Rybak Coasts to Easy Win in Mayoral Primary
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And the silence you hear is Peter McLaughlin and his supporters...
I can't see how McLaughlin spins the primary election in a positive
manner. He had the momentum coming out of the convention and then
loses by 10 points. Also David's Ward analysis shows that again RT
swept the 10th, 13th,
Dean Carlson writes:
Tenth Ward will be a fun race to watch. Remington should watch out as
the Ward has a reliable progressive base of about 40-45 percent.
Unfortunately, Remington needs 50.1 percent to win. I say Persons wins
53-47.
I say:
Persons will win by at least that much.
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Good morning all,
I agree that the mayor has many issues to talk about - many in which they
have greater influence on the outcomes than schools. I also love hearing
the candidates positions on supporting MPS.
Without discussing support for any of the candidates for mayor, I do want
our mayor to
A letter containing the following requests is being sent to the Ways
and Means Committee of the Minneapolis City Council:
1. The City Council should resolve to initiate a cost-benefit study of
a publicly owned network. This study should include, at least: the
costs of physical
I think the issue is that the Mayor does not control the School
District purse strings nor sits on the policy making board so any
support for the public schools is relegated to cheerleading and
lobbying at the State level. Important functions yes, but something
that is inherently expected
Good point Chris. Each day I drive across the Lake
Street bridge into Saint Paul, remarking to my
2-year-old that we are crossing the river into St.
Paul.
Of course we don't want to forget about our friends in
Northeast, Como-U, Marcy Holmes, Prospect Park, etc.
And we can't forget about
Library Board
Only Wittstock breaks 10% in that crowded field.
Talk about a confusing selection for voters. How many
of those candidates actually did any campaigning? For
someone who hasn't been able to go to debates, I had
to do some real deep researching to find any info on
them. HEY
I wrote:
Ward 9
Schiff 51
Bicking 24
Shegstad 18
Comment: it will be a lot quieter on the list.
Then Dan McGrath wrote:
Don't count on that, Mr. Brauer.
Then Derek B. Reise wrote:
I don't
share David Brauer's predicition that this will really
quiet the list too much down
Seems to be one of the big questions of the day, so to spur discussion...
To the forum's Green Party voters:
With Farheen Hakeem out, will you vote for Peter or RT, and why? (I don't
preclude not voting, but if you're doing that, explain also.)
David Brauer
List manager
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I am not Green but am independent in my voting.
This is a dilemma question for me as I cannot stomach voting for either
of these two men.
My hot button issue here is the stadium, both think I should pay for
most of it.
I guess I can write in a name, but have to admit that that person will
never
Hello all,
The person that made those comments had a McLaughlin t-shirts and was passing
out Peter literature all day. He has been at many events, such as Matthews
Park during Aquatennial and Brian Coyle Center last Friday, translating for
Peter. R.T. may be clueless about social justice
This question does not really apply to me because I moved to the suburbs,
but as someone who would have voted for Hakeem if I lived in Minneapolis,
I'll answer anyway. I would be slightly leaning toward RT without any
enthusiasm.
Mainly because McLaughlin is so much backed by the old guard
Of course St. Paul has the same thing with the West Side (where my sister
works).
Hugh Gitlin
St. Paul, east of the river
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From: Derek Burrows Reise [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 08:37:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Mpls] Across the river
It is very likely that the homophobia attributed to the McLaughlin campaign
is simply the action of one Somali man, and he is so notorious for this
behavior that I could probably name him.
He also did great harm to Bill Svrluga's campaign for DFL endorsement for
the council seat. He's a
Dean E. Carlson writes:
And the silence you hear is Peter McLaughlin and his supporters...
I can't see how McLaughlin spins the primary election in a positive
manner. He had the momentum coming out of the convention and then
loses by 10 points. Also David's Ward analysis shows that again RT
At this time, there is no evidence to suggest that the words or actions of one
individual should cast a shadow on the entire McLaughlin campaign. This appears
to be an isolated incident of a single individual at this time. This situation
(if true) is unfortunate and we will be initiating
Dean E. Carlson writes:
And the silence you hear is Peter McLaughlin and his supporters...
Michelle Responds:
How anyone could believe that Rybak had a victory is beyond me. Clearly the
winner was Farheen. But what the overall vote showed was that most people are
as sick of Rybak, as we were
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and sounds like a duck, it's
probably a duck.
I am accusing the FBI of framing up Dean Zimmermann on charges of extortion
and bribery because those charges are based on publicly broadcast,
unsubstantiated allegations, and because of other facts that
Michelle Writes:
How anyone could believe that Rybak had a victory is beyond me. Clearly the
winner was Farheen. But what the overall vote showed was that most people
are as sick of Rybak, as we were of Sayles-Belton.
Dennis Plante Responds:
However, the real question now becomes, where
I quite agree with Ronald. I, too, voted for Farheen yesterday, and at this
point plan on writing her in on my November ballot as well. I consider myself a
DFLer, but I can get behind neither of these candidates. It's hard to believe
them when they talk about improving our city and its services
I just don't see how this is helping CM Zimmerman. It has been only six days
since the search warrant was executed. Obviously, the feds didn't have enough
evidence for an indictment which is why the search warrant was sought in the
first place. If an indictment is coming, it will happen when
Rats! First time I forgot to sign!
Loki Anderson
Downtown (temp)
Loki Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just don't see how this is helping CM Zimmerman. It has been only six days
since the search warrant was executed. Obviously, the feds didn't have enough
evidence for an indictment which
On 9/14/05 12:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The turnout will be higher in November and this one ain't over until
then.
Bill Kahn
On 9/14/05 1:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How anyone could believe that Rybak had a victory is beyond me. Clearly the
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When I spoke to my election judges
A response to an inquiry in the Minneapolis Forum about how to refer to our
neighbor across the river: I describe Saint Paul as a city poised on the
edge of yesterday to distinguish it from Minneapolis which I describe as a B+
town that thinks it is an A.
Arthur T. Himmelman
Loring Park
Hello all,
I voted for Farheen Hakeem, and I have been an endorsed GP candidate for
state House in 58A.
I have met and talked with both men (T-dum, T-dee) at length on certain
issues. On many issues, the differences are semantic. They only look large
in the magnification of the political
Bill is absolutely right. Is the mayor's race over before the election?
Check out W2, P7's results on the City's website (also at bottom). It reads
Mclaughlin 44, Hakeem 36, Rybak 35 (see below), that probably should be in
the victory tally for Hakeem in some form. I don't see individuals
For someone who hasn't been able to go to debates, I had
to do some real deep researching to find any info on
them. HEY CANDIDATES, join the 20th century and put
up at least a boilerplate website!
At the Mpls DFL website (www.mpls.dfl.org), the list of endorsed candidates
I voted for Farheen Hakeem in the primary, and
consider myself a Green partisan. I'm leaning toward
Rybak in the general election for a couple of reasons:
1) Issues relating to labor. Though I am a union
member and a supporter of unionized labor, too often
the interests of union leadership are at
To whom will the Shegstadites go?
That depends entirely on Bicking, I think. If he can convince us that he
will be a true representative, putting the desires of his constituents above
partisan and special interest politics, myself, and other Shegstad
supporters may swing his way.
Dan McGrath
I thought I sent this message out earlier this morning, but it looks like
the email didn't go through...sorry if this is a duplicate - PCR
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This year's 14 percent primary voter turnout is way off from 2001 - but as
everyone remembers, that primary was held on September 11, 2001.
As it was election day, the Board meeting had to be completed by 6pm. It
was a short agenda.
First side note - I've been attending the meetings since August of 2004
(unless I'm out of town on business). Each meeting has a printed agenda.
One of the first items on the agenda is approval of
First, in a field of 19, 10% is very good. The percent on the table is
calculated using the total number of votes cast in the Library election.
This is up to six votes per voter. If every candidate got an equal number
of votes, that would mean that each would have received 5.26% of the vote.
I have inquired about the regrettable events that Ms.Hakeem experienced.
If the remarks and behavior attributed to a campaign supporter are true,
they are repugnant to my values as
an individual and an elected official.
Upon learning of this incident, I immediately instructed my campaign
staff
This year's 14 percent primary voter turnout is way off from 2001 - but as
everyone remembers, that primary was held on September 11, 2001. Turnout
then was higher than normal and people speculated that many who left work
felt like voting was the most patriotic thing they could do that day -
One of the character strengths I have noticed in Peter is that he does not
get defensive or reactive..(at least not what I have seen) in the face of
criticism.
A character trait I admire.
I am voting for Peter McLaughlin. I urge other to do likewise.
Margaret Hastings
Kingfield
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position
Dennis Planet wrote:
Although I am not a supporter of Peter McGlaughlin, I believe
that what he is saying is fair, honest and accurrate. In the heat of a
campaign, it is virtually impossible to screen all the volunteers
that may wish to participate. I tip my cap to him for taking the
Well it certainly wasn't Doug Mann...
MARIE HAUSER . . . . . . . . . 1,000 (30%)
ELIZABETH GLIDDEN. . . . . . . . 829 (25%)
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DOUG MANN . . . . . . . . . .69 (2%)
Am I the only person who's noticed that the more voters have gotten to know
Mr.
On 9/14/05 1:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dean E. Carlson writes:
And the silence you hear is Peter McLaughlin and his supporters...
Michelle Responds:
How anyone could believe that Rybak had a victory is beyond me. Clearly the
winner was Farheen. But what the
Paul Rohlfing asks:
How does this year's turnout percentage compare to the 1997 primary?
Jeanne Massey replies:
An abysmal 18% in 1997, though higher than yesterday. The dysfunction
(i.e., poor voter turnout) of our two-round (primary-general) election begs
for a change in how we elect our
Mark Snyder writes:
I'm not sure about Michelle and I certainly don't want to rain on Farheen
Hakeem's great campaign, but where I'm from, when you get more votes than
all of your opponents, that's usually considered a victory.
What's so difficult to understand about that?
That depends on
For Immediate Release
Majority of Primary Voters Agree: Anyone But Rybak
Minneapolis, MN - Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis President John
Delmonico today congratulated primary voters for taking the Federation's
advice and voting for Anyone But Rybak.
The primary election is a story
Good to see special interest groups trying to sway the election. Where
exactly does Delmonico live???
dennis plante
lind-bohanon
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I think both Peter and RT would do themselves an injustice if they believe
that they will court the Green vote by focusing on environmental issues. The
Green Party, and particularly the campaign of Farheen Hakeem, has done much
to show that what Greens want is a progressive agenda of justice
If a Minneapolitan really want to raise the hackles of a true and loyal
St. Paulite, refer to their great city as Our Favorite Suburb! I
guarantee you will generate a reaction!
Jim Bernstein
Fulton
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Leurquin, Ronald wrote:
My hot button issue here is the stadium, both think I should pay for
most of it.
I'm really puzzled about why so many people are making this issue
their decisive one. The stadium issue is far, FAR less important
than the other challenged facing our city: underfunded
Walking around, I see Ralph Remington signs on many fancy homes in East
Isles and East Calhoun. While I do not doubt that many of these people
would consider themselves moderately liberal, I do not think they are
voting for Ralph because he was endorsed by ACORN and Progressive Minnesota.
David Brauer wrote:
Gary Schiff's 51 percent was the lowest by an incumbent (except for RT)...
---o-o
Schiff had the only primary where voters had a choice between a Green
(Bicking) a Republican, (Shegstad) and a DFLer.
Interesting, wasn't it? The Greens are making steady progress and have
developed enclaves on the southside that are beginning to make a dent in
DFL strongholds. Hakeem made a really strong impression on the
electorate who turned out. The DFL is beginning to feel the effect of
the Greens.
Wizard said:
The sixth. Ah, the sixth. Lilligren proved himself a soft incumbent.
Zimmermann, with the FBI publicly breathing down his neck, still pulled in
44.31% to Lilligren's 48.43%. This one is a race and Lilligren does not have it
sewed up by any stretch. If enough people support
--- Jim Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If a Minneapolitan really want to raise the hackles
of a true and loyal
St. Paulite, refer to their great city as Our
Favorite Suburb! I
guarantee you will generate a reaction!
Jim Bernstein
Fulton
After ambling through the Touch
Dan Mcgrath wrote
Don't count on that, Mr. Brauer.
The Shegstad campaign seriously underestimated the Green get out the vote
effort. We know that there is much more support for Shegstad among the
regular folks, but getting them out to vote in the primary proved
challenging. Regular folks aren't
I for one am very very proud of Farheen. Taking over 4000 votes is amazing.
This really shows the diversity of Minneapolis and that we should be hopeful.
I am disappointed she did not finish second. But theres always next time. I
hope we continue to see Farheen in our political arena- we
Thank you, Mr. Madden.
Buzzy Bohn
Folwell
Tom Madden wrote:
As it was election day, the Board meeting had to be completed by 6pm. It
was a short agenda.
First side note - I've been attending the meetings since August of 2004
(unless I'm out of town on business). Each meeting has a printed
And same is true of Green Party endorsed candidates.
All endorsed candidates had webpages linked from the
Minneapolis/5th District Green Party website or from
the www.mngreens.org site which is the state party
website. http://www.mngreens.org/candidates.php
Or, you could have gone to the
Barbara Lickness wrote:
Lilligren was not the incumbent in this race, Zimmermann was. Lilligren won soundly in the portion of the ward that was part of the old 8th and now in 6. He also beat Zimmermann in 3 of the 6 precincts in the new ward where Zimmermann is the incumbent. In the 3 precincts
Wizard said:
Lilligren swept into office on Rybak's coattails as part of the new DFL.
Me:
Actually Robert swept into office because the projected winner plead guilty to
bribery, did the honorable thing and resigned and shortly thereafter went to
prison. Robert won a decisive victory over
Brandon Lacy Campos explained the Green Party principles to us:
The Green Party and those that believe in its agenda believe in gender
equality (backed by legislation to eliminate gender disparities), the
annihilation of racism, environmental sanity, freedom for queer individuals
to fully
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:26:43 -0700 (PDT), Loki Anderson writes,
I just don't see how this is helping CM Zimmerman. It has been only six days
since the search warrant was executed. Obviously, the feds didn't have
enough evidence for an indictment which is why the search warrant was
Mark, would you provide support or evidence of her
making such comments?
She voted in favor of the city lobbying the state for
equal marriage rights, in favor of repealing the
restroom ordinance which was leading to harrassment of
transgender people and has supported every other
iniative at the
Repeatedly, land use issues come to the fore on our West Broadway and
throughout Mpls. Repeatedly, City government's proposed disposal of our public
land
does not have much foresight; nor provide much public good. A proposed
development on West Broadway, as reported below, can only proceed if
Jeanne Massey wrote:
Paul Rohlfing asks:
How does this year's turnout percentage compare to the 1997 primary?
Jeanne Massey replies:
An abysmal 18% in 1997, though higher than yesterday. The dysfunction
(i.e., poor voter turnout) of our two-round (primary-general) election begs
for a change
U I have just one thing to say
Single Transferable Voting or STV is one of the many
numerous forms of IRV that would resolve your concerns
listed here.
David Strand
Loring Park
--- David Hauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jeanne Massey wrote:
Paul Rohlfing asks:
How does this
I would point out that contrary to what Mr. Mann thinks Loki Anderson is
the Associate Chair of the 5th CD DFL and a man. (that or in need of
some serious electrolysis).
On a different note ... regarding what to call us over here in St. Paul
... let me get back to you after November when we
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