OK, the reason Lisa McDonald did not receive an acceptable rating (note this IS NOT the swame as being found not acceptable) is not because she ran against the endorsement before or plans to again.
In fact, during the meeting there was an evolution of thinking on this issue in that we are more willing to look past that issue when it comes to acceptable ratings. Due, in part, to our responsibility to the broader GLBT community. We issued acceptable ratings for several candidates who are planning to run whether or not they get DFL endorsement. The deciding factor with Ms. McDonald, as it was with Mr. Samuals, was her active support of a candidate from an entirely seperate political party in the recent past. In 2002 she served as the finance director for the Penny for Governor campaign when he was running under the banner of the Independence Party. Regarding my comments regarding the Mayor, it does appear that I was mistaken and a apologize to the Mayor for that. This does not change my vote on that issue, as I had other reasons, but I do apologize for the mistake.) I would also note that I was not attributing any comments to Gary Schiff but just thought he might have more information. As for those who think I am simply being an "endorsement fascist" I will note that if that were the case I would not ahve switched to supporting Chris Coleman for St. Paul Mayor (remember folks, I actually live in St. Paul) on Saturday. Even though he has run against and supported other Democrats against the DFL endorsement in the past he very much impressed me and made it easy for me to support him. Finally, if you guys keep picking on me I feel it is only fair to let you know that my big sister is now a member of this list and you don't want to know waht she did to people who picked on me in grade school! ;-) Megan Thomas West Seventh, (freaking St. Paul) camped out on the lovely, keep it open, south end of Ayd Mill Road) 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
