I have purposefully stayed out of the 3rd ward race after the dismal showing that Shane Price had in the primary.
I have been torn about who I would support in the Feb 3rd election. I am extremely active in the Sheridan Neighborhood, where Olin Moore has lived for three years, but I did not know who the hell he was till he decide to run for the 3rd Wards seat. Supporters for Don Samules are all over the map, from Natalie Johnson Lee and Shane Price to Barb Johnson, Barett Lane and Valdis Rosentals, I am wary about support from such a wide group of political strata. I want to thank Phyllis Kahn for helping me make up my mind. As one of the plaintiffs that have filed suit over the redistricting ward boundaries I do not see how an election can happen using these disputed boundaries when citizens in MPLS have not had our day in court about the legalities of these new boundaries. I firmly join the ranks to 3rd warders standing behind Don Samules and I urge all others to do the same. GO DON!!! tom taylor Sheridan Neighborhood > The situation is a mess and is made messier if there is no election > until 2005. My preference, besides my judgement on the quality of the > candidates, is to elect someone who lives in both the old and the new > ward. I agree that everyone should have appropriate representation as > soon as possible, which is why I want an election in 2003, a position > supported by Olin Moore and avoided by Samuels (to my knowledge). I also > want council members to care about the whole city (and even the state > and the nation) and I take nothing away from Samuels for the good work > he has done in his neighborhood. > > Phyllis Kahn State Rep. 59B TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
