I enjoyed a great walk up to North Commons Park Saturday morning to start the day. All sorts of people were there. Good to see Walt Dziedzic, Mark Stenglein among the regular city types. Even Peter Mclaughlin who has a tiny piece of the fifth ward showed up. Annie failed to mention the woman running against Jackie C. in her first shot at electoral politics. Nathalie Johnson-Lee gave a credible speech and took a small percentage of votes. This was definitely the CC President's crowd. Still, in a Ward that has seen heated activity and large numbers in past years, even in years where an incumbent ran unopposed, the turnout was underwhelming from my perspective. Nathalie Johnson-Lee is going to put up a spirited campaign. I've seen her at work recently in meetings of the Near Northside Development Implementation Committee, which still does not appear to be implementing much more than a paper shuffle and funhouse game enacted by MCDA et al, and she is a dogged questioner. Watch for the 5th ward race to heat up between now and September. The horses have just left the gate and we've got a long way to go. Tim Connolly Ward 7 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
