Mike Nelson wrote:
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>> I just came home from my precinct caucus.
>> I seriously doubt I will be returning.
>> When we were in the process of filling our allotted number of
>> delegates,we had more volunteers than open positions. Someone made a
>> suggestion regarding how we might eliminate some p
I should say that I believe everyone has a right to their opinion, and
everyone should be heard. I'll give that woman credit, she was brave
enough to speak up. Perhaps I could have stayed, but I knew if I
stayed, things would've gotten ugly, I probably would have said things
in the heat of the mome
Mike Nelson wrote:
I just came home from my precinct caucus.
I seriously doubt I will be returning.
When we were in the process of filling our allotted number of
delegates,we had more volunteers than open positions. Someone made a
suggestion regarding how we might eliminate some people.
The sugge
Earlier today (3/1), Bill Kahn wrote:
> I think the most popular and accepted version of IRV is where the choice with
> the least votes is dropped after the first talley and the vote is
> recalculated with the second choice of those voting for the dropped
> candidate. You could go several round
I actually got to caucus this eve, having at the last minute found child
care to find:
1. Our ward convention is on a SERIOUS Jewish festival (kind of like
scheduling it for easter sunday morning) which is also the sabbathof
course nobody considered whether this mught serve to exclude fol
Mike Nelson
wrote
I just came home from my precinct caucus.
I seriously doubt I will be returning.
When we were in the process of filling our allotted number of
delegates,we had more volunteers than open positions. Someone made a
suggestion regarding how we might eliminate some people.
The suggesti
I just came home from my precinct caucus.
I seriously doubt I will be returning.
When we were in the process of filling our allotted number of
delegates,we had more volunteers than open positions. Someone made a
suggestion regarding how we might eliminate some people.
The suggestion: " I think anyo
Inexcusable.
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I will be waiting to hear from KFAI and Mr. MacFarlane about this matter.
If someone is gracious enough to have a candidate forum the least that
should happen is that all the candidates be invited. There would be the hope
that the organizers would be non-partisan. To exclude a candidate sounds
muc
David Brauer asked:
Linda - I know you're in the Senate, but do you think DFL gains in the
House since last session should help an IRV bill pass if introduced
this time?
Also - perhaps I've missed it in previous posts, but do we know where
Mpls House DFLers stand on local-option IRV? Do they a
Dean Carlson wrote:
Unfortunately this just confirms that the precinct caucus system is a joke.
The DFL should have allowed us to organize on a Ward basis, which would have
been more inclusive and more newsworthy.
Peter Vevang writes:
There is some variation from ward to ward, but by and large w
Hello List,
If the organizing my eighteen year old daughter and her friends are
doing is any indication then I suspect the caucuses will be peopled by
more than the grizzled old vets Dean wrote about below.
It seems to me we're getting exactly what Brauer and I hoped for when
we pushed for same
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unfortunately this just confirms that the precinct caucus system is a joke. ... As I have posted before, the prencinct caucus system is elitist and discourages participation.
WM: Like Fred Marcus I'm a veteran of a long string of caucii. It's the
first chance I have
As grizzled as I am, I can still take heart from seeing the faces of people
young enough to be my grandchildren but old enough to vote who realize how
precious our democracy is. They came forward in the hundreds at last year's
caucuses - and were elected to positions at every level of party
organiz
According to the Star Tribune, with the May - Federated merger, it is
possible the downtown Minneapolis Dayton's - Marshall Fields may entirely
disappear
as a hotel or office conversion. Here is the link:
_http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5265876.html_
(http://www.startribune.com/stori
OK, breaking a cardinal rule of my own I will respond to Dyna's
continued assertations about her exclusion from the Stonewall DFL Board.
(and in my opinion)
Of course there is a major problem here ... namely, how do I explain
this and stay within the bounds of the rules of this list? How is that
Fred's description is right on -- for a text book. In reality the precinct
caucuses are rarely, if ever, as Fred describes below (notwithstanding Barb
Harris' fine efforts in organizing). They are sparsely attended, dominated and
ran by grizzled veterans and party hacks, beholden to the typica
KFAI Stiffs Tifft
On Monday February 29th, KFAI's morning radio program "Conversations with
MacFarlane" featured what was supposed to be a forum with all the candidates
running for Eight Ward City Council. They however failed to invite or
mention a very visible and viable candidate, Dennis Tiff
David Finke writes:
"I was curious about the identity of the anonymous group.
Could you let us know? I've run across several versions
of IRV, some fair, some resulting in distortions of electoral
outcomes as bad or worse than what we have now. It seems the
resolution is dangerously vague in not sp
I really like precinct caucuses. they are as close to the ground as one can
get in the partisan political process.
I recently explained about caucuses, conventions and the like to elderly
East African-Americans, American citizens all, who live in Minneapolis
public housing highrises. This via MH
Sorry...I made a mistake...
.. fill out a delegate form in your ward and give to precinct chairs so
you can still be involved in the Convention...everyone is involved in
November!
dorie gallagher
nokomis
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Is there another list that might cover Campaigning and Campaign Literature...or
is this going to be the one for airing the linen.
Receiving the calls from both did not bother me since time is short, people are
busy and messages need to get out in en masse. If a person is busy or needs
to ten
Unfortunately this just confirms that the precinct caucus system is a joke.
The DFL should have allowed us to organize on a Ward basis, which would have
been more inclusive and more newsworthy (also that was the intent of the
"Brauer Amendment"). As I have posted before, the prencinct caucus sy
I too was surprised the Strib had no info on the caucuses as I plan to go and
just assumed there would be some information today.
Margaret Hastings-Kingfield
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I was disappointed that there was nothing in my Star Tribune this
morning about the DFL precinct caucuses tonight. The open city
caucuses are new, and it would've been nice to give people the basic
info about what time they start and where to find caucus locations.
David Brauer
Kingfield
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On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Jane Strauss wrote:
> Wow! To what do I owe the good fortune that they all missed me??? :-)
Robot's Rules of Order.
--David Shove
Roboseville
>
> Jane Strauss, Longfellow,
>
> Who has a small special needs kid at home and probably won't be able to make
> it to the caucus
Wow! To what do I owe the good fortune that they all missed me??? :-)
Jane Strauss, Longfellow,
Who has a small special needs kid at home and probably won't be able to make
it to the caucuses as a result.
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