Just want to respond to the scurrilous little piece of rumor mongering that
Mr. Stafford has directed at me in this post. First of all the last two
occasions I have been with Ms. Lickness have been at the Stonewall DFL
screening and at the Teamsters screening. Mr. Stafford was at neither of
these events so of course he is repeating this second hand. As to his
implication that somehow in conversation I said I voted for a Republican is
ludicrous. Ms. Likeness is correct when she says the conversation Mr.
Stafford recounts is not the one we had. The conversation that she and I
had bears no resemblance to Mr. Stafford's interpretation of his so-called
second hand hearing of it. We just discussed the inclusion of a question in
screening asking "who the candidate voted for in the presidential election."
I indicated to Ms. Likeness at the Teamster's screening that I believed in
the privacy of the voting booth. The only other people in the room were Greg
Abbott and Paul Ostrow.
Since Mr. Stafford is questioning my Democratic credentials all I can say is
the following:
1. I have been a DFL delegate for the past eight years.
2. I have supported financially and with time only DFL candidates
3. If Mr. Stafford is in the habit of checking out my lawn signs for the
last several years, he would know that I only have DFL lawn signs in my
yard.
4. I have a file full of mail from the DFL State party directed to me asking
me for financial help
5. Last but certainly not least, look at the past eight years of my voting
record at City Hall. The person who ran against me last time, tried to
tarnish that and didn't succeed. It stands as a record of someone who votes
Democratic.
I can only suppose that Mr. Stafford is trying to tarnish me because of his
support for the current Mayor. I would also ask the list manager in the
future to supervise these types of posts a little closer. Folks shouldn't be
allowed to rumor monger when they haven't heard the conversation first hand
or don't have any facts to back up their accusations.
Lisa McDonald
Tenth Ward Council Member-----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Stafford [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 10:23 AM
> To: Mpls Issues List
> Subject: [Mpls] RE: Grow and Stonewall DFL
>
> I have been following the discourse on both the Doug Grow column: DFL
> Stonewall endorsement with interest. Especially as a former State DFL
> Party Chair.
>
> I had a more amused reaction to the Grow (or should I say the Michael
> Krause) column. First, Grow again did not do his research. As a
> journalist he should
> have gotten reactions from both sides, not just the complainers!!!!
> Plus, he should have waited until the full Board meet to make their
> recommendations (which as of last night found all three mayoral
> candidates acceptable).
> But, maybe his reply would be that it is an opinion column, so that
> isn't needed. He would be better served if he did. As a original
> founder of the DFL Gay and Lesbian Caucus in the seventies and a member
> of the now called "Stonewall DFL Caucus", I know first-hand that the
> issue of abiding by the endorsing process is not new. And, yes, the
> Caucus has recommended or found acceptable at times candidates who say
> they won't abide by the endorsing convention decision. That is the
> right of the participants who take part. As to the participants, I
> attended and I can say that I didn't know about 80% of those in
> attendance. Many new young faces--so much for the insider
> argument!!!!!! In addition, in the voting for the Sixth Ward race, I
> moved a motion that would have found all three candidates that screened
> "acceptable". Unfortunately, a slim majority disagreed with the
> motion. So this "insider" was the the opposite side that the previous
> posters have said stopped "acceptable" for some candidates. Back to the
>
> Grow column, I have a long memory, and I really found it amusing that
> Michael Krause was so upset with the position some at the Stonewall
> screening placed on voting for those who will support and abide by the
> DFL Party's very open endorsement process. If Mr. Krause were honest he
>
> would have told Mr. Grow that he, himself, argued for this position many
>
> times in the past. Unfortunately, this time Mr. Krause is supporting a
> candidate that is not holding to that position, so it now unfair. One
> other interesting note, based upon a conversation overheard between Ms.
> McDonald
> and Barb Lickness, a former Republican, would be Ms. McDonald's and
> Lickness'
> reponse to an open question about who they supported in the last
> presidential election.
> I don't think it was the Democratic or Green Party candidate!!! One
> finally note to the DFL
> Stonewall screenings involved the number of individuals who clearly
> stated
> that their allegiance was the "Green Party" and not the DFL Party. I
> challenge a couple of them as to why they were here as this was a DFL
> Party meeting, not the Green Party-- now a major political party in
> Minnesota.
> There reply was "I can be wherever I want to be". What this reflects is
>
> a bigger problem. Many have lost sight or don't understand what the
> role of a
> political party represents and why it is formed. Mr. Grow clearly has
> forgotten or didn't pay attention to his high school civics lessons.
>
> Rick Stafford, Ward 9, Powderhorn Park
>
>
>
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