TeenScreen Petition posted by Bev Miller

Dear TRUE:

If anyone has not yet signed the TeenScreen petition please go to http://www.petitiononline.com/TScreen/petition.html and add your name to the now 20,737 signatures and growing!

The pressure we created at the state Capitol on TeenScreen has caused it to go "underground". Congratulations on making such a big impact! Here's an example of what one Representative had to say:

Minnesota Representative Olson: "Given the volume of e-mails that I've received, on this issue, more than any other issue in this session and the fact that I've not received any in support and I've had a number of psychiatric professionals and psychologists contact me with their concerns about this program, I think it's very important that we rule out any of these kinds of tools."

TeenScreen is now considered so controversial that it has now been renamed: It is now being called a "suicide prevention tool" and is located in HF 6, HF 6 is a large education funding bill, and the part we are opposed to is just one small portion of the bill. We don't want to defeat the entire bill, just the "suicide prevention tool". The next step for this bill is the House floor for a vote, after Easter. Therefore it is essential that legislators have an email box full of emails when they return. Send an email as soon as you can, but definitely by Monday morning.


1. Send an email to your Minnesota Representative. If you cannot remember who it is, go to http://geo.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/districts/start.html and type in your address. The first person listed is the person you want to write to, and their email address will be right there for you, as well as their phone number. Send a bcc to rest of the Representatives in the House (see email addresses below).


2. Ask them to vote in favor of an amendment that will remove suicide prevention tools from the Safe Schools Levy (tax) in House File 6. Tell them that this is just a devious attempt to fund the controversial TeenScreen program that identifies too many children as being at risk of suicide, leading to the unnecessary drugging of kids. These drugs can cause suicidal and homicidal reactions in kids, which will make our schools MUCH LESS SAFE. Ask for a response. Include your home address so they know you are from Minnesota.

We've driven TeenScreen underground - now it's time to drive them completely out of Minnesota.

Bev Miller
Grand Marais

Minnesota House Reps. email addresses:

rep.jim.abeler@house.mn, rep.bruce.anderson@house.mn, rep.sarah.anderson@house.mn, rep.tom.anzelc@house.mn, rep.joe.atkins@house.mn, rep.mike.beard@house.mn, rep.john.benson@house.mn, rep.john.berns@house.mn, rep.karla.bigham@house.mn, rep.david.bly@house.mn, rep.laura.brod@house.mn, rep.robin.brown@house.mn, rep.kathy.brynaert@house.mn, rep.mark.buesgens@house.mn, rep.julie.bunn@house.mn, rep.lyndon.carlson@house.mn, rep.karen.clark@house.mn, rep.tony.cornish@house.mn, rep.jim.davnie@house.mn, rep.matt.dean@house.mn, rep.chris.delaforest@house.mn, rep.randy.demmer@house.mn, rep.bob.dettmer@house.mn, rep.david.dill@house.mn, rep.denise.dittrich@house.mn, rep.augustine.dominguez@house.mn, rep.al.doty@house.mn, rep.rob.eastlund@house.mn, rep.kent.eken@house.mn, rep.tom.emmer@house.mn, rep.ron.erhardt@house.mn, rep.sondra.erickson@house.mn, rep.tim.faust@house.mn, rep.brad.finstad@house.mn, rep.patti.fritz@house.mn, rep.paul.gardner@house.mn, rep.pat.garofalo@house.mn, rep.steve.gottwalt@house.mn, rep.bob.gunther@house.mn, rep.tom.hackbarth@house.mn, rep.rod.hamilton@house.mn, rep.rick.hansen@house.mn, rep.alice.hausman@house.mn, rep.larry.haws@house.mn, rep.bud.heidgerken@house.mn, rep.debra.hilstrom@house.mn, rep.bill.hilty@house.mn, rep.maryliz.holberg@house.mn, rep.joe.hoppe@house.mn, rep.frank.hornstein@house.mn, rep.melissa.hortman@house.mn, rep.larry.hosch@house.mn, rep.larry.howes@house.mn, rep.thomas.huntley@house.mn, rep.mike.jaros@house.mn, rep.sheldon.johnson@house.mn, rep.al.juhnke@house.mn, rep.phyllis.kahn@house.mn, rep.jeremy.kalin@house.mn, rep.margaret.kelliher@house.mn, rep.kate.knuth@house.mn, rep.lyle.koenen@house.mn, rep.paul.kohls@house.mn, rep.scott.kranz@house.mn, rep.carolyn.laine@house.mn, rep.morrie.lanning@house.mn, rep.ann.lenczewski@house.mn, rep.john.lesch@house.mn, rep.tina.liebling@house.mn, rep.bernie.lieder@house.mn, rep.leon.lillie@house.mn, rep.diane.loeffler @house.mn, rep.shelley.madore@house.mn, rep.doug.magnus@house.mn, rep.tim.mahoney@house.mn, rep.carlos.mariani@house.mn, rep.paul.marquart@house.mn, rep.sandra.masin@house.mn, rep.carol.mcfarlane@house.mn, rep.denny.mcnamara@house.mn, rep.frank.moe@house.mn, rep.will.morgan@house.mn, rep.terry.morrow@house.mn, rep.joe.mullery@house.mn, rep.erin.murphy@house.mn, rep.mary.murphy@house.mn, rep.michael.nelson@house.mn, rep.bud.nornes@house.mn, rep.kim.norton@house.mn, rep.dave.olin@house.mn, rep.mark.olson@house.mn, rep.maryellen.otremba@house.mn, rep.dennis.ozment@house.mn, rep.erik.paulsen@house.mn, rep.michael.paymar@house.mn, rep.gene.pelowski@house.mn, rep.joyce.peppin@house.mn, rep.aaron.peterson@house.mn, rep.neil.peterson@house.mn, rep.sandra.peterson@house.mn, rep.jeanne.poppe@house.mn, rep.tom.rukavina@house.mn, rep.connie.ruth@house.mn, rep.maria.ruud@house.mn, rep.brita.sailer@house.mn, rep.bev.scalze@house.mn, rep.marty.seifert@house.mn, rep.tony.sertich@house.mn, rep.dan.severson@house.mn, rep.ron.shimanski@house.mn, rep.steve.simon@house.mn, rep.dean.simpson@house.mn, rep.nora.slawik@house.mn, rep.linda.slocum@house.mn, rep.steve.smith@house.mn, rep.loren.solberg@house.mn, rep.steve.sviggum@house.mn, rep.marsha.swails@house.mn, rep.cy.thao@house.mn, rep.paul.thissen@house.mn, rep.tom.tillberry@house.mn, rep.kathy.tingelstad@house.mn, rep.ken.tschumper@house.mn, rep.dean.urdahl@house.mn, rep.jean.wagenius@house.mn, rep.neva.walker@house.mn, rep.john.ward@house.mn, rep.lynn.wardlow@house.mn, rep.andy.welti@house.mn, rep.torrey.westrom@house.mn, rep.ryan.winkler@house.mn, rep.sandy.wollschlager@house.mn, rep.kurt.zellers@house.mn