>What does this say > about the delegates and the convention process? That > you can destroy the career of a good person just by > generating rumors? That the convictions of delegates are > so shallow that their decisions can be swayed by > unsubstantiated rumors?
Or, quite possibly, the choice of the delegates had nothing to do with race or rumor. Perhaps delegates were not pleased with Henry-Blythe's past actions as a board member. Since I haven't paid a whole lot of attention to the actions of the school board lately, it wasn't a retrospective look that caused me to withhold my vote for endorsement, it was the fact that I was not impressed with Henry-Blythe's vision for the future. > I could buy this argument IF the DFL leadership had made > a concerted effort to insure that African American students > were represented by SOMEONE of their own race on the school board. I can't speak for all delegates, but I wholeheartedly reject the notion that school board members can only represent their constituents of the same race, or that constituents can only be represented by school board members of the same race. My criteria for endorsement was simple: who would do the best job. Not who would do the best job for one group or another, but simply who would do the best job. In my opinion, two candidates met the criteria, and that is who I supported. Race or gender had nothing to do with it, and I don't think it should. If we are in a position where it is argued that we have to take a candidate's race into account and change our criteria based on that, then we are not in the place we should be. We should be elected public officials based on competence. === Nathan Hunstad CARAG Minneapolis, MN (651) 489-9107 -- Home PGP DH/DSS public key -- http://www.angelfire.com/mn/freakpower/nhpubkey.txt ________________________________________________ Do you Gonzo?! http://www.angelfire.com/mn/freakpower 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
