All, I fully support freedom of speech even when it is speech that I do not agree with or would rather never hear spoken. I also do not see the parallels between questioning the motives of Lucky Rosenbloom running for school board (or state senator) and the barring of an endorsed candidate from a debate using excessive force or no force at all for that matter. I remember hearing about what happened to Leslie, and Ken Pentel, and other candidates that have been left out, illegimately, from public debates, and I have denounced those actions publicly in various fora.
I am not questioning Lucky's right to run for whatever office he feels he is qualified to hold. I am questioning his motives for running when it appears he runs for a different office in every election and is now working on his second city. Again, why is he running for school board this time? Is he running because he feels he has the knowledge and experience to address the needs and concerns of students in Minneapolis? Or, his he running in order to use the office to create a political space for black Republicans in Minneapolis? Or is he running for some other reason? Also, just a side note, I've heard that he is running for state senator and not school board. I am simply going by the information posted on the City of Minneapolis web page on Monday of this week. The city had Lucky listed as a school board candidate. Also, I have made no public statements about Mark Dayton or Buck Humphrey. I think, personally, that I've made it clear on this list that I will support those candidates, regardless of party, that seem to have the best plan of action that will do the most to serve justice. -Brandon Lacy Campos -Powderhorn Park > > I for one am. What is up with Minneapolis residents Ole Savior and Dick > Franson running for some office or other every year? Of course I support > their right to run for public office but it seems that after the initial > publicity of filing, they offer little or no reason to vote for them. It's > not because I necessarily disagree with views, it's that they make virtually > no effort to engage in the discussion of why I should vote for them. It > comes across as more an ego trip than an effort to truly expound on an issue > or mobilize a previously unmotivated voting block. > > Dean E. Carlson (over 30 years of not running for public office) > Ward 10, East Harriet > ><< > Dean was responding to Brandon's query below: > > I guess Lucky Rosenbloom is hopin' he'll be lucky in this election. Is > > anyone else turned off my candidates who seem to run in whatever race > > happens to be open on the day the filing period begins? > > > > -Brandon > > -Powderhorn Park > > > _____ >> >Keith says: It is the 4th of July, God bless America. And may God bless >America's stated goal of the separation of Church and State. > >I would like to advise and remind Dean, Brandon, and all other readers here. >For the most part, the media will determine whether to "inform" you of the >"...reason to vote for them". Them being the 'minor' candidates such as the >above referenced Ole Savior And Dick Fransen. The media may be TV, Radio, or >The Newspaper of the Twin Cities. It may also be the "medium" of yard signs, >posters, handbills, booths, travel, phone banks and political patronage. >Whatever the access is, Money Fuels Access. Soft money, hard money, cash, >coin of the realm. Currency, a commodity that 'minor' candidates, almost by >definition, do not have. > >Leslie Davis, always media described "gadfly and perennial candidate," >springs to my mind as an opinionated candidate who's message was blocked from >public access. He spent his own money to promote the public's issues. And >risked his life and health to reach you with his message. > >Dean, when registered Mpls. Mayoral candidate Leslie Davis chained himself to >a tall tree to protest exclusion from the Mayoral candidate's debates, did >you go out on a limb with him? Did you demand your own right to hear the >other 'minor' candidates explain to you, the "...reason to vote for them"? >They wanted to tell you why, but they had no money; and no access to media or >mediums. They were arbitrarily excluded from the debates. If you did not >protest, you, and all silent others, share complicity in the censorship. > >Brandon, did you experience a "bad taste in your mouth" when Leslie Davis was >put in a choke hold, injured, arrested and charged with a crime for trying to >access the Mayoral debate stage at the Minn. State Fair? He was a registered >candidate trying to participate, debate and inform you of his 'take' on the >issues at hand. Did you help in his legal defense to preserve free speech and >participation in the electoral process? I do not think so. > >You and so many others did Nothing. And on this 4th of July you and others >disparage and dismiss those trying to make their free speech heard. In this >way you honor types like Mark Dayton, who can buy his way in; in cash. Or >Buck Humphrey, whose name alone guarantees buckets of soft, and hard, money >and media 'access' while he does, and knows, nothing. (My opinion of him >through observation when he was collecting his pay in a patronage job at City >Hall, under SSB.) > > >My opinion is your quick dismissal of independent voices will exclude your >name sake, the other Brandon Lacey Compos. The one who switched parties for >all the right reasons. The one who wants his small, queer voice to be heard. >There must be two Brandons, or huge conflicts within one. > >Keith Reitman NearNorth >_______________________________________ >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 > _______________________________________ 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
