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Dayton, Moe to headline first Rosenmeier forum in fall series
"Political campaigns, can they be cleaned up?" is the topic of the first Gordon Rosenmeier Center forum in the fall series.
A panel including former U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn., and former Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe, DFL-Erskine, will discuss civility in campaigns at noon Sept. 18 in the Dryden Theatre on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College.
Other members of the panel include Dale Walz, a former Republican state representative from District 12A, and Terry McCollough, publisher and Mike O'Rourke, associate editor, of the Brainerd Dispatch.
Larry Kellerman, center executive director, said Democrats, Republicans and the media will each be given 10 minutes to summarize what they do to promote civility in the election process.
Following opening remarks written questions will be received from the audience. The forum will conclude with brief closing remarks from each panelist.
Dayton served in the U.S. Senate from 2001 to 2007. He served as state auditor from 1991-1995, was Minnesota commissioner of Energy and Economic Development from 1983-1986, was commissioner of Economic Development in 1978. He was a staff member for Gov. Rudy Perpich in 1977-78 and was a legislative assistant to Sen. Walter Mondale, D-Minn., in 1975-76.
Moe served in the Minnesota Senate from 1970-2002. In 1981 he was named the DFL majority leader, a position he held until 2002.
He was instrumental in transferring lottery proceeds to Minnesota environmental projects and in the establishment of the Minnesota State College and Universities system.
Walz serve two two-year terms in the Minnesota House. He served on the Commerce, Jobs and Economic Development, the Judiciary Policy and Finance and the Crime Prevention committees.
McCollough has been involved in the newspaper industry and a host of volunteer activities, including service on the Central Lakes College Foundation Board of Directors, during the past 35 years.
O'Rourke is a longtime Dispatch journalist. He has had the opportunity to interview a number of political candidates and gain their political perspectives.
Membership or sponsorship of the Rosenmeier forum series is open to interested participants. Kellerman said that as a member the opportunity exists to meet personally and enjoy refreshments with each of the forum presenters a half hour before the presentation at a reception in the Rosenmeier Center in the college library.
Tax-free donations to fund programming, research and scholarship for the Rosenmeier Center can be made through the Central Lakes College Foundation. Kellerman said the college provides facilities and some staffing support, but donations go directly to programming.
The Rosenmeier Center was formed in 1989 in recognition of Sen. Gordon Rosenmeier's 30-year contribution as a state legislator from Little Falls. He authored legislation which created the State Planning Agency, the Department of Corrections, the Pollution Control Agency, the Brainerd Regional Human Services Center, Brainerd Community College, the Lindberg Home State Historical Site, the Fair Employment practices Commission, the Watershed Districts, the Open Meeting Law, the Public Service Commission and the DNR.
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