The DFL convention is just 11 days away, and as a delegate, I still need help choosing who I will support for library, park, and school boards. (By the way, thanks to Gary Schiff for posting the Patrick Peterson school board candidacy stuff here...he is on candidate directory at http://www.e-democracy.org/mpls/2001.htm) This is a plea to all members to contribute what they know about the candidates, recommendations, insights, questions, etc. To try to jumpstart the discussion, I'll throw out one question for candidates on each of the three boards. Candidates: please answer to the list - and please feel free to talk about your other positions as need be. We need to know! (Also, other party candidates are encouraged to answer, too.) For library board candidates: The library implementation task force just announced their plan for the new downtown library. What do you support, or not, in that plan at this point, and why? For park board candidates: The park board has been ripped by infighting and personality conflicts. While you can only do so much to control the behavior of your colleagues, how would you stop this rift? For school board candidates (sorry, this one is parochial): What steps will you support to close the "Open Area 38" problem, in which most of Kingfield and E. Harriet lack a community school? For example, do you support building an elementary school in the area, changing an area magnet to a community school, giving parents "enhanced" preference at other south/southwest schools, changing the attendance boundaries of a current community school, or by some other means? And since we so rarely say so, thanks to all the candidates for running and working hard in public service. David Brauer King Field - Ward 10 _______________________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
