In a message dated 5/1/2004 3:58:28 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< As for your article (and the price tag you mentioned) I can find no reference other than your writing, which I think you must agree, can't be considered fact without some form of support, but we'll run with the supposition, mentions the group being encouraged to join to support a candidate, which is not the same thing as "joining forces", but you're hardly an unbias party with an objective view. >> The article in question cited a Links newsletter that was photocopied and widely distributed to local NAACP members and others. That is a form of support, n'est ce pas? It is a fact that officers of the Links chapter worked in concert with DFL politicians to elect a slate of NAACP branch officers that would be 'more supportive' of Link Carol Johnson and the mayor, Sharon Sayles Belton. How is that not "joining forces?" That a gaggle of DFL politicians participated in that election of NAACP officers, including many white liberals who ordinarily wouldn't be caught dead at an NAACP branch meeting, is well documented in the City Pages article "Black like Us," by Beth Hawkins. And yes, I am a biased party. I openly supported the reelection of Leola Seals as Minneapolis NAACP branch president (who lost in a very close vote in 1999). I also supported the candidacy of Ron Edwards for the same office in 2002. -Doug Mann, King Field Minneapolis School Board candidate 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
