So who are the progressive candidates for Mpls mayor replacing RT? Either DFL (progressive, now, and willing to go vs RT) or Independent (any candidate there qualify as progressive?) or Green.
I would like to see a Green challenge mounted as soon as possible, to put pressure on RT, to raise new issues, and to build trust and name recognition so they have a good chance of being elected. --David Shove Roseville On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Peter T Schmitz wrote: > Margaret Hastings Reports: I got an off post comment that David Feldman > no longer is with the mayor's > office and the poster assumed I must have tried to contact him after he > left. So, to avoid the issue getting lost in this sort of side issue: My > e-mails to David Feldman were when he was in the Mayor's office and as I > said in my previous post I have also e-mailed the Mayor directly with no > response. I believe the Mayor still has his job. > > Peter Schmitz Responds: Not only does the Mayor still have his job, but > he's already gearing up for re-election in '05. > > Given my comments in this forum regarding how the Mayor is doing his job, > I must say he was rather magnaminous to send me an invitation to his > fundraiser (to be held at the home of Sam and Sylvia Kaplan, no less). > > Anyway, it looks like Don Samuels is NOT running against him. His name > was one of several listed on the back of the green invitation card. > Other names listed included David Wellstone, Barbara Carlson, Barrett > Lane, Gail Dorfman, Mike Opat, Scott Benson, Lisa Goodman, Paul Zerby and > Paul Ostrow. I was surprised not to see Dan Nizoliek's name. Other > prominent names I didn't see were: Gary Schiff, Barb Johnson, Sandy > Colvin-Roy and Robert Lilligren. Needless to say, I wasn't surprise not > to see Natalie Lee Johnson's or Dean Zimmerman's name. > > Still, I'll have to decline the invitation to spend $100.00 so he can > have another chance to > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL > PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
