For all of the talk about the DFL v. the Greens. I would point out
that there might be many smaller parties such as the Grassroots Party or the
Socialist Workers Party who may be running candidates or supporting charter
amendments this year. I'd like to see them do so.
If this is supposed to be a non-partisan election, it doesn't
really feel like it. On the list you can see a lot of partisan shots taken
by people very committed to the parties they support, but sometimes in that
debate the actual residents that those parties are trying to serve get lost
in the whole discussion. Though I am a candidate seeking third party
endorsements, I really like the idea of the non-partisan election. It forces
each candidate to run on their issues and how they would best serve the city.
I think the best candidates out there are populist and solution
oriented and the weakest run on their personalities (i.e. "My name
is........, I've done .... and .... for my community, I am....... and I
am....... etc.) Our campaign, The Nolley Trolley, is a large group effort,
so if I started doing that, for weeks I'd be hearing, "this is about more
than just you!!!," And they'd be right.
I know that the last election was very tense for many people, and
that there are a lot of bitter feelings about it, But we can move beyond
it. Remember, most Americans don't vote, and in the last election, about a
third of Minneapolitans didn't either. Let's think of constructive ways to
involve and engage people, not parties.
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| Tamir Nolley
| Candidate for Mpls City Council, Ward 6
| Mpls 6th Ward City Council Campaign
| Hop on the Nolley Trolley !
| http://www.nolleytrolley.org
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