The striking nurses were marching directly behind me, we were in the
Stonewall Units and I was doing the music. It was great to see the support
the nurses were getting, I think they may have gotten the loudest cheers
along the route. A new thing this year was the parade observers running up
and giving flowers to their favorite units. The nurses got quite a few but
from my vantage point the Mayor got the most.
I would also note that the only candidate for Governor next year to march in
the parade was Judi Dutcher. We did have several candidates for other
statewide offices in the parade but they were marching with other units.
Buck Humphrey and Mark Gleason both were there.
The Stonewall DFL booth hosted several candidates for several offices
throughout the weekend. In fact there was not a time when we did not have
candidates meeting and greeting people.
Megan Thomas
Interloper from the East
----- Original Message -----
From: "bethsolle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 7:57 AM
Subject: [Mpls] pride
> the gay pride parade and festival was joyous and flamboyant, as always.
you
> gotta appreciate the sense of community, diversity, acceptance, and
> theatrics. and speaking of theatrics, ssb showed spirit, looking pretty
in
> pink ballgown, parasol and boa. ...now for that magic wand.... and
lisa,
> leading on her scooter, showed moxie having her supporters pushing target
> shopping carts -for those who understood the reference. the rest of the
> politicos took the more traditional route of waving and palm pressing.
> anyone see stenglein, or did i miss something again? on my end of the
> parade route, the biggest cheers went for wellstone, striking nurses (who
> seemed mighty grateful for the support), and two patrolling female
bicycle
> officers (!) what did others note?
>
> it's a tribute that the parade allows a place at the table for all who
feel
> oppressed or with limited voice.
>
> and thanks to the strib, who in today's edition, allowed four sentences
of
> coverage on an event which they estimate drew over 200,000 people.
>
>
>
> beth solle
> ward 10
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