For Immediate Release: Contact: Lynn Daniels Campaign Manager 952-451-0503 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday the 13th Holds No Fear for City Council Candidate Minneapolis, July 13, 2001 Citing no fear of superstition, the neighbors for Jonathan Palmer campaign announced that Jonathan Palmer will file to run for the Minneapolis City Council Ward 6 seat today at 2:00pm on Friday the 13th, largely considered to be day of bad luck. "Anything can be done with the proper amount of motivation, determination, and perspiration", said Lynn Daniels, campaign manager, "and nothing, least of all superstition, will prevent us from giving the citizens a fair choice in Ward 6." Palmer, nephew of the late Gleason Glover, longtime Civil Rights leader and President of the Minneapolis Urban League for over 25 years, is seeking to replace Jim Niland, in order to continue the grassroots work done by both Glover and Niland. "Uncle Gleason was the inspiration for me to get involved in the community, working with him showed me how truly important it was to have dedicated community leaders and public servants. Over the past few years I�ve had the opportunity to work with Jim, and with him stepping down, it�s essential to have a person who is actually committed to the community�s needs and purpose to continue his work." Palmer, the only DFL candidate who a rents in a ward that is predominantly rental residents and also the only candidate from the Stevens Square-Loring Heights neighborhood, comes from a lifetime in and around public service. His earliest experiences were working with his grandfather who was a Master Electrician and a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) in Chicago and his mother who served as White House Senior Policy Specialist Manager in the Carter Administration and later as Director of Telecommunications for U.S. Representative Mickey Leland. He recently completed his third consecutive term as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Stevens Square Community Organization, and is a mayoral appointee to the Capital Long-Range Improvements Committee for the City of Minneapolis, while completing his thesis for his MA in Public Affairs from the University of Minnesota�s Humphrey Institute. Keeping with the fearlessness of superstition, the Palmer Campaign will host their official kickoff 13 days from now, July 26th, in Stevens Square Park. ### Martha Bolinger ECCO For Neighbors for Palmer _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
