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> What I have known and what continues to be shown is how much labor has drifted. One
>hand washes the other...but what
> happens when what is good for labor is bad for a city. Long pause........A part of
>why the Greens may be doing well
> is that the DFL has taken for granted and has shut a lot of people out (an aspect of
>the machine). This goes for the
> labor part of it as well, this may blacklist me from ever getting a union job in
>this city...frankly the more I know
> about the way some labor groups work the less I would want to be associated with
>them.
This is not to say all DFLer's are bad or all of labor is rootless, but politically
there is little the dfl or labor
can do to pull me away from the green party. The principles of the green party today
are the principles twenty years
from now. I'll put money on it.
I appreciate that R.T. wants to work with many groups, this is what this city needs.
The mayor has already shown what she will do, I cringe at the thought of 4 more years.
Robert Yorga
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> As the pols, almost all of whom were labor-friendly DFLers, arrived at the
> coffee shop, several were button-holed by an old labor leader from the
> Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council. Right out in broad daylight, the
> labor guy was telling the pols not to support Rybak. If they wanted to be
> considered a friend of labor, he warned, they must stick with Sayles
> Belton, whom labor endorsed prior to the DFL convention in May.
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> The labor leader got only a red face for his effort.
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> As respectfully as possible, the pols, including Minneapolis City Council
> Member Paul Ostrow, who appears destined to become president of the
> council, stepped past the labor leader and stood with Rybak.
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> 'It was awkward,' said Ostrow, who has always had labor support. 'It wasn't
> pleasant. In fairness to them [labor leaders], I understand their position.
> They believe all of their endorsed candidates should support each other.
> But I felt strongly that my constituents have a right to know where I stand
> on the mayor's race.'
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> That Ostrow and so many other DFL candidates were willing to walk past a
> labor leader less than 24 hours after Rybak's convincing primary victory
> over Sayles Belton, Lisa McDonald and Mark Stenglein shows two things:
> Labor leadership just can't snap its fingers and get what it wants and
> Rybak is far from being a lightweight.
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> Doug Grow hits the nail on the head -- Labor leaders need to learn to say
> "Please".....
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> I'd also like to thank Rybak for clarifying his position on Gary Schiff's
> no endorsement.
>
> Eva
> Eva Young
> Central
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