To clarify some:
The 5th District/Minneapolis Green Party is hosting three separate endorseing
conventions this winter and spring. This first endorsing convention was host
to an uncontested race (Cam Gordon, Ward 2) and a race with Park & Rec. Board
Commissioner Dean Zimmermann up against an opponent with a much shorter
history of involvement in the Green Party (for Ward 6).
It appears there will be a higher volume of candidates (and probably voting
participants) at the next two events.
There were also (as at any dfl convention) non-voting participants/observers
at this endorsing convention.
This year the 5th District/Minneapolis Green Party has endorsed two viable
municipal candidates with, I have a hunch, more to come.
Chris Allison
Whittier
At 11:30 AM 03/05/2001, you wrote:
>March 4, 2001
>Green Party Endorses Minneapolis City Council Candidates
>. . .
>Minneapolis/5th District Green Party members met on Saturday, March 3 to
>consider candidates seeking Green Party endorsement for Minneapolis City
>Council seats. Cam Gordon ran unopposed and was endorsed for Ward 2, with 46
>votes in favor and 1 vote for none of the above.
Is this accurate? 46 votes to endorse a City Council
candidate? And they call this grassroots participation? A DFL Convention
for a single Ward that was this small would be considered a serious flop,
and would lead people to question the legitimacy of the endorsement.
And this was the entire City/Congressional District
Convention? The DFL Convention for the City is expecting 40-50 times that
many people, and will be considering changes like same-year caucusing to
increase participation.
Can a political party survive when it has this few people
participating? If this was my party, I would suggest the party take a
serious look at what they're doing that's making people stay away in droves!
Tim Bonham
Ward 12
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