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John Burger
<br />District 43A
<br />Hennepin County
<br />Committees:
<br />Labor -Management Relations, Vice Chair
<br />Governmental Operations
<br />Financial Institutions and Insurance
<br />Health and Human Services
<br />Labor Standards Advisory Committee
<br />Department of Labor and Industry
<br />Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Board
<br />MEMO TO MEMBERS OF ORONO CITY COUNCIL:
<br />Minnesota
<br />]Houl;e of
<br />Representatives
<br />David M Jenn ngs. Speaker r ',
<br />January 1, 1487 .AN - 51987
<br />You have received an application for the 2-year vacancy on the Orono City Council
<br />from a neighbor, friend, and associate of mine, Julie Harren. I write this letter
<br />to recommend her appointment to that council seat.
<br />My acquaintanceship with Mrs. 1-larren goes back about six years. Civer that period
<br />I have worked with tier on various neighborhood and political party projects, such
<br />as fund-raising, candidate recruiting, constituent service, volunteer training and
<br />development, get -out -tile vote ca;npaigns, and the like. When Julic's father, the
<br />late state representative Ben Omann, and I were elected to the lefislature in 1982,
<br />we became good friends and cooperating colleagues because lie frequently stayed over-
<br />night at the Harren home and trvvelcd with ote to and from St. Paul.
<br />During legislative sessions Julie -corked for her father in variow capacities. She
<br />experienced the legislative prrcess and the elected official's re:.ationship to
<br />constituents. I have observed her in coordinating and managing vfirious projects
<br />and activities and have been impressed with her effectiveness, judgment, and human
<br />relations skills. She has demonstrated her capabilities in her own right also, as
<br />IR precinct chairwoman and party volunteer through the years I have known her.
<br />Julie is one of a large family of siblings (11) who grew up on a i:arm in Stearns
<br />County. Through her educational and community service pursuits there and here, she
<br />has acquired excellent insights, decision -making skills, and kein sensitivity to
<br />human conditions. She is fiscally conservative, as is her husband, Lee, a Certified
<br />Public Accountant.
<br />When Ben Omann died shortly after his reelection on November 4, 1986, Julie helped
<br />her brother, Bernie, a political science major at St. Cloud State University, run
<br />successfully for endorsement and election to their father's seat i.n the legislature.
<br />When I first ran for the legislature in 1982 for the seat Bob Searles was vacating,
<br />Julie herself gave some thought to becorniny-_ n crndidate for t1:at :eat, though she
<br />did not seriously go for it at that time.
<br />So, in Julie Harren Orono now has an attractive, young;, experienced mother of four
<br />seeking local public office from a family where her father and yoLnger brother have
<br />already had or are laving successful careers as elected public officials at the state
<br />level. This history and my personal first-hand knowledge of this capable woman's
<br />profile lead me to endorse her appointment to the Orono Council.
<br />CSpate Represen !.rive 43A
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