I look forward to the creation of a permanent
"progressive" caucus should that occur. Maybe that's a
good first step at addressing some of the issue
concerns that many on the left have with the party.
But I would hope that we can all agree that anyone who
is active as a party member in a DIFFERENT political
party has forfeited their right to play a role in the
DFL. A big tent is fine, but there's only so far it
should stretch.
Loki Anderson
Audubon Park
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- ken bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Tim:
> I spend significant amount of time defending the
> D.F.L
> Party to others . Your bitting commentary regarding
> the Green Party makes my job more difficult.
> You may not believe this but... residents in this
> city
> have two choices politically.
> 1) Bring their disagreements within the party *run
> alternative issue based candidates *issue caucuses,
> within the D.F.L. Party.
> 2) Abandon the D.F.L Party completely.
> Now, many insiders (Entrenched D.F.Lers.) may prefer
> those that disagree with them abandon the party for
> immediate gratification. I argue that democracy is
> still important and disagreement within our party
> makes the D.F.L a stronger party!
> I would hope you and others will stop bashing Green
> Party folks and start looking at ways to welcome
> others into the D.F.L Party. The Green Party is
> being
> built with former D.F.L activist! Who is really
> losing
> the fight?
>
> Respectfully,
> Ken Bradley
> Ward !2
> --- Tim Bonham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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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