Tamir Nolley wrote: > ....and when talking about the council races we only focus on the DFL. We sort of don't talk > about how the 5th and 6th ward incumbants are Green (I think Natalie Johnson-Lee is one > of the best council members this city has ever seen and will probably be re-elected, hence > my venting in the above paragraph) and that there will be more than one political party > running candidates, and more than one political party represented on the city council.
I think there's an objective reason for this right now. The DFL's endorsement process begins in three weeks (March 1 city caucuses). I even had a candidate door-knock us this weekend! If the Greens had an endorsement contest as early, there would be more talk about them. > I'm not one of those people who buy in to the mythology of the "DFL Machine," but from > what I've heard from many of those who went to the local DFL to support Howard Dean or > Dennis Kucinich and were systematically kept out of the process, the DFL is NOT the place > to inact political change. I disagree. One reason I worked to enact city-level DFL caucuses four years ago was to let more people in the process - and this political change passed with the help of a lot of others. Will it be material change? Will it work? Stay tuned; change is like that. David Brauer Kingfield REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
