Rick Stafford writes: >What I would like to see from participants on this list is what they think >about Green Party candidate Dean Zimmerman's statements regarding the >re-opening of the saunas/massage parlors along Lake Street as the solution >to prostitutes in our neighborhoods. Something he did at the East Phillips >Improvement Coalition and reiterated to the Stevens Square Community >resident Becky Moyer last week. Or, his "yes, but..." comment at the Sept. >22 rally on Peavy Plaza following the terrorist attack in New York.
I'd actually be interested in what Dean Zimmerman has to say directly about this. Is Stafford characterizing his position correctly? As I understand it, Sharon Sayles Belton, Jackie Cherryhomes and Senator Linda Berglin were busily working the floor for Dean K's DFL endorsement. Despite that -- he didn't get endorsed on first ballot did he? Rather similar to the help they gave Vickie Brock -- though I believe now the Mayor is officially neutral on the Brock-Lilligren-Metoyer race in the 8th ward. As far as what I or Jonathan Palmer think of Dean Kallenbach -- it's pretty irrelevant to whether he should make himself available on this list. There are over 600 people on this list. There are a number of 6th ward people who post on the list. I don't even live in the 6th ward. But Jonathan Palmer writes: If I were to be questioned on my commitment to issues of the GLBT community, and I said that I doorknocked and talked to some Lesbians and was therefore committed to the issues, would you or anyone else really think that that was enough? Incidently, I haven't notice Kallenbach absent from any major events in the GLBT community or the DFL for that matter. EY: This type of attitude seemed enough for Vickie Brock to get an acceptable rating from Stonewall DFL - heck as I recall she was unfamiliar with the term "homophobia". Since the Stonewall Questionaire was posted on the Stonewall Website, it is rather wierd that Vickie didn't bother to go look at the questionaire prior to her endorsement. Ofcourse Brian Herron got endorsed by Stonewall DFL for less. At the same time, I don't measure whether a candidate is good on GLBT issues on whether they attend specific Gay events. It's important to look at their stands on various issues. Reproductive Choice to abortion in my opinion is NOT a GLBT issue -- I know Gay people on both sides of this one. I also happen to know feminists on both sides of this one. Some gay organizations use this as a litmus test for support -- but I don't think this makes all that much sense -- and I consider myself pro-choice on abortion. I'd think Dean Kallenbach and Vickie Brock could follow the illustrious example given by Doug Kress and Paul Zerby. Both candidates did not get Sierra Club Endorsement. They used the opportunity to contribute their endorsement questionaire to the Election Toolkit so that people could go review the candidates positions for themselves. By the way, I'd like to thank David Brauer for maintaining this toolkit. I recommend this toolkit to friends of mine looking for information about candidates. The toolkit is better information than a candidate website because it shows a candidate in context of other candidates. I'd also like to thank the candidates who have contributed to this toolkit. Eva Eva Young Central _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
