What I have noticed is that Minneapolis likes to cut its own noise off to spit
its face. In other posts people were complaining about the urban/suburban
split yet are not trying to understand how to overcome said split. This split
must be overcome, or more and more Minneapolis and St. Paul will be put to the
second tier priorities. This would not matter if DFLers or Republicans are in
charge, since the split is not a partisan one but a societal one.
People here were saying that the Greens are the second biggest party in
Minneapolis, but that is false. It is true that they are the only other party
to have elected people to office outside of the DFL. But it is Republicans
that are the second biggest by vote. The base Republican vote is still 25%,
the Greens come no where close to that number.
I would like to say in closing that if people keep on playing the
urban/suburban card then the cities will lose that game everytime.
Shawn A. Dorisian
Phillips
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