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Mr. Lloyd Schnelle Clerk Administrator City of Ramsey 15153 Nowthen Blvd., Anoka, MN. 55303 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE fLk C City o a e rysta Telephone (50~ 726-2538 L~ke Crystal, ~innesota 56055 May 20, 1981 ~,~:~?'~.. ~:. N.We Dear Lloyd, Now that the legislative session, in which we were both so very interested, is history I would like to reflect on it a little so that we, or at least I, can learn from our mistakes and not be quite so naive and gullible in respect to the legislative process. But on second thought, it probably wasn't the process so much as it was the resperesentative whom we put a lot of faith and trust in and who, I feel, let us down. I won't go into all the meetings our two cities had during the past seven months, beginning in November. But I guess it all began when you and I first met in Belle Plalne to go over the computor print-outs we had developed. From that time on I think we met almost once a week. At least, we had telephone conversations several times a week. All this seems to have been for naught, except for the exp~ienc~ we have gained. As you know the MLOSC had a workshop convention the week-' end of May 10th & llth. The leader of that workshop was Ralph Dory, former two term state DFL senator from Duluth~ Had I = known what he told us at that workshop, you can darn well bet we wouldn't have wasted 7 months. One of the areas he covered was that of dealing with your legislator and how he (the legis- lator) can appear to be working for you and still be working 'against you. In the area of having him getting a law enacted that you want. There are several things he can do as well as not do to make it appear as though he is helping but in reality is not. Some things the legislator might do to stall are: 1. "agree" tha~ there "ought to be a law" · 2~ procrastinate on getting it drafted 3. not get sponsors in other house 4. not ask for committee hearing