Since Ed Felien got worried that I had developed ESP and could see what's in his mind, I'll explain my reasoning for the comment that "Felien has got to know....". If running for county commissioner these are things to take into consideration: Biggest block of voters are senior citizens. *McLaughlin, as incumbent, can point to a list of things he's done that brought home the bacon--the Greenway, Hennepin Works on Lake St. (which makes life more doable for constituents who need county services), LRT funding, etc. etc. *Felien calls himself radical, which is not something the voters are necessarily all that thrilled about as I read them, whereas McLaughlin portrays himself as left of center but not that far left. I don't believe radical plays that well with the bulk of voters. *When Felien was on the Mpls. City Council he made a right botch of things and wound up in court with criminal charges along with Zollie Green. Seniors remember that as do some of the rest of us. For me, it's not a positive memory. *Even in the hotbed of South Minneapolis, the Greens have not, as yet, pulled that many voters. *Felien has run for office as a DFLer and lost at the convention level a few times. (He ran against Herron the first time Herron ran. He ran against Sayles Belton even earlier than that.) He begins to take on the aura of perpetual candidate like Dick Franzen. And finally, (sorry Ed), McLaughlin is handsome.
If one is running for office, those are things to take into consideration. I can't believe Felien is so out in the ozone that he never thought about this stuff. WizardMarks, Central _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
