Four years ago, then-DFL State Senator Randy Kelley sought the DFL endorsement for Mayor. He had a substantial number of delegates from the Ward conventions and he was in the running for a number of ballots. Contrast that situation with the results from this year's Ward conventions, where not one subcaucus identified as supporting the incumbent, not one sign for his campaign was placed on the walls, and, where each Ward convention was addressed by candidates for Mayor, the incumbent couldn't even be bothered to attend his own.
It would be one thing if the City DFL had acted badly. But just two years ago, one year PBE (pre-Bush endorsement), Mayor Kelly addressed the City DFL convention. He was well received. Even if many delegates were unhappy about his running against the endorsed candidate, everyone (yes, everyone) was polite. I was impressed at the air of reconciliation that seemed to be blooming (Glasnost, anyone). This all changed with a certain endorsement last year. The funny part is, Randy Kelly's reputation in transportation has him building lots of bridges, but here he set a big one on fire. That's entirely his doing, and the partisan results of that act were easily predictable. Michael Lewis Mac-Groveland Ward 3 DFL Chair ___________________________________________________________________ Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand. Now includes pop-up blocker! Only $14.95/month -visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today! ------------------------------------------------- JOIN the St. Paul Issues Forum TODAY: http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ ------------------------------------------------- POST MESSAGES HERE: [email protected] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
