What: Every Third Saturday, Thanksgiving Feast for Veterans and Their Families
When: Wednesday, November 25, 2026, 3-6 pm
Where: American Legion Post 99, 560 S 34th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55417, Map
A shuttle from Every Third Saturday (ETS) will be making a round trip to and from every half hour to the American Legion.
ETS is located at 5402 43rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55417 (3 blocks from the VA Employee Parking Lot on the northside of the VA-Minneapolis.ETS Map
What is Every Third Saturday?
Every Third Saturday is not associated with HD 66B Republicans, but some of our delegates have used their services in the past. Tom McKenna is a saint to the Vets who go seeking help from their organization. Our post of this event is for those Vets who need some place to get a good meal and fellowship with other Vets for Thanksgiving. — admin
By permission from the Greg Copeland Campaign for Ramsey County Commission District 3, we are reposting this post from the gregcopeland911.wordpress.com website which was originally post on October 26, 2026 “Ramsey County Commission District 3, 4, and 6 LWV Forum October 8 2026.” Ramsey County Commission District 3 takes in all of HD 66B, parts of HD 66A, and HD 65A (map link here). The clarifications & comments in the post are from Greg Copeland’s administrator of his site, known by a pen name of Publius Jr. — admin
A Note to Readers: There is only 1 contested race in this forum in District 3 between the DFL endorsed candidate Garrison McMurtrey and Greg Copeland who is running in a nonpartisan race. Greg has run for the legislature as an endorsed Republican but in this race he is a nonpartisan candidate. He had asked the LWV why there are 2 other candidates answering questions and they told him that voters want to know the opinions of those in uncontested races. So 3 DFL endorsed candidates get 3 minutes to answer a question to 1 nonpartisan and a previously endorsed Republican Legislative candidate who gets only 1 minute to respond. Does that seem fair for a “Nonpartisan” group to do that? That’s why their Nonpartisan claim needs to be challenged and their nonprofit status too. They are an arm of the DFL Party in this state and this is the kind of nonsense they pull.
This video has all the questions asked of the candidates, and when the responses are have timestamps on them starting from the start of the video. The SPNN/LWV Team doesn’t set it up on their videos with “Chapters” or breaks marking when questions are asked. They aren’t kind to their viewers. If their forums were merely informational they would make sure the audience who views the video would know when and what is being asked. ~~ Publius Jr.
For the sake of fairness, to start off we will not list the incumbent’s title, just what party endorsed them. We’ll list the Candidates in the Original Electoral Colors prior the #NewsMafia’s switcheroo in 2006. Republicans will be in Dark Royal Blue (Greg Copeland is running as a nonpartisan but to local media they treat him as Republican and so will this post), and the Socialist Democrats will be Communist Red (Socialists, Communists, Fasciists, Nazis all had a common color they embraced which was Red. See the CCCP or Red Chinese Flag which is all Red f0r reference).
Greg Copeland nonpartisan candidate for District 3
Garrison McMurtrey DFL endorsed candidate for District 3
There are 13 Questions and Opening & Closing Statements. You can click on the “continue reading” below question 4 to see the rest of the questions asked and when each candidate answered.
I’ve put in parentheses clarifications of something someone has said, and in Square Brackets my thought that the candidates missed. The links to maps are from my website where I’m the admin and chief writer as well. The website is just a website and not party of the state party and can’t endorse anyone, but have suggested to R Voters who to support in various races.
Time Stamps from the start of the video above
1:00-1:56Kim McCoy who is a member of the LWV of St Paul does an introduction of what forum it is and then explains what areas are in each Ramsey County Commission District.
District 3: Falcon Heights, St Anthony Park (Western edge of St Paul), Payne-Phalen (East Side of St Paul up to Ward 6 Precinct 6), North End (North Central St Paul), South Como [just west of North End and South of Como Park], Frogtown (St Paul), Hamline-Midway (St Paul) See our Map of District 3 link
District 4: Parts of Highland Park, Macalester-Groveland, Lexington-Hamline, Merriam Park, Desnoyer Park, Crocus Hill, and Summit are all neighborhoods of St Paul. See our Map of District 4 link.
District 6: Greater East Side, Payne-Phalen (east of Ward 6 Precinct 6), Dayton’s Bluff, Conway, and Highwood Hills which are neighborhoods of St Paul. See our Map of District 6 link.
1:57- 5:47 She explains the rules. She asks that members of the audience to not video the forum. So none of this video is edited on our end. She says members of the press can edit the video [I don’t have a press badge, but some consider me as a citizen journalist, I don’t get compensated like the #NewsMafia does, I don’t have video-editing as a skill yet].
The Rules she states are that each candidate can have an opening and closing statement that is 2 minutes long each, and can only have 1 minute to respond to a question. All candidates have agreed to it. If quoted by another candidate, the candidate can have a 30 second rebuttal. She says she will allow a candidate who does go over time to finish their thought before cutting them off.
She says the opening statements will be done according to alphabetical order and then she’ll randomly call on candidates during the forum so no candidate will always be first or last in the questioning.
She talks about questions submitted prior to the forum and questions can be asked from the audience using note cards, then they review them. (Mostly questions asked that hold the incumbent DFLer accountable are never asked, because the LWV of St Paul are “nonpartisan”). Questions have to apply to all candidates and can’t be of a personal nature.
Opening Statements (2 minutes each)
6:13Greg Copeland
8:19Garrison McMurtrey (He is another TDS person attacking President Trump. The “nonpartisan” moderator should stop him from doing this but she doesn’t)
10:15Rena Moran (When she was the MN HD 65A DFL Representative often in her district there were stoppages of Interstate 94 by voters who had kept her in office. In some cases those “voters” threw cinderblocks, rocks from overpasses and pedestrian walkways down at State Troopers and St Paul Police who came to disperse them from a Federal Interstate Highway, often injuring law enforcement seriously and some have permanent injuries. She never discouraged them or berated them in public).
11:43 Mai Chong Xiong (what’s wrong with the moderator? Mai Xiong has made ICE into a golem that terrorizes when she and the other TDS sufferers don’t realize they are encouraging Foreign Invaders to come here and rip off the overburdened taxpayers. The TDS attacks are overstepping the rules of this “calm” and “neutral” forum).
Kim McCoy says she’ll call on the candidates in a random order. That’s odd as stated above there’s only 1 contested race and Greg Copeland nor Garrison McMurtrey should have to respond to a candidate in an uncontested race. It’s simply unfair and the 3 to 1 set up shows their incompetence or as I learned from President Obama that it’s a deliberate action.
14:04 Question 1: If you could tell us what your top 3 priorities are upon joining the County Board [The County Commission]?
14:14Garrison McMurtrey
15:17 Mai Chong Xiong
16:22Rena Moran (it’s almost as if these 3 are reading from the same script that was provided to them. They all use the same vocabulary and I’ve never heard the word “continuum” used so often)
17:41Greg Copeland
19:04Question 2: Are you anticipating any security issues regarding voting and voting rights in this election? As a County Commissioner, what precautions would you support to protect voting rights?
19:17Rena Moran
20:13Garrison McMurtrey
21:19Greg Copeland
22:28Mai Chong Xiong
23:27 Question 3: After complications with the closure of the Pig’s Eye Park homeless encampment in August, St Paul and Ramsey County have temporarily paused efforts to close down other camps. Some Ramsey County residents are concerned that future closure efforts will leave unhoused [homeless] camp residents without adequate support. What should Ramsey County be doing to address homelessness and the growing encampments?
23:55Mai Chong Xiong
24:53Greg Copeland
25:58Garrison McMurtrey
27:05Rena Moran
28:14 Question 4: Many working families identify increasing cost of living such as food and gasoline prices as a major hardship. What would you believe your role in addressing these issues as a county commissioner?
On an average day you spend a third of your day with your colleagues at work and friends give you advice and give you some breathing space in forms of athletic outings or fun activities. Let’s face it not everyone is married and friends are the life line for many single people. Paul had Barnabas, and Jesus had 12 main disciples who were friends and also his colleagues.
Life would be so bland without your friends. So why not say thank you to them for enriching your life?
Charles Schultz the cartoonist who created the Comic Strip, “Peanuts,” was from St Paul MN.
Nationally there are only 3 recognized holidays that bolster the love and admiration of the family: Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Grandparents Day. We are the party of Judeo-Christian Family Values. We want to bring attention to the parts of the family that are often forgotten. In July we celebrated Aunts & Uncles, in August we celebrated Brothers Sisters & Cousins, and now we are celebrating our Friends and Colleagues–that other family we spend a third of our day with.
Why on the 3rd Sunday of October?
Well, because we can; but to have at least a full month since Grandparents Day to get ready. Also because the 2nd Sunday is closest to Columbus Day.
Colleagues are at work who share the load of a project. They know you almost as well as your family knows you. They challenge you to do your very best in the work you do. They chip in your contribution for pizza on occasion when they see you are coming up short. Work would be more stressful without good colleagues.
This article was reposted by permission from saintpaulrepublicans.us which has been running this holiday since 2018. It is not the SPRCC, but used to post for them prior to 2014. This was recently reposted on their site on October 12, 2026.
One of the benefits of getting involved in your local party unit is you can network with so many interesting people, locally in your neighborhood, your city, county, state, and sometimes at the national level. You can cement some really lasting friendships with people. So this #ProLifeSunday, call up your friends and co-workers and thank them for a lasting contribution to your life. — admin
This is an event post inside our House District 66B. Anyone can attend this nonpartisan event. This post was not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee, PAC, any MN Republican party unit or HQ. We are posting this as a courtesy to Post 577. We have had events at the Legion and it’s a great venue to hold an event. We are grateful to all who have served in this country in the US Armed Forces. We do not get any sort of compensation for posting this. We have to buy our Booya like anyone else. — admin
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