My canvassing experiences have been rich because of the many individuals I am meeting on the campaign trail.  The Northside has many different so-called “racial,” ethnic and cultural groups living here, but every individual person has a unique spirit and personality; meeting so many different people in a single day is profound.  Regardless of the brevity of these encounters I am engaging in many significant discussions.  I greatly value the many perspectives of the people in my community and learning from hundreds and eventually thousands of Northsiders this year is empowering.  I’m doing much more listening than talking and gaining such keen insight increases my confidence in my ability to be well informed of the common values, the issues challenging Northsiders and their visions and ideas for improving and sustaining the Northside.  Even though it is work I feel fortunate to learn so much.

This weekend I had some of my best discussions yet!  I met a group of brothers who indicated that they represented a street organization and we had a deep discussion about disenfranchisement and opportunity.  Many of these guys are very intelligent but have been disenfranchised and don’t believe there are viable opportunities for them to make a legal living.  One of these guys asked me about my position on ex-felons and I told him that I believe in giving ex-offenders opportunities, which he appreciated.  Let’s face it; recidivism is frequently a result of men and women who served prison / jail sentences but cannot gain livable wage employment or stable housing after they are released.  When people “do the time for the crime,” they shouldn’t be punished for life by the collateral damages.  The most vocal guy told me that the solution to crime was creating opportunities for everyone to make a living.  He told his two friends who were much quieter that he recently heard Obama make a speech where “he was talking about us.”  He went on to express his appreciation for Obama indicating that he wanted to create opportunities for them to join the mainstream economy.  It was deep because it reminded me how so many of my people feel alienated from mainstream society.  I spoke directly with them and I am running for elected office largely because I care about the welfare of the masses of poor and disenfranchised people in our neighborhoods and city who suffer invisibly or with stigmatized attention.  I believe that I can be a strong champion for public and private investment in the creation of viable opportunities for all people to live well.  I’ll champion an equitable Minneapolis!

Every day I go out I feel blessed to gain heartfelt support from the great majority of people I speak with.  It is not surprising, because I am sincere and people feel it, but the responses are amazing!  There are some people, who don’t want to speak, but only one person has been cold and I’m not taking any rejections personally.  My love for the Northside increases each time I go out to knock on doors and ring doorbells.  I often have to explain to people that I’m not selling anything before they get open, but after I clarify the purpose of my visit I am pleased to find most people are willing to talk about the future of our community and so many people are READY for LOCAL CHANGE.  There are people who want to move away from the Northside because of riff raff, and I feel for them.  However, I am hopeful that we can develop a system to better organize the community to improve residential quality of life here so that people don’t have to be afraid for the safety of their kids or property.  People on every block so far have expressed concern about the safety of youth and often the people that parents and children fear are other youth!

Another group of people I met on a different block were very reflective.  One of them told me he was a thug, but he also said that the way the police consistently disrespect and violate young Black men actually fosters a lot of anger and violence in the community.  I know this is true from my own experience; although I haven’t been violent I have often felt terribly angry over injustices.  In fact, it seems most African American men I am meeting are complaining about police harassment, and most of us are not in gangs, not selling drugs, not committing any crimes.  This particular group of friends was very reflective and we discussed poverty, lack of opportunities, drug dealing, parenting, lack of visible Black businesses in the community above the level of very micro-enterprises, etc.  Every day people are telling me they want job opportunities for and in the community.  The better we educate our children at home and in schools the better we’ll prepare them for increasingly competitive job and business opportunities in the future.  When everyone does well, we all do better!

I think my favorite encounter so far was with a guy that invited me inside his house this Memorial Day Weekend (respect to the troops in my family, including two grandfathers, uncles, cousins, friends, and countrymen).  I rang the bell and heard a voice beckoning me to the back and when I got to the back I was beckoned inside.  I met a couple of teens, a wife and some guests and spoke with the man of the house primarily about the youth in the community who lack guidance and hope and the responsibility of the community to deal with this problem.  He had a well thought out vision for reaching out to these many young people who are roaming the community lost, and often living dangerously.  He recommended developing a system of engagement whereby young guys in the community would be approached by a group of brothers in vehicles who would show up like the “jump out boys” (SWAT team) and invite them to talk about their lives, direct them to educational and economic opportunities, mentorships, etc.  I cannot do justice to this man’s recommendations now, but stay tuned because it is exciting and hopeful!  It was out of the box thinking in a wonderful way and I will be incorporating some of these ideas into my platform.  In fact, if you look at my Crime Prevention for Community Safety page in the Issues section of the campaign website now – www.marcusharcus.org - you will find some compatible ideas of my own, as you’ll eventually see.  He spoke of the many young guys who have kids that they cannot feed and how deeply this hurts them and leads them to resort to the underground economy.  This special member of our community was very passionate about not only his own family, but all of the families in our community and I am deeply inspired by him!

My name is Marcus Harcus and I approve of this BLOG!

(inner) peace

Notes:  I haven’t issued a heavy document outlining my ideas for Opportunities for Youth Development, Family Stability and Senior Services, a major area of my platform, because I wanted to speak with many youth, families and seniors first.

I spoke with many other people and want to acknowledge the many concerns about prostitution, gentrification, the Minneapolis Public Schools, etc.  I am recording and processing all that I am told!

Greetings,

(This is a Part II posting - 1,350 words)

After Stephen’s homecoming I rushed home to gather canvassing tools - clip boards, maps, surveys, pens and brochures - before meeting a couple of friends at the North Regional library. * 

This was the third time I’ve gone out into the community to meet neighbors & potential voters at their homes.  I’ve been terribly ill lately and missed about a week and a half of canvassing - which means door knocking in an area, or covering it!  I’m disappointed by this lost time, but I’m not tripping too much because it would help nada and we’ll be all good.  Health is wealth so we must prioritize it highly.  Besides, I won’t earn their votes if I’m making people sick!

Saturday May 16th was the first time I’ve had people helping me ring door bells and knock on doors.  Thank God!  What a difference three additional canvassers makes?!  In my two previous solo outings I only covered 5 blocks.  With help we covered 12 blocks!  Fortunately, all three of these supporters are down to cover much more ground with me.  If we could canvass / cover a rate of 12 blocks per day it would only take 35 days to cover the entire 4th Ward!  Remember there are approximately 425 residential blocks in the 4th Ward.  I’ll tell y’all the truth, that is a rather weak canvassing rate in my humble opinion.  I’ve got about 20 more friends / supporters who’ve committed to canvassing and I need them to schedule an outing with us soon.  Remember, I’m going to visit many people twice or thrice so we need to cover the first round first, when we go to EVERY DOOR.  Someone told me this was a waste of time, but I am sincere about my intentions to represent and serve the entire Ward, regardless if someone votes for me or not.  We’re looking for more than votes - we’re looking for community members willing to build a coaltion to make things happen in between City Elections!

If you are not yet committed, then please contact me asap.  Please don’t procrastinate to join the campaign because Election Day on November 3rd is fast approaching - it is less than 6 months from now!  The weather is warm and most Northsiders who are willing to talk are OPEN to CHANGE!  The winds are still blowing and it is stoking the fire in my heart!  We’re not only going to make LOCAL history this fall by discontinuing the 4th Ward dynasty at the polls and electing the first African American City Council Member to ever represent and serve the 4th Ward; beyond those news headlines we’re going to make a significant difference by helping to ORGANIZE the Northside community to effectively engage City Hall and work together cooperatively, proactively and consistently over North to improve social and economic conditions in our neighborhoods!  That’s what’s up!!!   

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Sadly, I encountered “voter apathy” on this beautiful evening on the west side of the first block I walked (note: this blog won’t name too many names or identify blocks that I may refer to, such as this one).  A few people close to my age indicated they would vote for me, but a few middle aged and older people outright told me they don’t vote, but they did apologize or wished me luck.  You’d think they might be a little open by an intelligent and passionate young man standing up to run for change in our community…  I am getting great support from many middle aged people and a few of my best supporters are in their 70’s, but the people 35 and younger seem to be the most OPEN!  

Overall, the majority of people are commiting votes, many are undecided and we’ve only encountered one person who said they were voting for the incumbent.  There is still a long journey ahead on this campaign trail, but if this trend continues it is not looking good for the opposition. 

I love conducting the surveys, or in other words, asking questions and documenting responses.  I can’t wait to analyze the responses and present the results to the community this fall! 

I was UNsurprised, but struck by the depth of commonality across “race” in the attitudes of many Black and White folks who are homeowners towards renters.  Many homeowners blame most of the problems over North on renters.  I admit that I moved into my neighborhood because it has an 85% homeownership rate, but I don’t believe in stigmatizing all renters or landlords.  I’ve been a renter for at least 1/3rd of my life.  However, I do object to landlords and tenants who don’t care about the community and distablize it.  We must acknowledge that some homeowners can also be bad neighbors.  Many Northsiders express a common vision for more homeownership and I share this vision, but we’ve got to improve rental conditions and I’m passionate about this too. 

I find that many of the best blocks are place where many of the neighbors know each other or are at least cordial.  When I’m elected I want to help foster a greater sense of community on every block, to facilitate neighbors getting to know each other.  I’d love to facilitate reconciliation of the racial tensions that exist, as several European American residents have indicated a need for.  Many people do value the rich and increasing diversity in our community, but I believe we’re still mostly segregated in our socialization, even though I am often pleased to see plenty of integrated friendships in various age groups. 

Crime is a predictablly common issue concern, and it disturbs me to hear that people are afraid to allow their children to play in their own neighborhoods.  One neighbor told us that her vision for the future of the community was, “better, safer for kids, not worrying about shootings.”  Another person said they, “would love to see kids outside.”  People, including me, don’t want to see drug dealing, fighting, speeding down sidestreets, etc. 

My platform seems to be compatible with the values, concerns and vision many Northsiders indicate at their front doors.  Many people feel the Northside is neglected and we lack progressive political leadership.  Many people are distraught about the pervalence of vacant housing.  Many people desire viable economic development, more businesses, more home improvement programs, living wage job opportunities.    Many people are very unhappy about the ever rising property taxes.  Many people are more interested in crime prevention than “crime fighting.”  Showing up after crimes are committed doesn’t make the community safer!  Many people are complaining about litter, which is a serious pet peave of mine.  I’m tired of seeing potato chip bags and bottles on boulevards!  One of the most common concerns is for the youth.  This is sad, but encouraging because I intend to be a chapion for youth development!  I’m trying to figure out how to massively engage youth during this campaign!  Many people complain about neglected children, unemployed teens, lack of resources and structured programming for youth, the influence of gangs and violence, lack of support, etc.  Massive youth engagement and family stabilization through opportunities (educational, economic and recreational) is vitally necessary, on a massive scale and permanent basis.  The Youth Violence Prevention Blueprint is great, but we must make sure it is fully implemented and it is not nearly enough (more on that later).  The goals include:

Before I rest, I must announce that I’ll investigate the terrorization of homeowners by City of Minneapolis Inspectors.  A neighbor told gave me a deeply troubling report about harassing practices that must be stopped!

This BLOG was too long…  Sorry.  I feel like I understand many of the complex issues that challenge Northside neighborhoods since I grew up here in the 1980’s and 1990’s, but I’m learning so much about the community from this canvass!  I’m on fire to complete it, but I need your help!

Thx!

mh
612 600-0155

(inner) peace

Today was a long, profound day.  It was deeply sad, beautiful, inspiring, and encouraging.  The purpose of this blog is to document my campaign experience, but I must share a powerful life story about an event that I attended prior to an evening of door knocking on the Northside.

This morning I attended a funeral, rather a “homecoming” for Stephen Israel Trice, the 22 year old son of my friends James and Dionne Trice, and the older brother of sisters Rachel and Alicia Trice.  Being a friend of the family, I knew Stephen, not well like a friend, but I’ve interacted with him and saw him multiple times over the last many years with his family and many other times on the Northside at his former job at Cub on Broadway.  This was one of the best homecomings I’ve ever attended, the kind of event that has changed my life!    

It is a tragic, heart-breaking loss: a righteous, responsible and loving young man has passed away after a yearlong fight against cancer.  I already knew that James and Dionne were loving, supportive and Very Involved Parents (V.I.P.’s), but they demonstrated the perfection of caring during their son’s tumultuous year long health decline that makes this tragic story so beautiful!  I didn’t cry during the awesome program until the Trice family expressed their gratitude and shared their testimonies at the end to the hundreds of people there to mourn and celebrate Stephen’s life with them.  This blog post doesn’t do justice to their testimonies, but I must say that the Trice family is very beautiful, truly a model family!  

12 hours of time passed today between the good-byes I exchanged with my daughter when I left home this morning until my wife picked me up tonight from a post-canvass debriefing meeting.  I carried my sleepy daughter out of the car, gave thanks and praised her, hugged my daughter very tightly and cherished putting her to bed tonight, reading two bed-time stories!  I am deeply inspired to be a better father, the best father I can possibly be! 

I love canvassing, but I’m going to have to do this almost every evening for the next 5 and a half (5.5) months of the campaign in order to cover 425 blocks!  It’s a lot of ground to cover in a relatively short period of time.  I’m excited about completing the canvass and all other major campaign strategies, but I long for Election Day so I can have more time to be as active a father and husband as I usually am.  I am an imperfect father, but I am a proud V.I.P. who is inspired and determined to grow as my daughter grows so my parental guidance increasingly improves. 

It’s amazing how much death can inspire us to live! 

R.I.P. Stephen Israel Trice

I will blog about the second half, or the canvassing hald of May 16^th asap (time is so limited!)…

PEACE

Greetings,

I am running for City Council, to represent and serve the 4th Ward in North Minneapolis.  Yes, as a political candidate I am a novice, but I’ve got more heart than most people who will ever run for elected office in this city (and I’m not an egomaniac).  Those of you who really know me know this is true.  I’ve been passionate about community, mine on the Northside and all others globally, since high school (actually, since Kindergarten I think).  From the age of 16 I’ve been both a cultural and political activist for many causes for no other reason than my love and reverence of culture, social and economic justice.  I am an intellectual with enormous compassion.  Those of you who know me understand that I am well prepared and determined enough to produce soundly just, equitable, and truly progressive public policy on a standard bearing level.  When I am elected I will fight the opposite like a non-partisan champion for humanity should.  I’m talking about public policy for the people, not the parties.  This is why it hurts me when most of my friends and acquaintances have been too busy or too indifferent to support my campaign.

If you won’t volunteer, then why not donate?  Although I’d appreciate it, and a $1 donation is a pittance, it would demonstrate that you care and this is what I ask all of you for, at a minimum, $1.  Little things mean a lot…  If everyone I knew, including all of the good people I’ve met who may be seasonal relations in life, if all of y’all donated a dollar or $10 it would add up to enough tri-fold brochures, post-cards, door hangers, refrigerator magnets, campaign signs, etc. to win this race! 

If I had $25,000 to self-finance this campaign I would, but I am a low-income, working class man. 
I have a debt to pay for the wonderful campaign website: www.marcusharcus.org.  Please contribute.

An older man once advised me that, “friends are never there when you need them.”  I know that friends are there at some of the most important times because I’ve been greatly helped by many friends during times of dire need, including bouts of homelessness during my transient adolescence.  However, it is too often the case that friends aren’t there when we need them.  What I’m trying to say is it’s great to help a friend who is struggling, but it’s also great to help a friend who is striving!  Ironically, strangers sometimes prove to be the best friends.  This is why I’m including the entire campaign list, including Northsiders I’ve never met in person yet, but whose vote I’m campaigning to earn.  This is who I am.  I’ve focused primarily on my family since I got married 6 years ago and I haven’t been very social with most of my best, favorite friends since my early 20’s (less than a decade ago), but I’ve got my priorities in order by focusing on my young family, as do those of you who are similarly focused on this institution.  I’m a bona fide family values guy.  To the point: my friends (OH NO, I sound like John McCain, don’t I?!?), and would be friends, I am in need of your active, SHORT-TERM support of this electoral campaign, even if we don’t kick it, even if you don’t live “over North!”  If you live in Minneapolis, somewhere else in Minnesota or somewhere else in the United States, you should join this campaign for Northside change!

I really need help canvassing the 4th Ward in North Minneapolis!  Although I am capable of knocking on every door on all 420 residential blocks by myself, it would be very helpful if some of my friends could join me now and then.  20 people have told me they will and I’m confident several of them will, but to increase canvassing efficiency and effectiveness I need as many good door to door campaigners as possible.  To tell you the truth, I really need a field coordinator because as the candidate I cannot play that role.  We only need 4,000 votes out of 15,000 voting age 4^th Ward residents.  It’s going to get done and while the City sleeps this is how the campaign is won.  The turn-out could be more dramatic with more help, your help!

I don’t like campaigning because it feels like I have to “brand” and market myself as a political entity, but I need to do be a candidate in order to usurp some political power in our city government.  This is a way I’m trying to make a difference in my hometown – LOCAL CHANGE.  I’m in it to win it, to win the most improbable but most possible upset in the City elections this year.  Door knocking is the key to victory!

A friend recently told me that “nobody likes door knocking!”  Door knocking isn’t for everybody, and many people are afraid of the Northside, but this is actually the most enjoyable part of campaigning, and speaking with so many good Northsiders is very energizing!  It’s a spiritual experience for me, so I invite you to share it with me.

Thx!

mh

(inner) peace

www.marcusharcus.org

P.S.  Please don’t be mistaken by the message above lamenting the lack of support from so many of my friends and associates.  I must thank the several dozens of people who have made contributions financially, technically, with equipment, venues, cards, letters, phone calls, emails, attending events, and the many other priceless contributions that have kept me running for a purpose, in spite of electoral campaigning!  There are more names than I can think of at once, meaning it would take me a long time to enumerate every name, which I will attempt when the race is done.  I could not run this far without the support of so many wonderful people, including former and current Minneapolis City Council Members.  I’m not playing; I’m building allies now, as quiet as kept, hoping for a progressive majority of 7.

Greetings,

I’m writing to tell you about my experience on the campaign trail.  I’ve been ringing door bells and knocking on doors in Ward 4, beginning in Precinct 10, in the Jordan neighborhood.  At these Northside front doors I briefly introduce myself as a candidate for City Council and ask if I can ask questions - “Hi, my name is Marcus Harcus.  I’m running for City Council and I’m here to introduce my campaign.  Do you have a few minutes to answer a few questions?”  It has been great meeting so many people; I’m truly happy about these encounters.  There are so many good people on the Northside that I am hopeful about the possibilities for producing significant neighborhood improvements if we can only organize the community and demand the quality of services we deserve from our City government.

Although I heard a lot of lamenting about the crime, unsupervised youth, lack of activities for youth, drugs, prostitution, violence, vehicles speeding down residential streets full of kids, foreclosures and people losing their homes, the need for jobs and racial profiling by police, it was a very encouraging experience.  I benefit so much from listening to the visioning that comes out of the surveying because community residents know what works and there are so many great, practicle ideas that Northsiders have which can make a difference.  The City must recognize and appreciate this, acting to support the realization of the community improvements Northsiders need and desire.

Several people told me they were going to move out of the Northside, but most were committed or resolved to staying.  People of all “races” were open and many people like living here, believe it or not, including yours truly!  I spoke with African American, European American, Asian American and Latino American parents.  I love the diversity!  Most of the people I spoke with were parents and the vast majority were very encouraging - I got many commitments to vote and people on every block committed to getting others on their block to vote for us! 

Note - I will refer to us and we when speaking of this campaign, because it is not about me and because I cannot win this election alone.

Since I began canvassing the community I feel more confident than ever that we will win this electoral race by executing the most effective direct voter contacts and organizing powerful community building campaign events.  Having a perfectly rhyming, easily memorable name will help significantly with the development or proliferation of my candidate name recognition on November 3rd.  More importantly, surveying people gives us a major advantage over our opponents because we’re listening and learning what the community has to say, documenting, quantifying and preparing a presentation of findings from the community responses.  We’re planning to facilitate community visioning for the 4th Ward / Northside in a series of Neighborhood Improvement Forums and Economic Development Forums.  It’s important to gauge the levels of community priorities and it’s important to get community members thinking and talking about the possibilities for community change, for improvements in their neighborhoods.  It’s important to identify commonalities, like the common values and common issue concerns in the community to develop a shared community vision, to highlight shared interests.  This is the Appreciative Inquiry method of systems change we’re applying.  It’s based on the assumption that there are things that work in a community and the people who live in the community would know better than anyone.  We appreciate what community members have to say so we inquire.  We’re building a base of support for a non-partisan Northside Community Coalition.

Well, I’ll end this message with an appeal for your support.  We need volunteers to help canvass (it’s fun!) the 4th Ward, to phone bank (it’s easy), to help with events and we need help RAISING MONEY! 
Voter contact requires campaign literature which costs money, as do campaign signs, etc. 

Please donate today, tomorrow, etc:
http://www.marcusharcus.org/donate.htm

Thx!

mh
(612) 600-0155

(inner) peace

Green Endorsed

On Saturday May 9^th, 2009 the Green Party of Congressional District 5 - CD 5 (www.mngreens.org) held its candidate endorsing convention at the North Regional library in North Minneapolis.  All of the candidates screened were running for elected offices in Minneapolis.  I am happy to announce that I, Marcus Harcus, 4^th Ward City Council candidate am now “Green endorsed.”

I know that I wrote a 4,500+ word blog about the DFL candidate endorsement process, of which I participated in for the purpose of blocking the incumbent.  However, this blog will be much briefer because the process was much less involved!

I appreciate the openness of the Green Party to screen me and give me the opportunity to be endorsed even though I am a non-partisan candidate.  Even though I was encouraged to become a Party member, I wasn’t pressured and I felt very welcomed.

I like being a non-partisan candidate because of the independence and flexibility I have to work with and for the people.  As my door to door campaign brochure says, “Public Policy for the people, not the parties.” 

The speech I made to the Green delegates was very similar to the speech I made to the DFL delegates. 
I told them:

1.       who I am,

2.       why I’m running,

3.       my vision for the Northside,

4.       the issues I’m prioritizing,

5.       my vision for a Northside Community Coalition

6.       the kind of Council Member I’ll be

7.       how I’ll win this race

I was asked some great questions, but at the moment I can’t remember most of them – it’s early in the AM and I’ve been very ill!  Even being ill I was compelled to post this blog to acknowledge the event, the “BREAKING NEWS.”

Yes, although I will retain the “non-partisan candidate” message I will proudly insert “Green Endorsed” on my campaign literature.  My campaign colors are blue and green, so “green endorsed” is compatible, especially considering the grassroots nature of our campaign.  Moreover, I like what the Green Party stands for:

    Grassroots Democracy

    Social and Economic Justice

    Ecological Wisdom

    Nonviolence

Here are the The Ten Key Values of the U.S. Green Movement

    GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY

    SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE

    ECOLOGICAL WISDOM

    NONVIOLENCE

    DECENTRALIZATION

    COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMICS

    FEMINISM AND GENDER EQUITY

    RESPECT FOR DIVERSITY

    PERSONAL AND GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY

    FUTURE FOCUS AND SUSTAINABILITY

I don’t like the 2 Major Party – Democrat and Republican – domination of American government and our public policy processes.  Minneapolis elected offices are occupied by a overwhelming majority of DFLers, the Minnesota version of the Democrat Party.  Republican candidates don’t have a chance in this city and that’s why Minneapolis politicians like the 4^th Ward incumbent join the DFL, even when their political ideologies and voting records reflect the thinking of a conservative Republican.  They are “Democrats in name only.”  I have voted for Democrat candidates most of the times that I’ve cast my ballot, but that is due to a painful lack of options.  I’m not dumb enough to ignore the fact that many of the worst problems produced by poor public policy have prominently involved Democrats.  I often believe Democrats are the opposite side of the same partisan coin with Republicans.  I don’t like being limited in my City, State, and Country to flipping this partisan coin!  I believe the majority of Northside residents are relatively non-partisan, meaning they may vote Democrat, when they vote, but most are indifferent to Party membership.  I recently met two great middle aged Northside homeowners who told me that before the exciting Obama election they hadn’t voted since JFK!  They don’t care that I’m “non-partisan.”  Going Green also challenges the status quo, which I believe will resonate with enough potential voters to get elected.

When Natalie Johnson Lee defeated then incumbent City Council president Jackie Cherryhomes in the 5^th Ward City Council race of 2001, she ran with the Green endorsement.  She never joined the Party and I’ve learned that the most prominent Green candidate to date, Ralph Nader, never joined the Party either.  I see value in political Parties, and support the growth and development of the Green Party, and I even told the Green convention that I’m open to being converted after the election if I get campaign support beyond an endorsement.  The Cherryhomes upset will be like the Barb Johnson upset, very shocking, because many people don’t see it coming, both within the Northside and beyond.  November 3^rd 2009 will be a very exciting Election Day!

Join the campaign!  Please volunteer or donate as soon as you can because November 3^rd is fast approaching!

www.marcusharcus.org

Thx!

mh

(612) 600-0155

(inner) peace