Listb,
I stand by my statement that delegates disrespected the process by leaving. No
one said that they had to change their votes to vote for someone that they did
not believe in. I fully expect everyone to vote their own conscience.
However, again, there were OTHER RACES besides the one for mayor to be
considered, and those candidates were left hanging by the Rybak delegation.
That in itself is a strong argument for having seperate conventions.
A fellow delegate had some clippers attached to her keychain, so some of us
took the liberty of snipping our seats loose. Made moving and sitting there
much easier.
I have long been of the inclination that there be no endorsing until after the
primary, if any endorsing at all. I really think that ime and money should
rightly be spent getting people registered to vote, and educated on the issues.
Then if people want to support candidates of their choice, on these local
levels, let them do so. Then after the primary, for partisian races, the party
should band together, as whatever candidates will (should) stand on the party's
uniform platform. For nonpartisian races, I don't believe there should be any
endorsements. I simply believe that the entire focus should be placed on
educating constituents about the issues, and the underlying issues surrounding
the issues, so the best possible decisions can be made by the people for the
people.
The older I get the more I try to remain focused on the picture that is larger
than myself. I want to become a vital part of the landscape, not control the
view of it for others.
Pamela Taylor
(Ward 10)
Barbara Lickness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What are you going to do? The convention convenors did
the best thing they could. They moved people to the
bleachers and ended up accommodating everyone. Ya the
bleachers sucked but only because the convention
lasted over 12 hours. It was actually easier to
manuever around in the bleachers if you were ward or
precinct coordinator for a campaign than on the floor
where the chairs were all banded together with
zipties.
I still say 12 hours is too dang long to sit at any
convention. I don't care if it's Brad Pitt or Angelina
Jolie running for office. You either split the board
endorsements off from the mayoral endorsement and hold
two conventions or just let all candidates run through
the primary and endorse after the primary is over.
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