Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 6:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActionGreens] FBI raids Green City Council candidate in Minnesota
Green Minneapolis City Councilman Dean Zimmermann's house was raided and his computers, files, financial records(campaign and personal) and campaign literature are all being reported to have been confiscated and may include sample ballots for the 10 Green candidates in Minneapolis paid for by the Minneapolis/5th Congressional District Local and being distributed from Dean's home as a central location with nearly always someone from his campaign available. Dean's home has been the staging ground for much of the networking efforts between our 10 green party campaigns in the city and with the primary next Tues. this(whatever "this" is) is coming down at a very inopportune time and some suspect it to be political motivated. It will be interesting to see how this pans out. The FBI agents would only say that the affidavit was sealed and that they were unable to let anyone know why the home was being searched. I'm sure myself and the MN delegates can keep the national committee informed as further information becomes available. David Strand The story on the FBI search of Dean Zimmermann's home and campaign materials is in the Star Tribune tomorrow. http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5604473.html Betsy Barnum Minneapolis http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5604473.html Last update: September 8, 2005 at 6:16 PM Feds search Minneapolis Council member's home Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune September 9, 2005 ZIMM0909 Federal agents executed a search warrant at the home of Minneapolis City Council member Dean Zimmermann today. Zimmermann, a Green party member who is seeking re-election, was not available for comment, but his campaign manager, Lauren Maker, said the agents spent three hours at his home. Maker said the agents confiscated everything relating to Zimmermann's campaign, including financial records and a pre-primary mailing in process. Maker said the agents told her the affidavit attached to the warrant was sealed, so she was unable to explain the purpose of the search. But Maker also said the agents took Zimmermann's personal financial records as well. Zimmermann, a first term council member, is seeking re-election and because of redistricting is in the same ward as council vice president Robert Lilligren, a DFLer. Dean Zimmermann"They shut down the campaign," Maker said. "It's politically motivated." Maker said she drew that conclusion because of the timing five days before the primary. ------------------------------------- Rochelle Olson is at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wcco.com live tv coverage of FBI raid can be seen at http://wcco.com/video/?cid=5 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/vseplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
