seen, has the support of many Greens and Green leaners.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
Fact: Shane was active in Paul Wellstone's campaign this year. Paul Wellstone is a DFLer.
In the last city election cycle Shane ran for the DFL endorsement, garnering something like 4 of 40 some votes. One of those votes for Shane was mine. He then went to the Green's convention and garnered their endorsement.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.
Not surprising- I don't believe he had any opposition.
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.
Agreed.
I believe it's your Green Party's job to persuade the voters that Shane is the better candidate. Absent such advocacy, I'll do the job for you. Shane understands well the problems of young african-american men on the Northside from his own experience. He uses that experience very well running Hennipen County's Young Black Men Program. He understands the mechanics of urban crime well and might use that knowledge very effectively. Where Shane stands on a lot of other issues- human rights, the environment, budget, etc. we know not.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.
I might have supported Shane if he was a competitive candidate and I was a Green Party member. Shane will draw from much the same voter cohort as Don Samuels, and I suspect Don will get most of those votes. I once told Shane that if all the Greens were like him I'd join the Green Party. Having been rejected by the Greens as a "DFL dinosaur", I am still a DFLer, despite my sometimes disagreements with the party. The Green Party did so badly in 2002 that they weren't even able to throw any elections of import, never mind win them. I thusly see no point in jumping ship now to a party that is clearly in the end stages of the life cycle of 3rd parties.
In reality this primary will be won or lost in the senior housing buildings primarily in the Northeast. Shane will scare off many of the seniors, while Don Samuels may be able to cross the river and racial lines to pickup support there. This is largely a race between Margo Ashmore and Olin Moore, with Don Samuels a close third and Shane Price competing for 4th place.
from old 3-10 (which Shane carried in '01),
Dyna Sluyter
- Jason Goray, Sheridan, NE
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