The 5th Congressional District Green Party will be holding the endorsing convention next Sunday, May 23rd at the Park House, 2120 Park Ave, Mpls starting at noon. The web site, www.mngreens.org/locals/M5D, will be kept up-to-date with details and information on the candidates. Thus far we have two for Mpls School Board, three for three different state house seats, and one for the US House seat.
Darrell Gerber 5th CD Green Party, Chair > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim McGuire > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 7:05 PM > To: Don Jorovsky; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Mpls School Board Convention > > At 01:58 PM 5/17/04, Don Jorovsky wrote: > >I was not at the convention, but by definition, any of the > candidates > >could run for the "third" spot, including DFLers who never > even sought > >the endorsement. That's one of the risks involved when the > convention > >chooses not to endorse for all of the available spots in a multi-way > >race. > > People also need to remember that this is no longer a one > party city. There are at least two people running for the > Green Party endorsement (Doug Mann and Kari Tauring - there > may be more) and I believe that the Greens will pick their > candidates in the next week or two (can anyone confirm the date?). > > Especially with the DFL and generally unfocused anger at "the > establishment" over a number of issues (including a lack of > community involvement in major decisions) this could easily > become a wide open race. I'd suggest actually seeing what > candidates have to say rather then voting a straight party ticket. > > Jim McGuire > Como > > 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
