When I ran for the state legislature in 1996, I made the round of the endorsing meetings, including the DFL Feminist Caucus. Nearly the entire meeting was devoted to the fact that I lacked the union "bug" on my literature. I explained that I was self-employed and wrote all my own material and made my own copies on my own machines. Not pure enough.
Just for the record, I had a pretty good record on women's issues at the U of MN where I had been employed for a number of years. I was a member of the Faculty Advisory Committee for Women (FACW), the lead organization that helped women filing claims under the Rajender Consent Decree (a landmark decision regarding wage discrimination at da U). FACW even gave me an award for my activities. Okay, so the DFL Feminist Caucus didn't like my explanation on the union bug, and eventually endorsed someone else. Fine. But not to even acknowledge or ask about my record on feminist issues seemed bizarre. Sounds like not much has changed. Fran Guminga Bottineau _______________________________________ 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
