I'm writing this as a list member, not a list manager. While it's entertaining to see all the woofing from the various 10th ward DFL and Green camps, I'd like to encourage everyone here - and elsewhere in the city - to discuss their races in terms of issues that matter to the city. The campaign jockeying is (unfortunately) important to getting elected, but I've read precious little about what these candidate believe or why they would best represent us. For example, other members and I have asked whether candidates would re-elect the current council president, Jackie Cherryhomes. No one has answered yet. Arguably, a council member's council-president vote is the most important they cast. I'd love to hear answers from current candidates, with explanations. Feel free to explore various scenarios if that's important (for example, of you'd vote for likely challengers Paul Ostrow or Lisa Goodman.) Here's another issue: at conventions, I have heard two candidates - John Casserly in the 11th and Ann Berget in the 10th - say that they do not support unilateral city spending money on affordable housing because that would raise property taxes and hurt the city's financial underpinnings. Forgoing the easy answer that the city should be part of a regional affordable-housing solution.could candidates say what Minneapolis can and should do on its own to increase the affordable housing supply? I appreciate all the non-DFLers who have stayed with the list as it has become more dominated with intra-DFL chatter. Obviously, DFL fights are important to who runs the city. But DFL, Green, Republican, etc. -- the party label, or endorsement, is only a starting point. On some level, we are all citizens who care about our city and want meaningful dialogue about real issues as a way to decide who will represent us best. Thanks, David Brauer King Field - Ward 10 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 9:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] Re: 10th Ward win for the Green Party I'm surprised that in all of this discussion about the 10th Ward DFL COnvention (with no endorsement) there has been little talk of who I really feel won a true victory that day. The Green Party Candidate. _______________________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
