I could imagine a candidate who would be supported by
local Green, DFL, and GOP voters. Why should they not
get all three endorsements?
. . .
- Jason goray, Sheridan, NE.
Because Minnesota law prohibits this.
Needless to say, I cancelled my automatic monthly donation to the PM party.
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Pamela Taylor wrote:
Many moons ago when I ran for school board I was endorsed first by the
Progressive MN group. Then I was also endorsed by the Independent Party.
They could have endorsed four candidates since four seats were open. They
chose to only endorse two of
City Council approves budget 12-0, but foresees future cuts; $10 million
affordable housing trust fund advances.
Budget:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3537395.html
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/4754947.htm
Affordable housing:
This is an interesting idea Mark.
Unlike an anti-Iraq war resolution (which, I still maintain, would send a
powerful message), a bill of rights defense resolution could have a real
impact on how some of our local institutions actually operate (police and
libraries come to mind immediately).
Allow me, please.
Coleman was urging a vote for the Green candidate to divide progressives and
keep them from moving to Mondale when they might have voted for either
Wellstone or Tricomo, but more likely the man leading Coleman by 9 points at
the time of the plane crash...Wellstone.
Norm Coleman
Andy, all: the U.S. Senate race is not a Minneapolis issue. This thread is
played out, at least for the purposes of this list. Please only send posts
such as these to Minnesota Politics Discuss.
David Brauer
List manager
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In a message dated 12/16/02 9:44:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Declare Your Town a Civil Liberties Safe Zone
December 16, 2002
By Leif Utne, Utne
In the face of the Bush administration's relentless drive to erode civil
liberties under the banner of the
Property Taxes and a short aside on the Civil
Liberties discussion.
Can someone point me at a nice concise description of
the difference between a progressive and
regressive tax?
A snapshot of property tax impact (not a statement for
or against property taxes):
The timing's kind of ironic, but
Ref the 'Greens', and the 'Republicrats' and all the brewing stew
of city politics, The last city election, I favored the greens because they
were an alternative to the machine.
I know all the machine types say there is no machine, but these
people wouldn't be convicted and
.a very happy Paul, and a very sore Peter.
Andy Driscoll wrote:
It's insane that we charge exactly the same taxes to people living next
door to each other, regardless of their incomes and ability to pay. I see
no justification in such regressive taxation.
Mark Anderson wrote:
One of the
Considering that it has been our patriotic duty to shop otherwise the
terrorists will have won, I am surprised the police presence at this event
wasn't beefed up by the Homeland Security folks.
Linda Mann
Kingfield
MN: Oh, they were there. You can bet on that.
I doubt they wear uniforms,
Mediation with police will start when community
is together
David Chanen
Star Tribune
Published Dec. 17, 2002
The start of mediation to improve Minneapolis
police relations with the community depends on
when the community decides who will represent
it.
Talks had been set to start
Last week during the Gang Task Force discussions another important meeting
was sadly ignored. Representatives and Senators brought a legislative
meeting or pre-hearing on the concentration of Class III sexual predators to
the neighborhood (or small town) with the greatest concentration of those
The police being an overwhelming presence (and undercover) at demonstrations
is nothing new. In the '80s at an El Salvador protest, for example, I
remember the time a demonstrator had his silver mohawk wig removed after
someone in the crowd noticed that he had handcuffs in his pocket. He then
On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 02:01 AM, Tim Bonham wrote:
I could imagine a candidate who would be supported by
local Green, DFL, and GOP voters. Why should they not
get all three endorsements?
. . .
- Jason goray, Sheridan, NE.
Because Minnesota law prohibits this.
I must disagree
Greg A., esq. writes:
As interpreted by the city, a candidate cannot use the 3 words to
identify more than one political party. DFL/Republican is out of
bounds - a candidate can list only one party, DFL or Republican.
Hmm...it appears fushion IS prohibited, by bureaucratic fiat if not actual
It's no more bewildering than candidates in New York state securing the
endorsements of multiple parties. For example, Pataki sought the
endorsements of the Republican Party and NY Conservative Party. Andrew
Cuomo (for Governor) and Eliot Spitzer (for Attorney General) received the
In a message dated 12/16/2002 7:41:47 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But, at the DFL endorsing convention, he wasn't able to answer a question about the continuation of TIF. When I was a a candidate for office, I don't think everybody expected me to know the answers to every
Okay now this is getting a little to crazy. I care about who is representing
me; However, why must there be a struggle. The community cries about getting
on with business, yet we cannot even make up our minds as to whom is to sit
at the table. This is a sad day.
How are we to set examples to
Linda,
I find Republicans much more open to discussing issues and being respectful
of others views on things. It was Reagan that said if someone agrees with
you 80% of the time, I consider them a friend. Last time I checked Ronnie
was a Republican.Also, I would challenge you to be a bit more
What a nice caring person you are! Happy Holidays!
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:14:35 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Please, please, please put an identifying tag WITH YOUR PHONE NUMBER
on it on
your dog - especially if she/he is big and likes to roam. A license
tag is
USELESS on the weekends,
Uh Steve,
Not to quibble or anything but I think you're the one who ridiculed me first.
Anyway, before poor David has to jump in to say we're off topic, I am ready
to drop this discussion about whether the duopoly is any less respectful of
the voters than I have been to others (or something
Linda Mann Kingfield Said:
Considering that it has been our patriotic duty to shop otherwise the
terrorists will have won, I am surprised the police presence at this
event
wasn't beefed up by the Homeland Security folks.
In a message dated 12/17/02 10:08:13 AM Pacific
On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Alan Hooker wrote:
Thus, what is so strange about someone being endorsed by the DFL (itself a
fusion of 3 political groups circa 1940's) and the Green Party
simultaneously?
It would be all one way. I believe the DFL has a rule forbidding
endorsement of other parties.
Hang on. Fusion doesn't lessen choices. If party rules were equal and a
DFLer sought the Green Party endorsement, the Green party endorsers could
chose the DFLer or someone else. If your premise is that candidates should
seek and abide by party endorsement, fusion doesn't matter. As someone
Interesting article in the Star Tribune about shopping downtown:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1557/3537000.html
We went to our annual christmas downtown excursion tonight. It was pretty
bleak. Very few people, the Marshall Fields Christmas show was lame, prices
slashed everywhere (great
Jim,
I think that multi - party endorsement may be one tool to help build a healthier
multi party democracy here in Minneapolis. This might be especially true if
voters could indicate party choice along with the candidate choice.
Could you share with us how it works in New York?
thanks,
Fusion was pushed strongly several years back by Progressive Minnesota.
They got 25,000 validated signatures to co-endorse Wellstone; Wellstone's
office would not take a position on it - until the last day, when it had
to -- No, it said, it is too complicated. Three DFL Leg candidates wanted
it;
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