Dyna, I'm not sure why you include Shane Price in your look at DFL endorsedment and candidates. He may have once been DFL, but he is now a Green and, from what I've seen, has the support of many Greens and Green leaners.
You feel he's an opportunist. Other people have tried to do the same with the Green party and have received little or no support. Shane gets Green support because he stands for Green ideals. I don't know how many people showed up to support Shane at the Green Party's endorsement because I wasn't able to be there (and even if I was, I wouldn't have been able to vote since I'm not a Green). I do know that he was selected with an overwhelming margin. Handle your party as you see fit, but for the election in general, lets look at how the candidates compare when it comes to being the next Ward 3 city council member. If you think Moore will do a better job than Price at representing Ward 3 and leading this city, explain why. Whether or not Moore is a better DFL than Price is no more relevant than which is a better Green, GOP, or any other party. - Jason Goray, Sheridan, NE --- dyna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Susan, this is a fun fantasy, but the reality is that even if we > gave them every rule change in the book and a few that aren't > neither Shane Price or Don Samuels would have won the > endorsement. Olin Moore ended up with something like 44 votes > out of about 74 to win the endorsement. Shane Price only turned out > 8 or 9 3rd ward supporters at the Green Party's endorsement > convention. At best such weak support would gotten him dropped by > the second ballot. Shane caucused with the DFL for years and worked > on the Wellstone campaign. > > He got less than 10% of the vote at the previous DFL 3rd ward > convention and has flown the Green Party flag of convenience in city > races since then. > > Don Samuels had something like 9 votes at the > convention. Even if we amended the rules to make his voiciferous > supporters delegates that would have given him only about 20 > more votes- assuming that all his supporters lived in the 3rd. > 29 votes would have still left Don in 3rd place, merely delaying > the effect of the drop rule by a couple ballots. Even assuming Shane > Price's supporters would have gone to Don Samuels would still leave > Don in 2nd place with about 38 or less delegates to Olin Moore's 44 > or so. At best this would only give Don Samuels the ability to cut > a deal with the Dietzic campaign and block an endorsement- surely a > cowardly strategy. > > Olin Moore won the endorsemnt, fair and square. > > As for Olin Moore being guilty by implication > because he has worked for constituents in Martin Olav Sabo's > office, this is a pretty desperate attempt to defame Olin. Most anyone > on this list would have been proud to work with any of the > Humphreys, Sabos, or Moes. This mudslinging attempt at guilt by > association won't fly, never mind stick. > > standing up for Olin Moore in Hawthorne, > > Dyna Sluyter > > >I'm no longer a Mpls. resident, but even if I were > >would be ineligible to vote in the 3d Ward > election. I > >agree that Don Samuels would be a dynamic choice. > So > >would Shane Price. Both were at Ground Zero of this > >summer's "melee". To the supporters of these > >candidates, what are the distinctions between these > >two? > > > >I've heard much praise for Olin Moore, but am > troubled > >by the "Six Degrees of Separation" theme that > >continues to run through the DFL: all candidates > can > >be traced back to Sabo, Humphrey, or Moe. I was > glad > >that Kari Dziediec and Mike Rainville were > eliminated > >from the race. Minneapolis is a different city than > it > >was from the days of these two dynasties, and needs > >different voices to acknowledge those changes. > > > >Susan Maricle > >formerly of Folwell > >now of Bruno MN __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
