Another way of looking at the primary votes:
1993
SSB 57%
Derus 42%
Other 1%
1997
SSB 55%
Carlson 45%
Other 1%
Looks alot different when you adjust for the total number of votes.
Carol Becker
Longfellow
----- Original Message -----
From: David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Mpls list <>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 5:27 AM
Subject: RE: [Mpls] Stenglein Candidacy (+ snipe update)
> I wrote:
>
> >Last interesting note: in a city of 370,000, Politics in Minnesota
reminds
> >us that in 1993 and 1997, Mayor Sayles Belton won with 14,163 and 15,329
> >votes, respectively. I didn't realize it was that few.
>
> Several list members have written me very politely to question these
numbers
> as low. They're right. They're for the primary, not the general election.
>
> The general election results were:
>
> 1993
> SSB 59,269
> Derus 44,042
> Write-Ins 535
>
> In 1997
> SSB 52,222
> Babs 42,530
> WriteIns 794
>
> (Thanks to Annie Young!)
>
> Also, on snipe, several members have written me off-list to ask if I'm
> against "lost pet" ads and band ads, and the answer is no.
>
> What really bugs me is what I think I'll call "Industrial Snipe" - those
> mass-produced plastic corrugated signs for weight loss & making money at
> home. This also includes a series of unfortunate yellow paper Diet Pill
> signs currently afflicting S. Minneapolis.
>
> It would be great if a civic-minded corporation would sponsor a Wipe Out
> Snipe Day (cleaning company of some sort?). Let neighborhoods battle each
> other to remove Industrial Snipe and win prizes! We could even go to other
> less-gung-ho neighborhoods and clean up their Industrial Snipe...unless
> that's a boundary issue!
>
> David Brauer
> King Field - Ward 10
>
>
>
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