It would appear that having high standards for candidates is a winning strategy!! Stonewall could take a lesson.
Eric Fyksen 8th Ward --- ken bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > MEDIA RELEASE > For Immediate Release > > November 7, 2001 > > Contact: Ken Bradley, Chairman, Sierra Club Twin > Cities Group Political Committee (612) 728-8962, > Jill Walker (612) 722-2391 > > A HUGE WIN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT!!! > > Sierra Club Endorsed Candidates Sweep City Hall > Early Endorsement Aids Rybak Victory > > Minneapolis -- Tuesday's election constituted a huge > win for the environment, as seven of eight Sierra > Club-endorsed candidates were voted to the > Minneapolis city council, and R.T. Rybak was elected > mayor. > > "This is a very exciting day," exclaimed Ken > Bradley, chair of the Sierra Club's Twin Cities > Group Political Committee. "Our environment came > out a clear winner." > > Sierra Club did what no other organization did in > this election: they endorsed early and hit the > ground running. The ONLY organization to endorse > R.T. Rybak before the DFL Convention earlier in the > year, Sierra Club played a key role in making the > environment an important campaign issue. Further, > the Club's endorsements in the mayoral and other key > races enabled them to initiate a major > Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV) drive to its members. > > "We did it the old-fashioned way," said Jill Walker, > a member of the Sierra Club's Twin Cities Group > Political Committee. "Our volunteers stuck labels > on postcards and made thousands of phone calls so we > could reach as many of our members as possible on > behalf of our endorsed candidates." > > The result is that the environment was put into play > in local politics. Protecting our environment -- > and the Sierra Club's endorsement -- was an integral > part of R.T. Rybak's message; even his opponent (who > was not endorsed by Sierra Club) mentioned the > Sierra Club as she debated Rybak at Sunday night's > forum hosted by Minnesota Public Radio. > > Sierra Club's GOTV efforts may have helped give some > of the other candidates an edge over their opponents > as well. > > The following Sierra Club-endorsed candidates will > be accompanying R.T. Rybak to City Hall: > > Ward 1 Paul Ostrow > Ward 3 Joe Biernat > Ward 6 Dean (Z) Zimmermann > Ward 8 Robert Lilligren > Ward 9 Gary Schiff > Ward 10 Dan Niziolek > Ward 11 Scott Benson > > "Now that the election is over, the real work > begins," said Bradley. "Sierra Club looks forward > to working with the new City Council on green > government initiatives, air and water quality issues > and city-level campaign finance reform." > > The following Sierra Club-endorsed candidates were > also elected to the Park Board: Marie Hauser in > Park District 3 and at-large commissioners Rochelle > Berry Graves, John Erwin and Annie Young. > > The Sierra Club is a non-partisan conservation > advocacy organization with several thousand members > in Minneapolis and 18,000 members statewide. > > > > ### > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Find a job, post your resume on Yahoo! Careers. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com _______________________________________ 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
