Matthea Little Smith wrote:
<<I would really be interested if someone could explain what and who the
DFL machine is....I have yet to see any "machine" that could get a
candidate into office without getting the support of the voters, by
plain old-fashioned door knocking.>>
Well, here's one view from the bottom on the ballot...
DFL/Labor was responsible for printing and distributing upwards of a
quarter million sample ballots that promoted three DFL-endorsed school
board candidates. Of course, any of the other candidates could do that
for, say, $100,000.
All three DFL candidates strike me as good folks, but I don't think they
finished 1-2-3 because voters "embraced their message." (Heck, I don't
know their messages and I have been paying attention.)
I am running in part because I believe the DFL endorsement process does
not serve schools well, even if it manages to produce some
fair-to-excellent endorsees for most elections.
If the electorate's major criterion for selecting school board members
is DFL approval, so be it. But from my vantage point, the DFL does walk,
talk and quack like a machine.
Dennis Schapiro
Candidate for School Board
www.denny4schools.com
Linden Hills
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