At 08:23 AM 11/9/01 -0600, Rosalind Nelson wrote: >She says it's because of personal attacks and rumors. >Her husband (who posted on the list recently) is raising >the possibility of poll irregularities. > >http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/816991.html > >I'm struck by how no one is saying, "Oops, maybe we should >have done things a little differently" (in terms of >governing, not campaigning). Joan Campbell and SSB >attribute their losses to "a mood for change," which >is annoying enough but shows slightly more class.
In the fifth ward race, there WERE ugly personal attacks and rumors passed around about Cherryhomes. I went to one of the property rights meetings -- a number of candidates were there -- including Natalie Johnson Lee. During that meeting someone made a comment about Al Garcia -- and someone else made the comment that Cherryhomes slept with him. Johnson Lee did not encourage those comments -- but clearly rumors like those were being passed around. There was also the reference to Cherryhomes African American supporters as "house negros" at a Lucille's Kitchen forum. That's ugly racial demogogery -- and is insulting to both candidates. I'm not a big fan of Cherryhomes -- partly because of the way she got so involved in both the Stonewall endorsing process for the 6th ward -- as well as the 6th Ward DFL endorsement going for Kallenbach. I also did not appreciate her interference in the 8th ward race -- which she quickly backed down on. However I don't like whisper campaigns about candidates and who they are sleeping with -- or folks saying someone who is African American who supports a non-African American candidate against an African American candidate is a sellout or a house negro. 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
