A fine piece of dissimulation thwarted: >From Ballot Box, 9/12/05, sent 12:51 pm to Mpls Issues
"With all the brouhaha surrounding the Zimmermann campaign, we've overlooked a couple of interesting developments in other races. Mary Merrill Anderson, one of two DFL-endorsed candidates in the at-large Park Board race, told us that her name was included on a piece of literature being distributed by Eighth Ward City Council candidate Marie Hauser without her permission. She said she requested that the piece not be distributed. "Now, why would a candidate facing a tough primary race not want her picture plastered on a well-meaning sample ballot? Well, it may have something to do with the fact that one of Hauser's primary opponent, Jeffrey Hayden, is Anderson's nephew." Marie isn't endorsed any more than Carol Kummer is endorsed, and in both cases, the unendorsed candidate is lumped with endorsed candidates (Hauser, et al.) or an endorsed candidate (Kummer/Colvin Roy), giving voters the impression that these individuals who did not receive endorsement are nevertheless basking in reflected glory as if they had been endorsed. Desperate times call for desperate measures, I guess. Fred Markus, Ward 6, Phillips West 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
