Gubernatorial candidates have e-mail addresses. Recent Supreme Court decisions, presidential press releases, and federal legislation are all on the Internet. The Internet is politically neutral. The private news sector as well is increasingly communicating on-line. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune has announced that its electronic edition will offer over three times the depth of coverage of its print edition.
Internet users find their most timely information in electronic journals.
No need to travel to a research library since full-text magazine articles are on the Internet. Increasingly, information will be available only in electronic format. Minnesota's citizens need good information in order to have a say in how their society is run. For our children, that will be impossible without electronic information skills and access. As an educator, as a citizen, and especially as a parent, I am working to see that our schools use technologies like the Internet to give Mankato's children a chance to be among the governors.