At 08:19 AM 4/18/01 -0500, Rosalind Nelson wrote:
>City Pages has an article about Natalie Johnson Lee, Jackie Cherryhome's
>challenger.
>
>http://www.citypages.com/databank/22/1063/article9496.asp
>
>If the link breaks, go to www.citypages.com and click on "An unlikely
>challenger." A quote from Rev. Curtis Herron (of Zion Baptist Church, and
>father of Brian):
>
>"People like and respect Natalie around here," Herron continues. "She will
>be a formidable candidate--and it will take one to beat Cherryhomes,
>because people are afraid of Jackie. They are intimidated by her, and many
>of them owe her favors. She hands out a lot of favors and is deeply
>entrenched around here. She remembers people who go against her and she
>gets revenge on them. People know that, so Natalie will have to go up
>against all of that fear people have, if she's going to win."
Thanks Rosalind for posting this. Curtis Herron has another interesting
quote:
<<"I think the way the Hollman development has ended up has shown
people Cherryhomes's true colors," says Rev. Curtis A. Herron, who directs
the north-side Zion Baptist Church and is the father of Eighth
Ward council member Brian Herron. "There was a time when she was an
effective council person, but it seems clear that she has lost her
ability to identify with poor people. She is a bureaucrat now who has lost
something that she will never get back. She has lost the ties that
bind. She has political ties, sure. But she is no longer part of this
community." >>
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What's interesting is this: <<In 1989 Cherryhomes--then the director of
the Northside Residents Redevelopment Council--unseated Van White,
Minneapolis's first black city council member. She campaigned on the
assertion that White had crawled into the pockets of downtown developers
and lost touch with
his constituents.>>
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Ironic isn't it--Cherryhomes hasn't seen a taxpayer subsidy she doesn't
like when it has to do with downtown development. When she ran against
White, Alfred Babbington Johnson (who was running for School Board at the
time) told her "If you had an ounce of African blood in you, Jackie, I'd
support you. But it's better having a dumb black man than a smart white
woman representing the fifth ward."
Cherryhomes has $26,000 in her campaign. She has been actively involved
with other endorsement fights--6th ward in particular, when she did floor
work for DFL endorsed candidate Dean Kallenbach. Perhaps she should be
busier with her own ward.
Eva
Eva Young
Central
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