Very nice story at the Star and Tribune about the departure of Chuck Samuelson from the ACLU MN. Chuck has been the Executive Director of the Minnesota ACLU for 20 years and moved it from a small three person office on a 66K budget to a million dollar organization that routinely files lawsuits, testifies in front of the legislature and advocates on behalf of our constitution. It was very much Chuck’s force of will that turned the ACLU MN into a real civil liberties fighter. The Star Tribune is correct when they call him a civil liberties giant in our state.
Sadly, Chuck’s health has been going downhill and he can no longer continue to run the program he spent so many years creating. I’ve met Chuck and I know the people at the ACLU MN. They are a great group of dedicated civil libertarians and Chuck is just a great guy. Very funny, very smart. The kind of guy you want on your side and not the guy you want to argue against. It’s a fucking shame that his health is bad.
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