{"id":5738,"date":"2012-02-02T09:21:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T14:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=5738"},"modified":"2012-02-02T09:31:58","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T14:31:58","slug":"tarryl-clark-emails-from-the-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=5738","title":{"rendered":"Tarryl Clark emails &#8220;from the trail&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Too bad Tarryl got manhandled by Michelle Bachmann&#8230;&#8230;.sorry, not the best choice of words:<br \/>\n\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear  friend,<br \/>\nI wanted  to take a moment to give you an update from the campaign trail. Running for Congress isn&#8217;t easy, but  the best part about it is that I get to hear from so many different people from all across our  region about their families, their communities, and their dreams for the future.\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nIn just the last two weeks, we were in Duluth, Chisholm, Ely, Finland,  Eveleth, Hill City, Tower, Grand Rapids, Hinckley, Two Harbors, Virginia, Hibbing, and Milaca  and in every one of these places we had great conversations about the priorities that need to be  taken back to Washington. \u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nJust one example is  a conversation I had about our education needs in Minnesota <!--more-->(and rural Minnesota in particular)  in Eveleth with Dave and Laura Perry- all three of us share a passion for making sure we&#8217;re investing  in our youngest learners and shrinking the achievement gap. For example, Dave has worked with  the Invest Early initiative in Grand Rapids that helps young kids and their families thrive &#8211; an exciting  initiative that I&#8217;ve connected with and promoted since it&#8217;s earliest stages when I was the  Executive Director of the Minnesota Community Action Partnership. Bringing together strategies like  Head Start and other early education, parent education and family services, the Invest Early approach  successfully eliminates the achievement gap and strengthening families.\u00c2\u00a0 When I&#8217;m in Washington,  I will work to remove the beaureacratic red tape that makes it challenging to put together this  type of approach and advocate for the resources to make it possible to help all kids learn to  read by 3 rd grade.\u00c2\u00a0 Doing so is vital to making sure children have the skills to realize  their aspirations, no matter where they&#8217;re from. These are the conversations and ideas I will take  to Washington to help get the country back on track.\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nOur  country needs serious people go to Washington and I have spent my entire life working  on vital issues like education.\u00c2\u00a0 This is something that is near and dear to my heart that I&#8217;ve worked  on for more than two decades and I will continue to advocate for in Washington.\u00c2\u00a0 Traveling across  the region every week and meeting with folks from all walks of life, it is clear to me that we  need someone in Washington that will focus on our priorities &#8211; not those of the big corporations  and well-connected special interests. \u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nAs we continue  this campaign I ask all of you to join me in working hard to defeat Chip Cravaack and bring  the priorities of middle-class families back to Washington.\u00c2\u00a0 Please sign up to volunteer. There  are so many ways to get involved, from attending your precinct caucus, calling your neighbors and  knocking on doors to writing letters to the editor, or even putting a &#8216;Clark for Congress&#8217; sign on  your ice house.\u00c2\u00a0 Every little bit helps!\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nTogether  we can make sure that every child can get a good education, that there are good jobs that pay  a living wage, and that Washington is working for our families and communities, not big corporations  and special interest lobbyists.\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nThank you,<br \/>\nTarryl<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Too bad Tarryl got manhandled by Michelle Bachmann&#8230;&#8230;.sorry, not the best choice of words: \u00c2\u00a0 Dear friend, I wanted to take a moment to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5738"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5747,"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5738\/revisions\/5747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}