THIS IS A CLASSY MOVE BY THE U.S. POST OFFICE

Someone at the U.S. Post Office should get fired for this classy move. ## Sen. Wellstone campaign flier shows up at area residences Christine Rinn was surprised last week to find a campaign flier for the late Sen. Paul Wellstone next to the student loan statement and cosmetics sample in her mailbox. "I had to stop the lady next to me and ask, ‘This is the guy who died in the plane crash, isn't it?'" said Rinn, a registered independent voter from Minnesota City. "So why am I getting it now?" The arrival of the fliers in some Minnesota mailboxes have puzzled voters as well as officials at the Minnesota DFL and the U.S. Post Office. At least three Minnesota City residents received the fliers, which were paid for by the Minnesota DFL and mailed on the organization's nonprofit bulk mail permit in support of the senator who died in a plane crash in October 2002. The fliers tout Wellstone's commitment to farms and rural communities. Tonya Tennessen, managing communications director for the Minnesota DFL, said she had received only two calls about the fliers — from reporters in Winona and Austin, Minn. She could not explain how the mail had come to be delivered now. "We are assuming that something happened at the post office," Tennessen said. U.S. Postal Service spokesman Jim Stanley said he sent inquiries to bulk mailing centers after learning of the mailings Tuesday afternoon. "We're wondering ourselves where this came from," Stanley said. Stanley was doubtful that the fliers could have been delivered after being lost in the system. "It would surprise me because most people would know that the senator passed away and these would no longer be relevant," he said. "All we can do is investigate and see." The mailing urges recipients to "call Paul" and lists a phone number now registered to U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, who took over Wellstone's office after defeating Walter Mondale for the seat weeks after Wellstone's death. Tom Stoa, spokesperson for the Winona County DFL, said he had received one e-mail from someone who had gotten the mailing. "We're as baffled as everyone else," he said. Source: Winona Daily News, April 27, 2005 Disclaimer: I certainly hope that the many Minnesotans who wish to carry on Senator Wellstone's legacy will do so by visiting Wellstone Action. Wellstone Action has established programs to honor the memory and public activism of Paul and Shelia Wellstone by continuing their fight for economic justice and progressive social change.