Hasn't anyone here heard of training in non-violins? --David Shove Roseville
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, Tim Bonham wrote: > > >it was the first time in about 40 years that an incumbent City Council > >Member had been defeated in a primary. > >. . . > >The Elite Few don't want to believe that ordinary people are > >capable of thinking and making decisions - the EF have to do it for the > >ordinaries. Zerby's flogging Campbell showed that the Elite Few were > >wrong. > >. . . > >Bob Johnson > And what does winning all the other races in the last 40 years show? > > The Minneapolis DFL members have a very successful record of electing their > endorsed candidates to office. Because we generally endorse qualified > candidates, who are representative of the ward. > We put the candidates thru a whole lot before endorsing them. We > have screenings, debates, forums, etc.; and we expect that they will phone > up most of the delegates and talk with them. A real stress test for > candidates, because they are dealing with activists who know what's > happening in the neighborhoods, and are good at separating knowledgeable > candidates from flakes or BS'ers. We DFLers fight like feuding siblings > over candidate endorsements; then afterwards we work real hard to elect our > endorsed candidates. > And we're pretty good at doing that. But that's easier when you > have really good candidates to elect! > > P.S. And Paul Zerby did not "completely ignore the party". He was on the > DFL Sample Ballot for the General Election, and he raised money to help > fund that. Plus he & his campaign distributed several thousand of the > joint lit piece for the DFL Board candidates. We're very proud to have > Paul as a DFL elected official! > > Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson > > > 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 > 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
