Steve Sumner: Phyllis Kahn has demonstrated two things this week: The first is that she has taken her constituency for granted. She has been spending her summer campaigning in another part of the city, while being absent from local events in her home community. Second, Phyllis revealed a few major flaws in her character. The first has to do with her disrespect for the rule of law. The possibly more revealing is her disrespect of the voting population. Her desire to remove literature with an alternative voice can only mean that she felt that the voters could not be trusted to make a decision based on all of the facts. The Republican Party in Senate District 59B is confident that when the voters are given all of the facts, they will choose Amanda Hutchins to unseat Phyllis Kahn this fall.
Peter Schmitz: Good post, Steve. But keep in mind that Phyllis Kahn has been demonstrating her dis-respect for the democratic process for at least the past three years, most notably with her lawsuit to overturn the 2001 Mpls. City Council elections where two candidates from the Green Party defeated a powerful encumbant (former City Council President Jackie Cherryhomes) as well as an endorsed party faithful (Dean Kallenbach) from the DFL. As far as I know, local republicans have not challenged this egregious use of the courts (perhaps because their own party is guilty of mis-using the judicial system to steal a Presidential election. Becki Smith, from the Green Party, is also running against Representative Kahn. Given the Republican Party's current war against Minneapolis (and Saint Paul as well), voters in Kahn's district would do well to vote for Smith. As for the DFL Party, they could do themselves a big favor by asking Kahn to give up her seat. --------Peter Schmitz Downtown St. Paul ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! 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
