Matthea, I certainly appreciate your concerns. As we both know you are supporting the mayor and understandably are protective of your candidate, and that is laudable. I think it is appropriate to call attention to the mayor's track record and for me, that is based on seven years of not seeing enough action on issues that I think are important to the city...affordable housing, basic services, good development, etc. As to my platform I would direct you to my web site www.mcdonaldformpls.org. I don't want to exceed list members' tolerance for too many e-mails. It has all my position papers and game plan. The only things currently missing are public safety, city building, glbt, basic services, immigrants and transit. Those will be added this weekend. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. In running against an incumbent you have to make the case as to why the incumbent needs to be voted out of office. That's not trashing, that is just calling the record as you see it. A candidate also needs to lay out a plan and a vision for what they will do. That is reflected in my votes during my years in office and in the positions I've laid out as part of my campaign. I know that calling the mayor's record into question might make her supporters uncomfortable but ithe reason I'm running is I do think that we can do better. Lisa McDonald Tenth Ward Council Member > -----Original Message----- > From: M Smith [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 8:46 AM > To: McDonald, Lisa M; Freeman, Ann E; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [Mpls] Mayor to launch citywide cleanup effort beginning > with downtown > > Lisa: > > I give you the same criticism I gave R.T. The Mayor is easy to attack > because she is so very visible and yes she is the incumbent. > > I personally think it is very easy to run a "let's trash the incumbent" > campaign. I have seen this many times, and the consistent theme with this > type of campaign is the candidate running this type of campaign insulates > themself from having to make any commitments on what they would see their > performance if elected to the office. > > I am very interested in seeing not only the platform you are running, but > how you would make it work. I am actually more interested in the > logistics of your platform than the rhetoric. I would also like to know > how you would deal with the challenges of working with a City Council that > might not necessarily support your platform. > > On each of your points I would like to know: > > 1. The specific issue -- and why you feel it is an issue for the City of > Minneapolis > > 2. How you would address the issue. > > 3. Where you would get the money (if needed) to correct/address the issue > > 4. How would you garner support from the other city council members. > > Some issues that I have seen you address on this list are Racial Profiling > and Affordable Housing. If you could start with this issues and center > around what you would do if elected and not trash the incumbent, I > personally think it would help all of us make a choice on the positive > sides of all of the candidates running for Mayor. > > I personally DO believe whoever gets elected will be elected on what they > CAN do for the City of Minneapolis, not how much mud, or negative language > they have the capacity to throw. I think the City of Minneapolis > residents are above that type of politicking. I have seen it back fire as > recently as last week-end. > > Take good care, > > Matthea Smith, Powderhorn Park - 9-4 > > > > > > _____ > > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Personal Address > <http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=mailiyfoot> - Get email at your > own domain with Yahoo! Mail. _______________________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
