I was cleaning my lists and found this old interesting note to throw in the fray... >Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 >Subject: Re: [Mpls] Greens again >From: Greg Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Lynnell Mickelsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 >List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=help> >List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >List-Subscribe: <http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/mpls>, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=subscribe> >List-Id: Minneapolis Issues Forum <mpls.mnforum.org> >List-Unsubscribe: <http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/mpls>, > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe> >List-Archive: <http://www.mnforum.org/pipermail/mpls/> >Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:47:14 -0600 > >on 1/18/01 2:06 AM, David Shove at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Doubtless we will now hear from the liberals that told us to vote Gore not >>Nader, because president is too important. Now they will tell us to vote >>DFL not Green because mayor is too important. > >-- AND -- > >on 1/18/01 10:26 AM, Lynnell Mickelsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> So I think a >> more savvy, viable Republican candidate could easily win, especially >> if voters split between Greens and DFL. > > >Remember that Minneapolis has an open primary -- there are no party >primaries. All candidates are listed on the primary ballot, and the top two >advance. You could have 2 DFL'rs advance, a DFL'r and a Green, an >Independence and a Green, or whatever. > >This means that the Gore/Nader dilemma does not exist in this year's city >elections. You can vote for the Green candidate in the primary and you >don't have to worry about electing a Republican. > >If the Green candidate does not survive the primary, the question becomes >what Green voters will do in the general election. > >------------------------------------ >Sent from the computer of: > >Greg Abbott [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Linden Hills >13th Ward (612) 925-0630 >------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy >Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: >http://e-democracy.org/mpls > Annie Young Ward 6 - East Phillips in Minneapolis Citywide at-large Park Board Commissioner Working to build a sustainable community _______________________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
