This is a very nice feature. Glad to have a resource so I can try to keep track of all these candidates!
I did some exploring from the Election wiki and made some interesting discoveries. First, why do both 8th Ward candidates Elizabeth Glidden and Marie Hauser claim endorsements from MN NOW PAC and the MN Women's Political Caucus? Were there duel-endorsements and they are both pretending it's just them? You can see what I mean at http://www.elizabethglidden.com/ and http://www.mariehauser.org/ (scroll down). Marie's website also has links on the left side that the casual visitor might interpret as endorsements, including the Minnesota DFL and the Minnesota Women's Campaign Fund. But maybe I'm being too nit-picky... Other interesting discoveries, Tom Moore (Ward 10, Blue-Green Alliance) was the only candidate I've seen to put his medical physical stats on his website to show he's healthy enouch to serve four years. The Firefighter Union endorsement seems to be the most consistently highlighted endorsement among Council candidates--Lisa McDonald (Ward 13, independent) has a big picture in front of a fire truck (http://www.lisamcdonald.org/endorsements.html) Some candidates only list their personal websites that don't seem to have anything to do with their campaign, like Robert Halfhill (Ward 7, Green) who seems to focus more on foreign policy and voter fraud issues on his site. But at least Halfhill has a website. The other two candidates in that Ward (CM Lisa Goodman and Terrell Brown have no listed websites). Lots of folks like mentioning or picturing LRT on their websites and literature, even those with wards not at all near LRT. Meg Forney (Park Board at large, DFL) seems to have the cheeziest (in a good way) website (http://www.megforney.org/). Natalie Johnson Lee (Ward 5, Green) has one of the most bare-bones, but to-the-point website (http://www.nataliejohnsonlee.com/). (Who needs fancy flash animation anyways?) All three mayoral websites seem pretty good, by having lots of information about how they see the issue (though McLaughlin's site was down the most recent time I checked). R.T. needs to update his "Recent News" section soon. My 2 cents. Derek Burrows Reise Longfellow, Mpls >We ask all campaigns and election news and >information sites to link to this page (or the main >Minneapolis Issues Forum page at >http://e-democracy.org/mpls ). > >Now that candidates have filed for office, please >jump in and remove candidates that have dropped out >and add the new ones! > >http://e-democracy.org/wiki/Minneapolis_election_2005_candidates > >Thanks, >Steven Clift >E-Democracy.Org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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
