See what clearly? See the obvious wisdom and fairness of having council members run in their new wards after redistricting?
To claim that requiring council members to run in their new wards following redistricting is an "assault" on the Green Party or on Council Member Samuels is simply nonsense. All council members would be required to run in their new wards not just Green Party members and Council Member Samuels. It is grotesquely unfair to citizens to have council members elected from one set of ward boundaries continuing to serve for two or more years after those boundaries have been redrawn. The Legislature recognized this years ago and requires senators to serve two year terms in census years and then run again in the next election cycle in their new districts. I am absolutely confidant that this problem will be fixed by 2023 (the next time this problem will occur unless we return council members to two year terms)through either a state law, ordinance, or charter change. FYI, I did not graduate from Harvard or Yale - my alma mater is Augsburg College right here in Minneapolis! As great a bastion of clear thinking as you will find anywhere! Jim Bernstein Fulton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Neumann Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 12:03 AM To: mpls forum Subject: Re: [Mpls] RE: Rep. Kahn Obstructing Democracy??? Jim Bernstein wrote: >Thousands of citizens happen to agree with Rep. Kahn that a new election for Minneapolis city council should take place, in the next odd year following redistricting. Others obviously do not, but what we have here is a disagreement - certainly not an "ethical, defect" and not assault on the Green Party! The push for a new election by Rep. Kahn's bill in the State Legislature that redirects the timing of our city's election IS an assault on the Green Party or non-DFLers (eg. CM Samuels), albeit debatable whether or not it is a direct or indirect assault. You don't have to go to Yale or Harvard to see that clearly. Aaron Neumann Holland 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
