The question of the city convention passing a "6th-district type" resolution
will be interesting, indeed. One of the new (as far as I know) wrinkles
this year was a provision that requires a 2/3 majority to debate or amend
proposed rules. So if you want to ask a question about the rules, you'd
better do a lot of lobbying pre-convention - otherwise you're stuck with
them. (yes, I know that there is the theoretical possibility of 2/3 of the
delegates voting do discuss a rule change, but I'm trying to stay rooted in
reality.)
According to Rick Stafford (personal conversation at the W6 Convention) this
change was mandated by the state CC (please correct me if I'm wrong). He
added that he, and others, fought this rule, but were unsuccessful.
So it would appear that while at least one provision of the rules was
instituted solely for W6 (and, we presume, against the candidacy of Park
Board Commissioner Dean Zimmermann), other changes which tend to stifle
dissent are coming down from the state level.
Arthur LaRue
6-6
-(David's original message)
The bottom line: DFL candidates who bail on the Green cross-endorsement are
being hasty - there is no city/state DFL rule that anyone has found that
bars this. (The DFL endorsement-seeker could lose delegate votes by seeking
the Green nod - but that's a delegate-courting strategy, not a no-talk
rule.)
Of course, the DFL city convention could pass a 6th district-type resolution
preventing candidates courting another party from speaking. But it would be
a "fresh" rule, not something allegedly time-honored.
Now again, party parliamentarians, what percentage of the convention would
it take to do that? (Or what will it take to undo such a no-speak rule if
passed by the pre-convention Rules Committee?)
I also applaud DFL chair Mike Erlandson for not enforcing a
"no-cross-endorsement" rule that apparently doesn't exist by any stretch of
the imagination. I think Brian and Mike are showing excellent, professional
leadership here. This only helps the DFL's reputation.
David Brauer
Kingfield - Ward 10
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