On 12/14/02 12:31 AM, "dyna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
I sure hope Dyna would be willing to explain her thinking behind the statement that "Shane will scare off many of the seniors" because at first glance, it would appear she is accusing the senior citizens of NE Minneapolis to be racists and I find that offensive given that I have a grandmother and a great-aunt, both in their 70's, who live in Holland neighborhood. Both proudly displayed Shane Price signs in their yards during the 2001 election and voted Green for the first time in their lives. They certainly didn't care that he was African-American. I'd also like to remind everyone of what happened in the 2001 primary for 3rd Ward: Joe Biernat 1511 votes Shane Price 532 votes Valdis R. 488 votes Makeda Zulu-Gillespie 178 votes Brian Monroe 168 votes So there were about 2900 votes and the DFL-endorsed candidate (pre-plumbing scandal) received a little over half of them. So almost half the voters in 3rd ward effectively said they were not happy with the DFL's nominee. I wonder now, post-plumbing scandal, are there likely to be more voters embracing the DFL or fewer? And also now, even though Olin Moore won the endorsement, there are a total of five candidates who consider themselves DFLers. Will any of them be able to build a critical mass of support? Assuming a turnout equal to the 2001 primary, I suppose Olin Moore is off to a good head start with the roughly 1.5% of likely 3rd ward voters that chose him at the DFL endorsement meeting. Mark Snyder Windom Park _______________________________________ 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
