You're certainly entitled to your opinion. However, I fail to see how a campaign/candidate running for a primary election for city council seat in 2003 that does not have a strategic plan in place for the 2005 election, can be viewed as short-sighted.
To the contrary, I personally would be highly suspicious of an indivdual (running in the primary) that offered a "plan" as far-reaching as what you're suggesting.
Or, maybe a more tactful approach might be to suggest that of the 20 individuals running in the primary, how many of them do you think were in a position to announce their candidacy THREE years ago? Things change. Don is a man of integrity, and he's not given to making loose promises he can't live up to.
In the interest of fairness, have you polled the other 19 candidates and received their views on the "hypothetical" question you've presented.
Also, I am curious, why the fixation with regards to one specific issue?
Dennis Plante
Jordan
>From: loki anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Mpls Issues List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [Mpls] Don Samuels and 2005
>Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 17:36:13 -0800 (PST)
>
>--- Dennis Plante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>He is not entering the race as a long-term political
>move.If Don runs for re-election in 2005, he would
>only do so AFTER listening to constituents.They are
>the ones that will (and should) make the decision
>about when and where a person runs, not the person.
>Don's understanding of this is one of the reasons that
>you're seeing such a groundswell of support for him.
>He's truly an authentic community voice.
>
>Dennis Plante
>Jordan
>
>My question would be "Which constituents would he be
>listening to? The residents of Jordan, who would be
>redistricted with him, or the residents of Hawthorne,
>McKinley, Bottineau, Sheridan, and St Anthony West who
>will be without an incumbent yet again if he decides
>to stay with y'all in Jordan?"
>
>I'm assuming that you are not speaking for his
>campaign, but if you are it sounds like his is a truly
>shortsighted community voice.
>
>Loki Anderson
>Marshall Terrace
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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