We were treated to a preview of next year�s city elections when Barb
Lickness, long reported to be a candidate for Minneapolis City Council made
a post to the Minneapolis issues list. Some stuff you just can�t make up,
the real thing is just so much better than fiction. Here goes:
[Lickness] Carsten called me today. Said he was working on a version of the
DFL letter too. I agree my opening statement was weak. I guess that must
epitomize my confidence when it comes to the DFL.
[TB Comment] Okay, so you are a party hack, do you really expect that every
other party hack is going to support you? In a contested endorsement?
[Lickness] Anyway, he will forward his version to me tomorrow. Will forward
that to you and Fred when I get it.
I know you are leary of Fred. So am I. But would rather have him on my side
than agin' me. Dean has dissed him and I am going to capitalize on that.
But I also know not to bring him in too closely. He will be an asset on the
DFL strategy stuff. He has already produced a map of all the "green" party
people in the ward. I can target them all directly with a letter and
hopefully defuse some of the people that may
consider supporting Dean Zimmerman.
[TB Comment/Translation] I do not trust Fred, no way, no how. So the stuff
that I�m sending to the two of you isn�t that important.
But, I�m going to try to turn him against the others. He�s a hack so maybe
he can help me with the other hacks. I want him to help me stop the support
of anyone who might even consider using an independent thought process. We
need to march lock step together.
[Lickness] And as far as the DFL fundraiser goes, let me know if you need
Robin and I to make chocolates or if you would prefer I didn't get involved
in that. I need to know in advance so I can plan the time.
[TB hint] After the above, they might not want you involved. They might
not even want to go near you. Some people don�t like it when you say you
don�t trust them or people that are their friends, they become protective.
Many people would consider it bad form to blast that all over the internet.
It can harm a candidacy, especially one that is either just getting started
or one that still has time for someone else to get into the race.
[Lickness] I also forgot that I will probably be getting some money from the
fundraiser on Wednesday so should be alright on the financial front. But I
don't want to spend too much on this DFL party cuz I won't make much from
the fundraising. These people give $5 and $10 bucks and stuff.
[TB comment] You�re right, go for the big money. Don�t waste your time on
people that are just plain cheap. If they won�t write a check for at least
50 or a hundred bucks forget about them. Money is everything.
[Lickness concludes] I really want to support you in this role, I just don't
know how so I need you to tell me. O.K.?
Later gater.
[TB concludes] A couple of weeks ago there was a letter going around part
of the city that looked like it could have been written by Pat Buchanan.
Now, Pat isn�t someone who had strong support in Minneapolis, he got 2300
votes in all of Hennepin County and 0.91% of the vote statewide. But this
letter was (I think) intended to persuade voters to vote for the letter
writer. This week we get, well I�ve said enough about it. I admire you for
being open, but sometimes one should think about what the reader will think
before you distribute this stuff.
Terrell Brown
Loring Park
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