Thanks to everyone for providing the results of the Green endorsing
convention yesterday.
As a DFLer who welcomes Green involvement in city politics, I'm as
interested in what was said as who won. For example, in attendees' opinion,
what did RT say that helped, or hurt his chances for endorsement? (I was
surprised he got as much as 50 percent.) What about Lisa McDonald's
rhetoric - what did she say to court the Greens' votes? And while several
people have alluded to Jeff Booty's entertainment value, what major
interesting issues/positions did he put forth? Also, any substantive info on
Brother Shane Price would be welcome.
Of course, this being Minneapolis-Issues, I can't resist asking one process
question. It seemed from the vote totals that all Greens could vote on the
Ward 3 endorsement, even Greens who lived outside of the ward. As a rule,
the city DFL (whose Central Committee is currently debating how to fill the
Park District 2 endorsement vacancy) doesn't let members outside the
ward/district participate in that ward/district's endorsement vote. Are the
Greens doing this differently because, pragmatically at this point in their
evolution, they have fewer members, or is a conscious policy decision? This
does open the party up to accusations that "non-residents" get too much
power in a district's endorsement.
David Brauer
King Field - Ward 10
Home of the city's newest Farmer's Market - Sundays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., 43rd &
Nicollet
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