Greetings, My name is Lyno Sullivan and I am the endorsed Independence Party (see www.eIndependence.org) candidate to the Minnesota State Senate from the Stillwater area, District 56, which is in Washington County and spans Stillwater Township south to Hastings and west to Mahtomedi and part of Oakdale and Woodbury. I have obtained the endorsement of Richard Stallman, a leader of the free software community, for my position on free software. Please see: http://www.lynosullivan.org/position/pos/964668700 If you visit lynosullivan.org and have a look around, you will get a feeling for what the campaign teams are up to. We are creating a product called "Free Politics" ("free" as in "to free", "freedom" and "free software"). We are using Red Hat Linux, Linux Router Project, Python, Zope, mySQL, Mailman, etc. Please see: http://www.lynosullivan.org/free/FreePolitics We are in desperate need of volunteers to help with various Zope and Python programming assignments. All this work will become part of the Free Politics software which is already on the radar screen of some of Governor Ventura's advisors. With you help I am hopeful Free Politics can put free software squarely onto the Minnesota political scene. Our work might even draw national recognition and acclaim. As a politician I seek media attention. I intend to offer our campaign as a showcase of how affordable technology can be applied to politics. Once I am elected our campaign web site will become the prototype of a new kind of representative democracy where politicians seek guidance from "We the People" instead of PAC, special interest and lobbyist groups. Free Politics has the potential to be really big but I need your help to make it happen. If you can volunteer some time (even a few hours per week), please go to lynosullivan.org and complete the Volunteer form. If you cannot volunteer your time but would like to help, please consider making a $5 to $500 contribution to my campaign. If you are a Minnesota eligible voter you can receive a refund on the first $50 through the Minnesota Political Contribution Refund program. My campaign cannot accept contributions from corporations, PACs or special interest organizations so we rely on contributions from individuals like you. Thank you for considering our request for help. Sincerely, Lyno Sullivan -- Lyno Sullivan 206 S. 5th. St. Stillwater, MN 55082 651-430-0507 mailto: lyno.sullivan@lynosullivan.org web: lynosullivan.org Contributions: Campaign Fund of Lyno Sullivan and mailed to the following address. Prepared and paid for by the Lyno Sullivan Volunteer Committee P.O. Box 272 Stillwater, MN 55082 651-430-2815