On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, David Weinlick wrote: > On Wednesday, November 24, 2004, at 02:13 PM, David Shove wrote: > > Agree on one thing? We could begin with IRV - Instand Runoff Voting. > > We had a vote on IRV. In the House, 90% of DFLers voted in favor it, > and 90% of Republicans voted against it. In the Senate, 91% of DFLers > voted in favor of it, and 83% of Republicans voted against it.
That sounds like the DFL did the right thing for the right reason. However, it was pointed out that the DFL knew it could not win with the RP so against it - so it could look good, but not have to live with IRV. The really convincing vote will be when the DFL has the MAJORITY and its votes can give us IRV. I hope that chance will come soon, and the the DFL will vote the right way when they know thay can win. > > Of course, that was the rest of the state telling Roseville what it > couldn't do. Luckily, Minneapolis doesn't need to go to the > Legislature to implement IRV. Either we get 13 City Council members to > say yes, or we get enough to put it on the ballot so the voters can > decide. I believe that's because Mpls is home rule, and I assume Roseville is not. I am told there are dozens of home rule cities in MN, some smaller than Roseville. I'd like to get home rule here in Roseville, so we can do what WE want, not what the Leg will allow. What is the procedure for home rule, and who decides if we get it? I sure hope it is not the Leg. --David Shove Roseville > > David Weinlick > Armatage > > 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
