> I can say with confidence that I have not seen any effort to promote
> unqualified candidates who are also members of the GLBT community within
the
> DFL. This past spring the Stonewall DFL chose endorse a highly qualified
> straight candidate, Brian Herron, over another candidate, Robert
Lillegren,
> who we did not feel was prepared to be a city council member.
Megan, I would like to hear some specifics of what exactly the Stonewall DFL
saw in Brian that you believe was so qualified. Also what do you believe
about Robert makes him not prepared to be a city council member? I hope you
will be specific as you were with other candidates in your post. Also you
are requesting Mr. Sabri to be specific as to why he would support a
candidate. As a member of the 8th Ward and a former member of Stonewall I
would like to know how you based your decisions. "Get over it he lost" will
not due.
>
> 2) Doug Kress is certainly qualified to be on the City Council. His work
> with homeless youth and in the non-profit arena are exactly the type of
> management and caring we want on that body.
>
> This applies to all the other DFL endorsed candidates who are gay. Having
> been trapped in a discussion of city finances with Wally Swann I can
> definitely say he is qualified for the office. I also urge you to discuss
> the issue of staff development with Patrick Peterson and you will quickly
> agreed that he is needed on the School Board. John Erwin, a candidate for
> Park Board is a faculty member in the horticulture department at the
> University. Gary Schiff's expertise on urban development and his activism
> for historical preservation will be a marvelous addition to the City
> Council. These and all the other candidates for public office who are
> members of the GLBT community have tremendous skills to offer. Skills that
> the citizens of Minneapolis would be foolish to reject.
>
> 3) Contrary to Mr. Basim's statement there is not a slew of gay people
> elected to public office in Minnesota. There is no gay member of the city
> council as he asserts.
Megan, thank you for correcting Basim Sabri's inaccuracy with there being a
gay person on the Minneapolis City Council. I do not believe we have had an
openly gay person on the city council since Brian Coyle. Or maybe he is
having a preminition, and knows that we WILL have a gay candidate elected in
November by the name of Robert Lilligren.
There are exactly 5 openly gay elected officials in
> Minnesota: Scott Dibble and Karen Clark in the Minnesota House, Wally
Swann
> on the Board of Estimate and Taxation, Rod Krueger on the Library Board
and
> Al Oertwig on the St. Paul School Board. This number will obviously be
going
> up in the fall.
>
> It is
> interesting that Mr. Sabri sees it fit to mention his support of Dan N.
but
> not say why. If you believe he is a better candidate say why but it is
> disturbing that you do not see fit to say why you support him in a post
> where you only discuss the sexuality of his opponent.
>
Karen Forbes
Central Neighborhood
>
>
> >
>
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