[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We have to realize that redistricting caused the only two sitting minorities
to be fighting for one seat, just like redistricting cause the downtown area,
where the money lies, to be taken from the 5th ward.
I don't think it's fair to lay all the responsibility on the fifth ward.
The eighth, which had been represented by African Americans for 20 years
running, did not, in the end, support another African American in the
primary this year. In some ways I'm at a loss to understand this, since
African Americans have been a mainstay of the DFL in this ward for much
longer than a generation. However, some of the "old heads" who could
rally the troops did not appear at the DFL convention this time. Truth
to tell, some of the elder statesmen and women did not choose younger
people to train up in how to work for votes, how to work the caucuses
and convention, and how to find the ones most likely to be electable to
put up for consideration. Thus, some of the old heads who supported SSB
and Herron were not able to muster the wherewithall to support new
candidates. That's sad. It means that these elders are passing on.
By this time in history, both the sixth and the ninth wards as well as
the eight and fifth, should be able to produce more than one credible
candidate for council member who is either African American and/or
American Indian.
WizardMarks, Central
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