At 11:08 PM 5/13/01 EDT, Scott Vreeland wrote:
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>In a previous posting on this list I have talked about the Star Tribune
>coverage of Park Board endorsements. The background of this is that I am
>endorsed by the Green Party and I was trying to figure out why the paper
>refused to report the recent endorsements of Mark Knapp, Fran Dassier and
>myself. The paper was contacted and given press releases..........
Scott is right on here and I'll make a testament to that. In a story about
the DFL convention it was also reported that the Independence Party made no
endorsement in city elections and did not plan to, despite the IP convention
in which I was endorsed by 94% of the IP delegates for the sixth ward city
council race. That may be a more enthusiastic endorsement that any other
mpls candidate has received for a city office this year. Despite the press
release, phone calls and e-mails sent to Rochelle Olson (the strib reporter
covering city elections) by then party chair Neal Levine and myself. After
similar follow up by the Greens, SOME of their candidates were reported on.
>After I posted this discussion and maybe because of this forum's influence,
>There was a mention of Mark Knapp's Green Party endorsement.
>
>Part 2: After the DFL convention, the Star tribune wrote about all of the DFL
>endorsed candidates for all the city elections including the Park Board
>races. But did not mention any Green party endorsed candidates. I called Lou
>Gelfand to ask about this, but after a week, he has not returned my phone
>message.
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Nor did they mention my endorsement or even the fact that we had an
endorsing convention. I may yet call Lou Gelfand, but considering the
"luck" we've had with media coverage I'm not particularly optimistic. I
think it does hurt the DFL to have a newspaper that only covers DFL
candidates. The Greens have been able to get some coverage, but as a green,
an Independent and a hopefull non-partisan candidate, I believe Minneapolis
needs a MULTI party system, not just another two party system. As third
parties, a multi party system may very well be our most important common
interest.
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| Tamir Nolley
| Candidate for Mpls City Council, Ward 6
| Independence Party Endorsed
| Hop on the Nolley Trolley !
| http://www.nolleytrolley.org/
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