Britt Robson
Lyndale
wrote
Councilmember Samuels did not "abandon his seat to challenge the only
other
minority member on the council." If you really are consumed by the
contest,
then you probably should have known that Councilmember Samuels had his
seat
bumped out from beneath him by a redistricting process that somehow
managed
to throw two incumbent Green Party councilmembers into districts where a
popular DFL incumbent also resides. For Councilmember Samuels not to
challenge Councilmember Johnson Lee, he would have to move out of his home
into another neighborhood, or simply not run for a second term. Those
seemingly untenable options are also available to Councilmember Johnson
Lee,
of course.
When Samuels ran in the special election which resulted from Biernat's
resignation after his conviction over his plumbing problems the new lines
for the ward boundaries for this election were already known. In fact there
has been debate about whether he planned to step down from the council or
move into the new 3rd ward before this election so as to avoid the very
situation in which we find ourselves. His seat was never "bumped out from
beneath him". As far as the Green vs. DFL in the 5th ward goes, the
redistricting was not at fault there since Biernat would have been within
the new 3rd ward had he not had his troubles.
Steven M Nelson
Willard Hay
http://citizenshipchronicles.blogspot.com/
http://minutemenworldwide.blogspot.com/
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