RE:[Mpls] Third Ward Thoughts

[V.L. Freeman]

(BM)
I respectfully disagree with Jonathan that "if Olin wins, it will be
a DFL victory. If Don wins, it will be a 3rd Ward victory for everyone . . .. It will be a victory for the people." Democracy is a good thing even when your candidate doesn't win, and it is a victory whenever citizens go to the polls and freely vote their consciences--in secret, without fear, without a shot being fired or a life being lost. In every nation at some time, and in every era in some nation, even today, men and women have fought and died just for the dream of that opportunity whose reality we Americans take for granted...

(VF)
I wholeheartedly agree with what Brian has said. This is true Democracy at it finest. At the end of the day, it is because of those who came before us fighting and dying over what LOT'S of people take for granted;
The right to vote freely and without hassle, the right to be able to walk into a voting poll with out violence, threat or intimidation and vote for someone of your choosing, and feel good about that vote. To feel as though you made a difference in the world.

My hope is that eveyone who lives in the Third-Ward, get out and vote. It is your right, it is your duty and it is an honor.



Vanessa Freeman
Hawthorne

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