Well said.
On Aug 26, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Aaron Street wrote:
It seems to me that if the Minneapolis DFL was the machine that you
say it
is we would have had a mayoral endorsement in one of the two past
elections.
I get pretty frustrated with some people's idea that the
Minneapolis DFL is
controlled by Gary's so-called disciplined, unified "party elite".
If this
concept is meant to refer to Minneapolis DFL candidates, then why
are so
many local elections contested between DFLers (Mayor, Ward 8, Ward 10,
etc.)? If it's meant to refer to the Party's officers, I wish you
had seen
the Minneapolis DFL Nominations Committee meetings I chaired this
spring -
we were a rag-tag group of new and veteran, young and old,
connected and
not, DFLers united only in our desire to find decent people who
would work
in the best interests of the organization. Finally, if it's meant
to refer
to "party elders" or "financiers", then why did the Kaplan's and
Walter
Mondale's endorsement of R.T. not result in his endorsement?
. . .
The Minneapolis DFL Party is not the monolith you claim it to be.
Greg Abbott
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