Hi David,
I'm writing in response to the part of your post that's asking about
Stonewall DFL endorsing McLaughlin over Rybak. Let me qualify my remarks
first by saying these are my observations of the proceedings and that I'm
not speaking as any official voice other than my own.
I was at the endorsing convention and as I saw the process unfold
Stonewall's endorsement of McLaughlin seemed to be engineered as a power
play by Council Members Gary Schiff and Robert Lilligren as payback for the
fact that RT didn't support the lesbian candidate (sorry I can't recall her
name) that was up for the position of Police Chief.
Gary Schiff made an impassioned speech that I believe swayed the folks who
were at the endorsing convention to back McLaughlin. Their dislike of RT
was so strong that they tried to even block RT being deemed an acceptable
candidate.
Andy Ansell
Central Neighborhood
From: David Strand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Mark Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [email protected]
Subject: glbtiq issues Was Re: [Mpls] Natalie Johnson Lee
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:10:35 -0700 (PDT)
Mark, would you provide support or evidence of her
making such comments?
She voted in favor of the city lobbying the state for
equal marriage rights, in favor of repealing the
restroom ordinance which was leading to harrassment of
transgender people and has supported every other
iniative at the city level over the last four years
apart from the equal benefits ordinance for which she
has explained her reasoning and was and has been held
accountable by the party. She has explained her
reasoning concerning that vote and even if I disagree
with her choice on that one issue, I trust that she
supports equality under the law based on her actions
and the Lavender Greens have made in effort to be in
contact with Natalie about our concerns about issues
before the council prior to votes taking place which
we failed to do initially.
I would ask, is the DFL holding Barb Johnson to a
standard of glbtiq support? She has voted against
nearly every iniative including the equal benefits
ordinance and the repeal of the restroom
ordinance(don't recall her votes on the other issues
before the council such as establishing reciprocity
and open registration and nondiscrimination in fees
vis a vis spouses for domestic partner registrants).
For that matter, I find it shocking that the Stonewall
DFL chose to endorse Peter MacLaughlin over R.T. Rybak
when R.T. has supported more numerous specific changes
to city policy to address needs of the glbt community
than had passed in the ten years previous. It makes
no sense to me that Stonewall would not support the
mayor who signed changes to the housing code to allow
domestic partners to rent out as many rooms in their
home as a married couple, nondiscrimination in fees
for domestic partners vis a vis spouses for club
memberships, rental background checks, etc., the
repeal of the restroom ordinance, the reciprocity and
open dp registriy provisions, and supports lobbying
the state government to allow the city to provide
domestic partnership benefits and legalizing same sex
marriage.
Just what specific policy pieces can you point to that
Peter has supported that specifically address glbtiq
concerns?
Talk is nice. Action is better.
David Strand
Loring Park
David Strand
Loring Park
--- Mark Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Brandon Lacy Campos explained the Green Party
> principles to us:
>
> The Green Party and those that believe in its agenda
> believe in gender
> equality (backed by legislation to eliminate gender
> disparities), the
> annihilation of racism, environmental sanity,
> freedom for queer individuals
> to fully engage and enjoy all the rights and
> responsibilities enjoyed by
> straight Americans, a reformed electoral system that
> allows for Instant
> Runoff Voting, community based restorative justice,
> fully funded public
> education, and a whole host of other issues that
> represent the broad
> diversity of the Green Party. The Green Party holds
> as a core value the idea
> of local, grassroots leadership to which public
> officials hold themselves
> accountable.
>
> In the upcoming November election, I hope the Green
> Party activists hold CP Natalie Johnson Lee to the
> party principles about 'freedom for queer
> individuals to fully engage and enjoy all rights and
> responsibilities enjoyed by straight Americans'.
> She has made statements and aligned herself with
> people that do not reflect a queer-friendly view of
> the world.
>
> Mark Hanson
> Prospect Park
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