--- Tim Bonham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Few candidates are even mentioning the reality
> that, for the first time I
> >can remember (and I've lived here my whole life)
> Minneapolis has had air
> >quality alert days where people were advised to
> stay inside.....and we're
> >talking about a dictatorially run DFL convention (I
> saw the man who was
> >shouted down for pointing out how dictatorially it
> was run) who the DFL
> >candidates are, how much support they have, how
> nasty the campaigns are,
> >and generally feeding in to a bunch of self
> important egos as our air gets
> >worse, and water gets worse and our green space
> begins to disappear more
> >and more in favor of concentrated housing
> development.
> >
> 1. So why were you, Tamir, as a "Green
> Partsian", attending a
> Convention intended for DFL Party members? Just
> wanted to see a Convention
> that was 4,900% bigger than the Green Party
> Convention? And why do you
> care how the other party runs its' Convention,
> anyway?
>
Statements like this sound like a desire from some
DFLers to avoid any accountability.
I'm not a DFLer, and I go to these conventions to
watch the circus. This one showed me again why it's a
real problem for Minneapolis being a one party town.
Many who are involved in the DFL in Minneapolis are
only in the DFL because that's the only avenue to have
an impact on city politicians.
I'd still like to see an effort to Draft Lisa McDonald
to run for Mayor. The city really needs someone of
her caliber. The two DFL choices don't seem to offer
any real choice for those concerned about fiscal
responsibility in the city.
When Greg Gray went to observe the Republican
convention in St Paul a few years back, he had every
right to do so. I told him I was disappointed that
Republican hacks decided to boot him.
The DFL built up some good cred during the state
elections last fall. The challenge for them will be
not to blow that cred in city elections this year.
Eva Young
Minneapolis
Eva Young
Near North
Minneapolis
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