Chris Johnson wrote:
As for Dean Carlson's contention that precinct caucuses are lightly attended
and used by old hacks to further their agenda, I also disagree. As was pointed
out, under the previous system, there would be no inclusion of new people as
there would not even be caucuses. I
Dean Johnson wrote, Also remember the City DFL Central
Committee (or whatever they are called) opposed the switch from
presidential year caucuses to city election year caucuses.
[BRM] Sorry, but that statement is simply untrue. The 2001 City
DFL Convention adopted the
is race when there are so many other people we can be including.
Thanks for your post. Andy
From: Mike Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Subject: [Mpls] Caucus
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:44:50 -0600
I just came home from my precinct caucus.
I seriously doubt I will be returning.
When we were
David: You asked for some feedback on this year's caucus process and, although
I don't post often and usually lurk on this list, I thought I'd throw my two
cents in.
I live in Ward 11, Precinct 8. (A non-contested city ward -- Scott Benson is
unopposed and, by all accounts, has done a good
--- Mike Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I wasn't going to attend this evening because I have
been getting the
feeling that I am no longer welcome in the DFL party
because I am a
straight white male...
snip-
Oh, and by the way, if you're a white male,
you are the
problem.Get lost.
I may
I just came home from my precinct caucus.
I seriously doubt I will be returning.
When we were in the process of filling our allotted number of
delegates,we had more volunteers than open positions. Someone made a
suggestion regarding how we might eliminate some people.
The suggestion: I think
Mike Nelson
wrote
I just came home from my precinct caucus.
I seriously doubt I will be returning.
When we were in the process of filling our allotted number of
delegates,we had more volunteers than open positions. Someone made a
suggestion regarding how we might eliminate some people.
The
Mike Nelson wrote:
I just came home from my precinct caucus.
I seriously doubt I will be returning.
When we were in the process of filling our allotted number of
delegates,we had more volunteers than open positions. Someone made a
suggestion regarding how we might eliminate some people.
The
At 04:38 PM 3/2/2004, Eva Young wrote:
Whereas Pawlenty's Budget has recommended funding for the Colin Powell
Youth Center - a project of Urban Ventures
Whereas Urban Ventures misleads parents who send their kids to their
programs - As Liz Greenbaum from Minneapolis reports:
When parents are
Whereas Pawlenty's Budget has recommended funding for the Colin Powell
Youth Center - a project of Urban Ventures
Whereas Urban Ventures misleads parents who send their kids to their
programs - As Liz Greenbaum from Minneapolis reports:
When parents are signing their children up for classes -
So Its Your First Caucus
A multi-party, non-partisan workshop on getting involved in party politics
Tuesday, February 17th, 79 p.m.
Southwest High School (47th Chowen Ave S)
For more information, call 612-922-3106 leave a message for BOB! Or go to
www.getbob.org.
Newcomers to the
Just wanted folks to chime in about their caucus attendance last night. I
was at the DFL 61B side caucuses, we had 12 different caucuses at Richard
Green school. The majority of our groups were able to fill their entire
allotment of delegates which was an improvement from two years ago. I
One of the people in my caucus said that there were
only four people at the DFL caucus two years ago, the
year of the unfortunate Saturday experiment. This year
there was nine, which while still quite small wasn't
too far away from the average attendence in the 90's.
Hopefully now that I'm
on 3/6/02 9:04 AM, ScottP at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just wanted folks to chime in about their caucus attendance last night. I
was at the DFL 61B side caucuses, we had 12 different caucuses at Richard
Green school. The majority of our groups were able to fill their entire
allotment of
To ward one oners:
Unfortunately, I missed the precinct caucus last night. I've never
attended one before, and I was looking forward to learning a thing or
two. Is it possible to review minutes or agenda notes? Or am I outta
luck. What went on? Who can fill me in?
Conor Donnelly
WaitePark 1-1
One troubling note: the attendees at my Minneapolis caucus looked to be 100%
Caucasian and over 30 (except for 2 Holy Angels students forced to watch by
their social-studies teacher). The DFL has something to worry about, and the
color might be Green! On the other hand, I noted that the Strib
I was disappointed that the DFL and Independence Party did not
participate in the straw polls, because the numbers (shown on the
Secretrary of State's website) provide a reliable indication of caucus
turnout. (Great job, Mary!)
Over here in St. Paul, the Ward 3 precincts all met at Highland Park Sr. High.
The cafeteria was about 1/2 full for the candidate speeches before breaking up into
precincts.
Precinct 3-23 had 21 attendees, 4 (a little less than 20%) were newcomers to our
precinct caucus and of those 4, 3 were
I attended SD 58A, Ward 4 - 1 caucus last night as a Becky Lourey for
Governor supporter. I was surprised at her appeal in the Metro since she
is an outstate State Senator currently.
The body lacked some organization, but we elected 25 delegates to the SD 58
convention and adopted the
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