With e-mails like this you wonder why he is not interested in running. In one post you have reduced a community pillar to an opportunist with questionable credentials.
As a football player, Page had the foresight to continue his education and obtain a law degree- then went on to pass the bar and use his degree. I beleive its probably a good thing for a judge to be learned and practiced in the area of the law. As a judge, he seems to be steady and well-respected with those within his profession. Go here and read about the history, mechanics, programs and mission of this organization http://www.page-ed.org/ Then ask yourself, how could you not know. Again, he's not running. I want you to be sure to post what any of the other candidates have done outside of just being in office, since you felt compelled to single out Page. You wouldn't want people to speculate on your intent. Eric Mitchell St Paul --- gemgram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Draft Alan Page? Other than beating the Republicans > can anyone tell me why? > > Let's see now! > 1. Alan Page was a great football player for a > Viking team that won a great > deal. > 2. He used his popularity from that time to get a > position on the Minnesota > Supreme Court > 3. Like many of us he is a Democrat > > Can anyone tell me anything else, anything at all, > Page has done in his > life, and for our City, that would make us vote to > have him represent us in > the United States Senate. It may be that I was just > to busy with a young > family at the time to notice anything that Page did > after football but > before being "elected", but I seem to be ignorant of > anything. I am open to > be convinced however, if someone can tell me > something. > > There are, after all, a few Vikings from that era > that have done actual > "Work" in our community, and especially in > Minneapolis, that I am fully > aware of. Oscar Reed and Jim Marshal spring to mind > and possibly Rufus > Bess. Oscar not only lives in North Minneapolis, > but he has worked for > years as both a professional and a volunteer in our > communities to save > youth and to create economic opportunities for the > young people of our > community. Jim has worked with him in that > endeavor, and his record of > playing in so many games, without fail, even when > hurt, gives us an idea of > someone who would always be there working. Though > not as physically gifted > as Alan Page, Jim certainly demonstrated what can be > done with hard work; a > valuable thing in our budget crises time. Or how > about Rufus Bess who has > done such a wonderful job coaching and teaching the > young people at North > High? All of these are good Democrats that have > actually done work in the > community, some played on those great teams. Is the > criteria they are > missing that they were just not as great a football > player as Page? Or is > it that their actual work with and for "little > people" someway makes them > less desirable? > > I think we need a different criteria for what we > call "Great" football > players. While Page was a marvelously good football > player, those people I > mentioned were good football player who became > "Great" football players in > life after football by becoming "great" members of > our community. We might > need a different criteria for exactly what qualifies > someone to be elected > to office and in particular the second highest > office in our land. At every > level we have seen what electing people solely on > the basis of fame has > gotten us and it is very little. We need real heroes > from life, not just on > a football field or from being on television. > > Yes, if you want a football player who knows real > life and needs, and who > has become a hero in Life, I am voting for Oscar > Reed. If Oscar can't get > away from helping kids my second choice is Rufus > Bess. Both Oscar and > Rufus, though not lawyers, are carpenters who I > would trust to build my > house, trust to build the lives of our young people, > and if it came to it > build a better country. Alan Page, I know he was a > football player who used > fame to become a Minnesota Judge, but has he built > any young lives who come > back to thank him like the other two? > > Clearly my idea of who is a "Football Hero", and who > is a hero in life we > should elect to be a U.S. Senator, may be different > than some. I wish I > understood why. > Caucus time is coming in a couple of weeks, folks > let's think about electing > a little more substance and a lot less fluff. > > Jim Graham, > Ventura Village Neighborhood in the Phillips > Community of Minneapolis > > Will Roger's advise to Minneapolis politicians: > "If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look > back every now and then to > make sure it's still back there." > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! 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