put
on
the
table.
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
common
ground
to
move
forward
with
a
lot
of
those
recommendations,
and
I
do
believe
we
could
come
to
agreement
next
session
on
what
those
look
like,
but
they're
they
they
perform
a
really
important
function
and
it
has
been
a
model.
B
C
Well,
I
have
been
the
lead
sponsor
in
the
minnesota
senate
on
the
issue
of
recreational
use
of
of
cannabis,
and
I
support
it
because
I
think
it's
inevitable.
I
think
it's
something
that
has
already
been
happening
in
other
states.
It's
how
do
we
do
it
in
a
responsible
way?
Where
again
we
can
be
a
model.
We
can
learn
a
lot
from
other
states
that
have
done
it.
C
It's
something
that
needs
to
be
addressed
and
the
mental
health
addiction
piece
and
how
we
can
safely
have
it
guarded
from
our
teens
and
our
kids.
But
it's
also
got
a
medicinal
purpose
and
we
have
a
very
restrictive
medical
program
in
minnesota
that
we
also
are
trying
to
make
more
robust.
So
the
cost
can
go
down,
more
people
can
benefit
from
it.
C
So
I
think
it
needs
to
stop
being
taboo
and
we've
been
having
those
conversations
over
the
last
two
years
and
I
think
minnesotans
are
ready
to
legalize
it
in
a
responsible
way
with
all
stakeholders
involved
and
and
it's
an
industry,
that's
growing
across
the
country.
Hemp
is
another
area,
so
I
look
forward
to
to
making
it
happen
in
a
responsible
way,
with
all
the
concerns
that
people
and
parents
particularly
have
thank
you.
D
B
D
Well,
I,
since
we
haven't,
been
able
to
successfully
move
forward
with
the
bonding
bill
for
quite
some
time.
I
am
continuing
to
push
forward
a
bill
or
a
bonding
project.
That's
in
richfield,
that
is
the
77th
street
underpass
project,
and
it
is
something
that
I
was
able
to
successfully
gain
some
funding
for
a
number
of
years
ago.
D
But
the
project
has
built
up
a
a
federal
estate
and
a
met
council
funding
kind
of
a
budget,
and
they
they
need
some
additional
funding
from
the
state
funding
programs
to
to
move
forward
with
it.
And
so
I'm
really
that's
really.
My
number
one
priority
for
this
year
is
to
see
that
that
bonding
money
comes
to
richfield
so
that
they
have
a
complete
package
of
funding
and
can
move
forward
with
the
77th
street
underpass.
D
D
B
C
Thank
you
so
for
bonding
two
things.
One
specific
to
bloomington
is
the
normandale
college
bonding
proposal
to
do
this
phase
two
of
their
normandy
college
services
building.
So
that
is
one
thing
that
I
would
certainly
push
for
and
there's
also
bun
funding
for
heber,
which
is
dollars
that
it's
also
go
for
infrastructure
for
for
state
assets
and
in
colleges
and
and
institutions
of
higher
education.
C
The
other
piece
is
funding
of
the
southwest
metro,
public
safety
training
facility
in
edina,
which
services
the
entire
region,
including
bloomington
and
other
suburbs,
and,
frankly,
the
entire
state.
They
collaborate
to
train
police
officers
and
also
firefighters
and
first
responders,
and
when
you
hear
rhetoric
about
defunding
police,
certainly
that
is
not
something
you're
hearing
the
minnesota
senate.
None
of
us
have
talked
about
defunding
and
in
fact,
we've
talked
about
investing
and
supporting
our
public
safety
officers
and
and
first
responders.
C
So
that's
a
project
that
I
am
lead
sponsor
in
the
minnesota
senate
and
would
service
the
entire
region
and
and
frankly,
the
state,
because
a
lot
of
other
areas
that
don't
have
a
training
facility.
This
is
where
they
can
practice
how
to
put
a
fire
out
in
in
a
building
and
so
forth,
and
have
fire
range
practice
areas
they
can
rent
the
space
and
to
to
the
this
facility
and
also
be
able
to
have
those
advantages
of
of
training
in
a
state-of-the-art
facility.
Thank
you.
B
D
You
and
first
thank
you
again
to
the
league
for
for
having
this
opportunity
for
us
to
talk
about
so
many
diverse
topics.
Tonight
we
covered
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
variety
and
topics,
but
there's
still
many
many
areas
that
we
haven't
talked
about,
and
so
I
certainly
hope
that,
if
voters,
if
constituents
have
not
heard
me
talk
about
something
that
is
an
issue
that
is
of
interest
to
you,
I
hope
you'll
reach
out
and
get
in
touch
with
me.
My
office
phone
number
is.
D
651-297-8061,
I'm
certainly
open
to
talking
by
phone
and
addressing
any
any
issues
you
have.
I
want
to
stay
working
in
the
minnesota
senate
to
be
addressing
the
key
issues
that
our
state
faces,
including
our
budget
and
moving
forward,
and
also
finding
ways
to
improve
education
systems
and
health
care
and
health
care
for
all
minnesotans.
So
thank
you
again.
C
Please
thank
you,
and
I
just
want
to
start
and
end
by
saying,
you've
heard
a
lot
of
noise
and
there's
a
lot
of
anxiety
in
society
today,
and
certainly
the
election
november
3rd
is
very
important.
So
I
will
stress,
please
vote
that
is
your
civic
duty
and
your
right
to
express
who
you
want
to
lead
you
in
in
our
state
in
our
country.
C
I
want
to
stress
that
covet.
19
is
real,
it's
a
current
issue
and
that
we
all
have
to
do
our
part.
The
role
of
government
in
a
pandemic
is
important.
We've
all
noticed
that
in
the
last
months
and
the
role
of
good
government
requires
us
not
to
dismantle
it,
not
to
dismantle
our
institutions
but
foster
more
trust
and
restore
public
civic
duty
to
adhere
from
to
to
what
the
government
is
trying
to
do.
We
all
came
at
this.
C
B
Great
thank
you
to
melissa
branson.
Thank
you
candidates
for
participating
in
this
forum
and
for
your
willingness
to
participate
in
the
democratic
process
by
running
for
office.
Thank
you
to
the
league
of
women
voters
bloomington
for
sponsoring
this
forum.
Thank
you
to
our
home
audience
for
watching
this
recorded
forum,
remember
to
vote
on
or
before
election
day
november,
3
2020
for
information
about
registering
to
vote
voting
early
and
voting
in
person
visit
the
minnesota
secretary
of
state's
website
www.mnvotes.org.