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WHAT'S HAPPENING IN SD48 . . . .
SD48 Full Committee Meeting -- All SD48 precinct officers and caucus attendees are invited to meet Minnesota GOP Chairman Keith Downey and Eden Prairie School Board member, Ranee Jacobus. WHERE: Glen Lake Activity Center, Wednesday, June 12, 7:00 PM.
Boat Cruise/Fundraiser -- Join fellow Republicans on Lake Minnetonka and help raise money for local candidates June 23, 3-5 PM. Click here for more details
 
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May 23 (Thursday): FreedomWorks Grassroots Training, 8-9 PM
May 27 (Monday): Memorial Day
June 3 (Monday): Minnetonka City Council Meeting, 6:30 PM
June 4 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
June 4 (Tuesday): Filing deadline for Minnetonka city elections
June 6 (Thursday): D-Day Remembrance
June 12 (Wednesday) 7:00 PM
SD48 Full Committee Meeting
featuring Minnesota GOP Chair, Keith Downey, and Eden Prairie School Board member, Ranee Jacobus. WHERE: Glen Lake Activity Center, Minnetonka.
June 14 (Friday): Flag Day
June 16 (Sunday): Fathers Day
June 18 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
June 23 (Sunday) 3:00-5:00 PM
SD48 Boat Cruise/Fundraiser. Join fellow Republicans on Lake Minnetonka and help raise money for local candidates.
June 24 (Monday): Minnetonka City Council Meeting, 6:30 PM
June 25 (Tuesday):Massachusetts U.S. Senate Special Election to fill John Kerry's seat
July 2 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM

July 4 (Thursday)
Independence Day
Eden Prairie July 4 Celebration
3:00 - 11:00 PM
(Fireworks at 10 PM)

To volunteer for the SD48 Republicans Booth, contact Bev Aho:
Email: bevaho@gmail.com
Cell: (612) 270-2828

July 6-14: Hopkins Raspberry Festival
July 9 (Tuesday) 7:00 PM
SD48 Executive Committee Meeting
July 15 (Monday): Minnetonka City Council Meeting, 6:30 PM
July 16 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
July 16 (Tuesday): MLB All-Star Game, Citi Field (home of the NY Mets)
July 19-27: Minneapolis Aquatennial
July 24 (Wednesday): Cost of Government Day
July 30 (Tuesday): Filing period for municipal elections begins
August 5 (Monday): Minnetonka City Council Meeting, 6:30 PM
August 6 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
August 6 (Tuesday): National Night Out
August 13 (Tuesday) 7:00 PM
SD48 Executive Committee Meeting
August 13 (Tuesday): Filing period for municipal elections ends
August 13 (Tuesday): State primary election
August 20 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
August 22 - Labor Day: Minnesota State Fair
August 26 (Monday): Minnetonka City Council Meeting, 6:30 PM
September 2 (Monday): Labor Day
September 3 (Tuesday): First Day of School
September 3 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
September 5 (Thursday): Rosh Hashanah
September 10 (Tuesday) 7:00 PM
SD48 Full Committee Meeting
September 11 (Wednesday): 911 Rememberance
September 14 (Saturday): Yom Kippur
September 16 (Monday): Minnetonka City Council Meeting, 6:30 PM
September 17 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
September 30 (Monday): Minnetonka City Council Meeting, 6:30 PM
October 1 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
October 8 (Tuesday) 7:00 PM
SD48 Executive Committee Meeting
October 14 (Monday): Columbus Day
October 14 (Monday): Minnetonka City Council Meeting, 6:30 PM
October 15 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
October 28 (Monday): Minnetonka City Council Meeting, 6:30 PM
October 31 (Thursday): Halloween
November 3 (Sunday): Daylight Savings Time Ends
November 5 (Tuesday):
2013 General Election
Eden Prairie School Board Elections. Polls open until 8:00 PM. To find out where you vote, click here.
November 5 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
November 9 (Saturdsy): 24th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
November 11 (Monday): Veteran's Day
November 12 (Tuesday) 7:00 PM
SD48 Executive Committee Meeting
November 17 (Thursday): Four-year anniversary of the Climategate scandal
November 18 (Monday): Minnetonka City Council Meeting, 6:30 PM
November 19 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
November 28 (Thursday): Thanksgiving
November 28 (Thursday): Hanukkah
December 2 (Monday): First Day of Advent
December 2 (Monday): Minnetonka City Council Meeting, 6:30 PM
December 3 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
December 7 (Saturday): Pearl Harbor Remembrance
December 10 (Tuesday) 7:00 PM
SD48 Full Committee Meeting
December 16 (Monday): Minnetonka City Council Meeting, 6:30 PM
December 17 (Tuesday): Eden Prairie City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM
December 24 (Tuesday): Christmas Eve
December 25 (Wednesday): Christmas Day
December 31 (Tuesday): New Year's Eve
January 1, 2014: New Year's Day
60 AND 40-WATT LIGHT BULB BANS BEGIN
Many people have decided to start hoarding incandescent light bulbs.
January 14 (Tuesday) 7:00 PM
SD48 Executive Committee Meeting
January 20 (Monday): MLK Day
January 22 (Wednesday): 41st anniversary of Roe vs Wade decision
February 2 (Sunday): Super Bowl, East Rutherford, NJ
February 2 (Sunday): Groundhog Day

February 4 (Tuesday)
Precinct Caucus

Registration Begins 6:00 PM
Program Begins 6:30 PM
Caucus Begins 7:00 PM

• Elect Precinct Leadership
• Elect SD48 Delegates
• Debate and Pass Resolutions
Find out more.

February 6 (Thursday): Ronald Reagan's Birthday
February 6 - 24: Winter Olympics, Sochi, Russia
February 11 (Tuesday) 7:00 PM
SD48 Executive Committee Meeting
February 12 (Wednesday): Lincoln's Birthday
February 14 (Friday): Valentine's Day
February 17 (Monday): Presidents Day
February 22 (Saturday): Washington's Birthday
March 9 (Sunday): Daylight Savings Time Begins
March 11 (Tuesday) 7:00 PM
SD48 Full Committee Meeting
April 13 (Sunday): Palm Sunday
April 15 (Tuesday): Tax Day
• Last day to file federal taxes without penalty. 
• U.S. debt per taxpayer is over $1 million and growing by the second. See the U.S. National Debt Clock
April 15 (Tuesday): Passover
April 18 (Friday): Good Friday
April 20 (Sunday): Easter
May 1 (Thursday): National Day of Prayer
May 11 (Sunday): Mother's Day
March 23 (Friday): Four-year anniversary of signing of Obamacare
May 26 (Monday): Memorial Day
June 5 (Thursday): Last Day of School
June 6 (Friday): D-Day Remembrance
June 14 (Saturday): Flag Day
June 15 (Sunday): Fathers Day

July 4 (Wednesday)
Independence Day
Eden Prairie July 4 Celebration
3PM to dusk

August 12 (Tuesday): Primary Election
November 2 (Sunday): Daylight Savings Time Ends
November 4 (Tuesday):
2014 General Election
Vote for State Legislature and Eden Prairie City Council. Polls open until 8:00 PM. To find out where you vote, click here.
THE IRS SCANDAL STARTED AT THE TOP -- WSJ: “The bureaucrats at the Internal Revenue Service did exactly what the president said was the right and honorable thing to do.
GAY MARRIAGE VS THE FIRST AMENDMENT -- How Minnesota's new gay marriage law adversely impacts religious liberty.
WHERE THE JOBS ARE -- Top 10 states for business all led by Republican governors. Minnesota ranks in the bottom half -- number 30.
ONE OF THE WORST -- Minnesota ranks in the BOTTOM TEN worst states to retire.
DFL CHASING INCOME EARNERS OUT OF STATE -- A new study shows what many of you already know. Rather than get taxed to death by the DFL, many Minnesota families are leaving for lower tax states. Younger workers in their prime earning years are choosing NOT to relocate to Minnesota.
THE IRS SCANDAL AND OBAMACARE -- “Yes, your private health information will be used against you.
A NEW RECORD: 11 million Americans are now on disability.
CHANGE -- CNBC: “Worst economy in 83 years.”
THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT BENGHAZI -- Peggy Noonan: “Did the Obama administration's politically expedient story cost American lives?
THE BENGHAZI AWAKENING -- WSJ: “Hillary Clinton told Greg Hicks not to talk to Congress.
CHANGE -- Bloomberg: Home ownership at an 18-year low.
THE INTERNET SALES TAX RUSH -- If tax hungry Democrats get their way, your days of free internet shopping will soon be over.
A NEW RECORD -- 1 in 5 Americans now on food stamps.
YES WE CAN! -- NY Times: Blacks and Hispanics have lost the greatest percentage of wealth under Obama.
BETTER IDEA: EXEMPT EVERYONE! -- Congressional Democrats want to exempt themselves and their staff from Obamacare. They want to protect themselves -- but not you -- from this horrible law.
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