Dyna,
Very interesting post, and a bit revisionist I think. You mention how only 3
candidates screened with Stonewall and OM is the only candidate to have won the
approval of the Stonewall Caucaus, yet during the time of that three week ago
challenge you also said:
"I'm a member of the Stonewall DFL board, one of 2 board members that live in the 3rd
ward. Why was I given no notice of this screening? Why was no notice given on the
Stonewall DFL's board and general membership mailing list? Were all the DFL candidates
given notice of this screening?" -[Mpls] RE: Minneapolis Third Ward Politics,
December 8th
and
"Also, some of the candidates apparently weren't invited to screen for the Stonewall
DFL endorsement. At this time (sunday evening) I have yet to receive a request as a
Stonewall DFL Board Member for a vote on an endorsement. It will thusly be impossible
for Stonewall DFL to endorse before the convention tomorrow. Any alleged Stonewall DFL
endorsement before the convention tomorrow is thusly bogus. " -[Mpls] Third Ward
politics and endorsements, December 8th
Which was the post where you made the request of candidates to fill out the
questionnaires. I specifically commisserated with you regarding this at the 3rd Ward
convention, because despite also being a Stonewall member I have never received any
notice either. And despite mentioning this to Andy at the convention, still have
received no reason or notice.
So my question to you is how do you go from calling this endorsement bogus to OM is
the "friend of the Gay Community" Did another endorsement arise in the meantime? Did
someone pull you to the side and twist your arm, or have you adopted the Norm Coleman
strategy? Because as I read back over the stuff that you wrote around the endorsement
it was insisting on a Northsider, calling for a blocking of then endorsement, and
refuting the Stonewall endorsement, now you're calling it "the Truth"....
Is this what Moore of the same old thing is about? Is that really what the 3rd Ward
needs?
Going to the convention you spoke of how the stink of the "machine" was already there
and made an impassioned plea:
"The Northside is not Nordeast. The Northside end of the 3rd Ward is challenged by
unemployment and devastated by addiction. We have been red lined to near obscurity on
the political and economic maps. When was the last time the Northside had a 3rd Ward
Councilman? I don't even remember...
So for all the dynasties, you've had your chance to govern. For all the hacks, the
3rd isn't going to switch any majorities on the council.
please step aside... and select candidates that call the Northside half of the 3rd
Ward home, against all odds. Select candidates that reflect our working class
traditions and diversity.
Select candidates that will shape Minneapolis future rather than wallow in it's past."
-[Mpls] 3rd Ward- the Northside needs representation, November 25th
And yet a little over a month later, you're hailing OM as the greatest gift to the 3rd
ward and backpedalling. I don't care that you found someone else to support, that's
each individual's choice, but the statements are inconsistent, and the logic does jibe.
The Gay community has a lot of friends in this race, many of them are candidates, and
many of them have said openly that they support such things as Domestic Partner
benefits, including Don Samuels. How about we stick to the issues, and keep our logic
consistent. These scare tactics are unbecoming of anyone, least of all, that which is
"supposed" to be the best the DFL has to offer in this race. But I can understand
the reason for the panic.
There's nothing that OM has that I can see says he knows how to deal with the issues
that you mentioned. Don Samuels has it all. And as you requested, he's a Northsider.
Don has what it takes to bring an authentic community voice to the City Council
rather than a recycled bureacratic one bogged down in red tape. So with one day to
go, I want to invite you to come on home Dyna. Come back to your roots and the words
you said and support someone who fulfills them: Don Samuels. Stand up for him in
Hawthorne.
One day to go and then we'll know.
Jonathan Palmer
Consistently supporting a consistent candidate
in Victory
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