I have no idea what any 5th Ward DFL'ers thought about who might be their candidate to run against Council Member Johnson Lee in 2005 but so what if they did think that Don Samuels might be a good candidate?
There seems to be a hint of a conspiracy here and to make this happen, you would have to be believe that the Fifth Ward DFL conspired with the Minneapolis Charter Commission to appoint a re-districting panel that was favorable to their prospective candidate (who actually lived in another ward at that time)and then conspired with the redistricting panel to draw lines unfavorable to Council Member Johnson Lee. The redistricting panel included folks like Karen Collier, Lyall Schwarzkopf, Mike Finch, and Fred Markus - none of whom had any interest in creating a ward more favorable northside DFL'ers - and all of whom would have raised a public stink had such a conspiracy even been contemplated! Jim Bernstein Fulton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 10:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] why are early elections anti-green? Immediately after any election, political junkies start speculating on who may could be running in next election. When Natalie won, surely there were DFLers starting to talk about who to run against her in 4 years. If I have it correctly, the new ward lines were completed in April 2002. I am asking this as an honest question, and not in any way as any type of accusation. Is it at all possible that DFL insiders in April 2002 could have speculated that Samuels might be a good DFL contender against Johnson Lee in the next election? Dave Stack, Harrison (at the SW corner of ward 5) ------------- > Loki Anderson wrote > >> I wanted to correct a point made by Mark S. that the two Greens were redistricted into new wards with DFL incumbents. At the time of redistricting, Natalie Johnson Lee was in a redrawn ward with no other incumbent. In the time SINCE redistricting, the council member from the Third Ward was forced to resign and the voters of the ward elected a new councilmember, Don Samuels, who lives within the boundaries of the newly drawn Fifth Ward. There were no shenanigans involved with that situation. >> --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ 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
