The dfl has supported big business as well as unions that show now respect to the populis they pretend to support. You folks use any info or advantage to keep large companies in work and damn to the poor folk who have to pay and believe in them. We need support from folks who will back the pop[ulis and give them the truth. Dain Lyngstad phillips and edina--- Eric Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Dennis Plante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am simply amazed. I received what appears to be a > "sample ballot" (at least the wording appears on it) > in my mail yesterday. In review of the literature > piece (front side the "endorsed candidate", backside > Martin Sabo) I learned that the piece had been > generated and paid for by the STATE DFL COMMITTEE. > Can anyone find precedent of this EVER having been > done for a DFL candidate in a city council > election?? > Anyone? Who (within the state dfl) would be in a > position to make such a decision? If I am not > mistaken, Eric Mitchell stated on the 3rd party > issues > list that the state dfl would NOT be lending > resources > in this election. I guess I should have asked for > clarification. > > Eric reminds Dennis: > Dennis, I think Tim and Brian clarified that for > you. > > > > Dennis goes on to try and be helpful by stating: > "It would seem to me that a better use (by the state > > dfl) of the monies expended in generating and > mailing > the "lit piece" might have been to do community > outreach in disenfranchised areas JUST LIKE North > Minneapolis, in an effort to build a stronger base > for > their party. Afterall, isn't this the stated #1 > priority of the city dfl for the year 2003?" > > Eric informs Dennis: > Now Dennis, it was only last Tuesday when I wrote of > the state DFL efforts last year to inform and > encourage northsiders on how to get involved with > the > decision making process of the party. I'll repost it > below for you. Aside from what you've already been > informed of, the state DFL also partnered up with > several northside community organizations and long > time community leaders to work on various voter > information and voter turnout campaigns. The state > DFL > also provided financial assistance to organizations > where the activities were more of a non-partisan > nature. The DFL is present weekly on the Northside, > be > it in community meetings, conferences or attending > the > Policy Forum. The state DFL Party AND its candidates > put both money and time into the community in 2002 > at > a greater rate than ever before. The DFL is working > daily to politically empower communities of color > and > disenfranchised voters across the state. > > Very early numbers showed that Minnesota communities > of color led the nation on the rate of turnout in > 2002. At the time I read that report it looked as > though only Florida would come close. > > What are the other political parties doing? > Don't tell me they are supporting Don. That's good, > he's good candidate and by the way, a DFLer. They > needn't pat themselves on the back. What are they > doing that's ongoing and for the long term? Before > this election, after this election? What are you > doing > before and after to help the northside voters get > more > involved in the political process? > > If you got more detail and accurate suggestions on > how > the DFL can be better involved, email me offline. > > Below is an excerpt from my January 28th repost, > maybe > it will jog your memory. It was answering a question > on the process seeming to be one of segregation or > exclusive because there was a low number of persons > of > color as delegates to the 3rd Ward endorsement > convention. There was a underlying suggestion that > maybe the DFL had something to do with it. I just go > on to explain that it's simply not the case and the > Party efforts were in the exact opposite direction- > the party is trying to get more people involved. > > January 28 repost: > The delegates are the delegates who were > delegates to the previous Senate District > Convention. > In other words, if you walked in to your precinct > caucuses last year, you were more than likely a > delegate to your Senate District Convention. You > can't > get more grassroots and open than that. There is no > proof of being a DFLer needed, no litmus test or > previous attendance required. Just show up - > literally. > > Moving up to the 2002 precinct caucuses, I printed > up > brocures and booklets on the DFL caucus system, in > both english and spanish. They were distributed at > some neighborhood community meetings in Mpls and St > Paul. Phone calls into the Near Northside were made > as > well as public service announcements on community > radio. I also met one on one with community leaders > from different groups of people of color. Matthea > Little Smith (DFL Affirmative Action Officer at that > time) even held workshops at the Urban League and > Sabathini Community Center (I believe). > > We at the state DFL really tried to get everyone > involved in the last round, by making more people > aware that the political process begins at the > precinct caucus, not just voting in the primary (I > would like to see more turning out for that as > well). > I encouraged people of color to be more involved in > the decision making process, not just wait for the > decision to be made by others. Can we at the state > DFL > do more? Sure, I'm open for more suggestions, but > understand this clearly, that there is no contrived > effort to segregate and disenfranchise, that's > irresponsible of you to throw out there without > reviewing the efforts of the Party in the last few > years. > > Since we are talking about political parties, check > with the others and ask what have they done > internally > to include more people of color. > > > Eric Mitchell > Maple Grove > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up > now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > 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
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