At 12:12 AM 6/12/02 -0500, WizardMarks wrote: > > >Eva Young wrote: > >>Still, since I remember well the fallout I got >>from Stonewall folks when I supported Arne Carlson for Governor, this story is credible to me. >> >A little clarity here might be helpful. Eva was a director of a DFL >committee when she created "democrats for Carlson." The DFL asked her to >step down from the directorship as a consequence.
I did not create "Democrats for Carlson." I wrote a letter on behalf of a group of Gays and Lesbians -- Democrats (including the co-chair of Stonewall DFL), Republicans and Libertarians) -- which got printed up and distributed at the gay bars. I've still got a copy of the letter. Notably that year, Stonewall DFL voted "no endorsement" on the Governor race. >>I would like to see better political coverage in Lavender. Other metro >>area Gay newspapers have much better quality political reporting than does Lavender currently. >> >Lavender is what journalists call a "bar rag." It could be a bar rag >with pretensions, but it's still a bar rag. As such, hard political >coverage is not its focus. > I realize that Lavender doesn't have this focus. I still think it's unfortunate that here in the Twin Cities we don't have a GLBT news source with the quality of the Washington Blade, Southern Voice. I understand there is a monthly starting -- I can't recall the name. On the bright side, and importantly, the Star Tribune is covering GLBT issues -- as they covered the Lavender Labor struggles. Eva Eva Young Central Neighborhood Minneapolis _______________________________________ 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
