Again, "non-partisan" refers to the way the candiates get through
the primary and the way the city council itself is organized. It
doesn't refer to the candidates and their political/policy positions.
Cara Letofsky
Ward 9
Seward
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Tamir Nolley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Mpls] non-partisan?
Date sent: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:43:39 -0500 (EST)
>
> 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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