Greg Abbott Linden Hills 13th Ward
On May 13, 2004, at 9:26 AM, Joseph Barisonzi wrote:
Warning: Long winded Rant
List (especially DFL delegates),
I would like to speak against the proposed amendment to the Minneapolis DFL Constitution which would abolish the reform of City Year Caucuses before there is even a chance to allow it to work.
. . .
We need to keep City Year Caucuses so that the DFL endorsement is relevant.
. . .
Let's Give it A Try
We haven't even had a chance to see if this reform helps yet. The first time this reform will have a chance to happen is next year. This year's delegates were elected for school board, county, House, and federal electitons. They were elected by their caucus to one year terms.
To retroactivly change their term to two years and deny people the opportunity to come together next year and elected delegates to represent them in the endorsement of Mayor and City Council members would be a big mistake.
To reverse this reform will ensure that our next Council and Mayors office will have even fewer candidates that were intially endorsed by the DFL party and make the party process and values even less relevent.
And part of me still thinks that would be too bad.
Joseph Barisonzi Willard-Hay
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
