Third Ward Race A few random thoughts on this race. Owning a coffeeshop in NE, here's a few things I hear from NEers. The pre-endorsement time and process was especially truncated and thus the process was more telescoped than normal, even for us DFLers, remember Jerry Janezich's endorsement. The disturbing fact here was that the Party Chair, Mike Erlandson, had a fundraiser event at his South Mpls. Parkway home BEFORE the endorsement. ( Olin is of course married to the 5th Congressional District Party Chair) This sense of early and unnecessary interference in a local affair upset plenty of NEers. (In the DFL, We seem to have a problem with dynasticism and entitlement, Skip H. . Buck H, etc. etc. ) And we seem to have gotten away from winning.
In this case Olin's only claim to fame and resume item, appears to be his employment for the congressman, who appears in nearly all of his campaighn material. Olin also regularly referenced his boss at the debate at Mill City. This may or may not be enough for him. Nonetheless, it's dynasticism racheted up one. I don't know alot about NEers, but I know they get rankled when important "Southsiders" get in their business. See the old 394 freeway fight of 35 years ago. These things continue to be amplified because of the near dearth of community involvement Mr. Moore has had. Mr. Moore appears as a new young player to many . He's NOT been involved in the Upper River Plan, the Arts Action Plan, MEND, The Grain Belt charrettes, NECDC, the old NE reps, Central Ave task force, Marshall Avenue Task Force, Lowry Avenue Task Force, Bottineau Park Redevelopment , The Bottineau Library Redevelopement Task Force, SNO board or the always fun Sno Ball (coming up again next month). He's, frankly, not been around, and his appreciation of NE seems skin deep. For example, at the debate at Mill City he was asked about his most important priorities. He responded by saying " clean streets In NE." A studied but ultimately condescending remark to many. Or perhaps just plain ridiculous. To many he sounds as if he doesn't know why he wants to be on the Council. And this is, sadly, probably true. John Kremer Live In Whittier/ Work and Play in Bottineau TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ 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
