Sure,
Two of those people have already posted on
this list (look in the last 3 Digest versions).
I suggest you speak with them yourself...should
be a simple matter to find them on the list.
Guy
Hello Guy,
Your allegations seem over the top, would you please
publicly state who
these four Sierra Club members are that are so unhappy
with the
endorsment? I participated on the two committees and
do not recall this
oposition but rather committee members being very
excited about endorsing
R.T. Rybak again.
Sierra Club enthusiastically endorses R.T. Rybak for
Mayor because he
will be the strongest advocate for clean air and
water, greener
government,
vibrant neighborhoods and world-class parks.
Sierra Club endorsements follow a two-committee
process. The
Minneapolis Political Committee is comprised of member
volunteers who were
invited to participate last January through our
newsletter and online
activist network and by other volunteers. This
committee prioritizes races,
screens candidates and makes recommendations to our
Chapter Executive
Committee, the elected governing body for the
Minnesota Sierra Club
which has final authority over our endorsement
decisions. Each committee
requires a two-thirds vote for an endorsement to
proceed.
The Sierra Club is a non-partisan organization and our
endorsment
committee was open to all 20,000 members in Minnesota,
including 4,400 in
Minneapolis.
I don't doubt that a few Sierra Club members might not
agree with some
of our endorsments, but you can find somone in every
organization that
has members that do not agree with the endorsments. I
know city union
members that do not agree with some of the endorsments
made but that
does not make the unions endorsment corrupt.
The Sierra Club has one of the most open and
transparent democratic
endorsing processes. A member of the Sierra Club might
not agree with one
of our endorsments but that should not minimize the
work of committed
volunteers that spent many hours, and nights
preparing, screening and
debating endorsments. Criticizing the endorsments is
very disrespectful
to those committed volunteers.
Ken Bradley
Former Sierra Club State Chair
Guy Gambill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Minneapolis,
In response to this post:
"Hello Minneapolis! Mayor RY Rybak was endorsed by
the Sierra Club. Enough said."
Except for one teeny problem: There were 4 very
unhappy campers from the Sierra Club at Commissioner
Mclaughlin's Forum. Like so many others, they claim
that they were misled in their endorsement of RT...
Where do you think I got the information for my
postings?
Oh, by the way, isn't RT's second vehicle a
mini-van? Let's not forget to mention that...One other
point of interest...Mclaughlin attended the many,
many LRT community meetings...How many did RT attend?
Oh, that's right, he showed up for the ribbon-cutting.
Typical.
Guy Gambill
(Uptown)
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