Carol expresses disappointment that white males now hold the top leadership positions in the city. She points out that as a woman she has worked hard to elect women and people of color and since we live in a "city where the majority of people are women and where 35% of the residents are people of color, couldn't we have been thrown a bone? Just one bone? Just Barb Johnson as president or Lisa Goodman as vice president at least as a token?"
Is that what Minneapolis politics is about? Was Sharon someone that we (speaking as a white male who as Carol points out is outnumbered by women in the city) elected as a token? Did we in two elections elect her just to throw a bone to the women and minorities of Minneapolis? I thought she was elected to two terms because people thought she would be the best mayor. In the post analysis of this election is it now to be argued that white males took our "token" back and voted for RT because he is a white male? I try hard to vote for the person who I feel will do the best job for me and for my city. I know there are people, on both sides of the issue, that still vote based on race and sex but I think we have seen the last eight years that Minneapolis will elect people to positions of power regardless of their color, their sex, their sexuality. (Just don't be an Independent and think in Minneapolis you will get recognized for your efforts). If I was Barb Johnson or Lisa Goodman I would be insulted to think that someone was proposing I should be given a position of power as a token. That I would jump for someone who would throw me a bone. Bob GustafsonMMM __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.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
