Jer rightly points out previous city-wide successes of the Stonewall DFL
Caucus. (and may I point out that we have also played a role in electing an
openly gay candidate to the St. Paul Paul School Board, Al Oertwig.)
There are other factors at play here:
1) We are seeing a lot qualified candidates emerging from the GLBT
community. All of the people mentioned on the list have tremendous talents
and expertise in areas that effect the whole community. Anyone around to
hear Patrick's speech on Saturday know how much thought and study he has put
into how Minneapolis can improve staff development for teachers and other.
2) Another part of the reason we are seeing so many wonderfully qualified
candidates who are also out of the closet is generational. We have the
coincidence of one of the most "out" generations ever arriving on the scene
as many politicians are retiring or moving on to other offices. Look at the
amount of turnover in the Minneapolis Legislative contingent over the past
three years.
Megan Thomas
Chair, Stonewall DFL
> From: Jeremy Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 20:41:49 -0700 (PDT)
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Mpls] Stonewall DFL (was patrick peterson)
>
> Thank you to Dennis Schapiros's acknowledgement of the
> growing clout of the Stonewall DFL in Minneapolis
> politics.
>
> I agree that Patrick Peterson's victory was quite
> remarkable. Stonewall DFL was proud to endorse Patrick
> and we are excited that he and his team did so well.
> In fact, we are pleased as punch that so many of our
> endorsed candidates have emerged victorious at this
> year's DFL ward and city conventions. For a complete
> list of our endorsed candidates, visit us online at
> www.stonewalldfl.org. (Might I add that Tracy Scott
> did a fine job siezing DFL endorsement as well.)
>
> However, it seems to me that Peterson is not the first
> city-wide candidate that the caucus leveraged. We
> needn't look back too far to see other city-wide
> trailblazing candidates aided by Stonewall DFL: Wally
> Swan(Estimate&Taxation)and Rod Krueger(Library) both
> are openly gay, strongly supported by Stonewall and
> running for re-election this year.
>
> 2001 presents an historic opportunity to really
> experience the capacity of Stonewall DFL and the
> broader GLBT community. With four strong openly gay
> City Council candidates and a longer slate of folks on
> all independent boards, the excitement has just begun.
> I welcome more comments about these fabulous trends.
>
> Jer Hanson
> Assoc. Chair, Stonewall DFL
> East Isles, Minneapolis
>
>
>
>
> =====
> Jer Hanson
> phone: 612.306.5274
> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "if you asked me what i came into this world to do,
> i will tell you: i came to live OUT LOUD." --E. Zola
>
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