Mr. Brauer-
I'm surprised at you! Are the rules of journalistic integrity not in play
when posting on an issues list?
I am sure Mark Stenglein can defend himself, but I have to call you to task
for stretching two political contributions into a pronouncement of Mr.
Stenglein's political compass. If you had a state equivalent list to check,
you'd certainly find a high number of moderate and independent candidates
that have been supported by Mr. Stenglein, but to take two isolated
contributions and draw direct conclusions to Rod Grams, Tad Jude and Gary
Revier is a bit much.
As an moderate/independent, I was supported by Mark in both my campaigns for
City Council. I am pro-choice, pro gay & lesbian marriage, pro-environment.
I happen to be a fiscal conservative. I have hosted fundraisers for other
moderate candidates with similar political dispositions, in which Mark
Stenglein has been a contributor. I have also written checks for Rudy
Boschwitz, Mark Kennedy, and Peter Bell. Does that make me a troglodyte?
How about my checks for Lisa Goodman, Barbara Johnson, Rebecca Yanisch or
Ann Berget? Am I now a nut-case liberal?
In short, your race to conclusion omits a plethora of data and draws an
erroneous conclusion on the weight of limited information.
Congratulations on finding your new web toy @ www.tray.com, but pray tell,
what conclusions can be made from data you have not researched?
I'm a bit disappointed to say the least!
Steve Minn
Working in Minneapolis
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>From: "David Brauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Mpls list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Mpls] Mark Stenglein's checkbook
>Date: Mon, May 14, 2001, 5:15 PM
>
> In the recent Doug Grow column, Parks Commissioner Walt Dziedzic said Mayor
> Sayles Belton should drop out. Dziedzic went on to predict that Hennepin
> County commissioner Mark Stenglein would probably be Minneapolis's next
> mayor.
>
> Could be - but if it happens, it will be an astounding feat.
>
> According to the political contribution website www.tray.com (which accesses
> Federal Election Commission data), Stenglein gave $250 to Newt Gingrich in
> 1992, and $750 in 1996 to the Freedom Club Federal PAC. Who did the Freedom
> Club give its money to that year? The most conservative state Republicans:
> Congressional candidates Rod Grams, Tad Jude, Gil Gutknecht, Gary Revier,
> Darryl McKigney (whose Taxpayer League thinks Steve Sviggum and the
> Minnesota House GOP leadership is too liberal), as well as Rudy Boschwitz
> and Dennis Newinski.
>
> I know Commissioner Stenglein runs as an independent (though federal records
> from 1988 to 2002 show no donations to Democrats or Independence/Reform
> candidates). He has given money not to moderate, Minneapolis-style
> Republicans, but to the hardest of hard-core conservatives such as Gingrich,
> McKigney, Grams, and Tad Jude. Their policies are aggressively anti-urban,
> steering a relatively larger share of tax dollars away from city budgets,
> urban schools, and urban programs.
>
> One partial explanation may be that David Stenglein of Roswell, Georgia, is
> listed as a major Gingrich and Republican donor. I believe he is Mark
> Stenglein's brother. Perhaps Commissioner Stenglein's donations prove blood
> is thicker than water. But if he can convince Minneapolitans that donations
> to Gingrich, et. al., advanced Minneapolis's interest, he's destined for
> more than the mayoralty.
>
> David Brauer
> King Field - Ward 10
>
> (Tray.com's donor lookup can be found at http://www.tray.com, using the
> "Donor Name Lookup" box on the left-hand menu bar. Remember to put last name
> first.)
>
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