>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.
There are FIVE openly gay City Council Candidates not four. Four of these
were endorsed by Stonewall. I happen to think Robert Lilligren in the
eighth ward is the cream of this crop. Check out his website at:
http://www.voterobert.com/
Many gays in the Central neighborhood were appalled that Stonewall found
Robert unacceptable. The only reason for this was that Robert would not
agree to bide by DFL endorsement. That question should not get asked with
Stonewall DFL screenings. Council Member Brian Herron isn't a bad guy, but
he has done nothing to earn the Stonewall DFL endorsement. When you
compare Robert Lilligren and Brian Herron on GLBT issues the choice is
obvious.
Robert's answers to the Stonewall questionaire are available at the E
Democracy Minneapolis Issues Election Toolkit:
http://www.e-democracy.org/mpls/lilligrenstonewall.htm
http://www.e-democracy.org/mpls/Mpls%202001%20Election%20Toolkit.htm
Note that Brian Herron's answers to this questionaire are not available
here. Why not? Why not let people look for themselves at Herron's answers
to these questions and Lilligren's answers and decide for themselves which
candidates is better on GLBT issues?
Robert also posts regularly on this list, returns phone calls, and responds
to email. That is always a plus for a City Council member.
Since we are talking about history here. Many folks recall Mark Wallem.
Annie Young mentioned him in a recent post to the list. Mark was in town
this weekend, and he visited the City DFL convention. Years ago Gay
activists in the Stonewall DFL predecessor were instrumental in deepsixing
Alfred Babington Johnson's campaign for school board. Babington Johnson
was endorsed enthursiastically by the DFL elected official establishment.
Peter McLaughlin was one of his biggest boosters. Babington Johnson had
some rather disturbing anti-gay views. His endorsement was blocked at the
City DFL convention. In the primary he came in 6 out of 7. In the general
election he came in 4th, so he lost the seat. Mark Wallem and Michelle St
Martin were very instrumental in this effort. George Brady of the
Teamsters Union was also instrumental. I helped a bit also. This was lots
of fun.
Eva
Eva Young
Central
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