Keep Tabs on Legislative Happenings
By: Source: AARP.org Date Posted: 2008-01-16 11:39:29.656553-05:00
Attending AARP Lobby Days at the State Capitol is a great way to ensure your voice is heard. But to keep AARP's issues top of mind with lawmakers all session long, attend legislative coffees or cracker barrels in your community.
AARP is sponsoring several legislative coffee sessions in Sioux Falls to give residents an opportunity to hear lawmakers discuss issues. Coffee sessions will be at the Holiday Inn City Centre, 100 W. Eighth St. Each session will begin at 10 am. Representatives from districts 9, 11 and 12 will participate on Jan. 26 and Feb. 9; districts 10, 13, 14 and 15 will participate on Feb. 2 and 23.
Legislative coffees or cracker barrels are held in most communities. Check your local newspaper, contact your local Chamber of Commerce for information on times and locations. Below are schedules from just a few communities.
The Brandon Valley Chamber of Commerce will host two legislative coffees on Saturdays, Jan. 18 and Feb. 9. They will be held at the Chamber office, 109 N. Pipestone. The three District 10 legislators will attend to give session updates, hear comments from their constituents.
In Yankton, legislative coffees will be held Jan. 26, at the Avera Professional Pavilion and Feb. 9 at Mount Marty College, in the Roncalli South Dining Room. Rapid City area lawmakers will gather four times to discuss happenings at the Capitol and take questions from local constituents. The sessions, sponsored by the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce, will be Jan. 12, Jan. 26, Feb. 16 and Feb. 23 in the Classroom Building at the School of Mines and Technology from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Legislative coffees or cracker barrels are held in most communities. Check your local newspaper, contact your local Chamber of Commerce for information on times and locations.
Share
preview