Eva, in response to the Forum held at Lucilles'. I was a listener on the
radio. It was not disorganized as much as they put too many things in the
show. They have added live music that kept playing "diddies" at every
pause, the prefunctory ads and claims, AL's narrative throughout with
sideline narrative and jokes, and then there was a panel, speaking on
politics in general, and then the candidates.
It really was a waste of time as far as some of the candidate's taking time
off work and then not being able to even finish their opening remakrs. It's
a great venue and wonderful way to get the word out in to the community but
it gave none of the candidate's justice for presenting themselves.
Having been on this shoe several times in the past - it never seems like
there is enough time to really cover the topics or forums presented.
Annie
At 11:01 AM 4/13/01 -0500, Eva Young wrote:
>At 10:33 PM 04/12/2001 -0500, Rick Stafford wrote:
>>Hi Folks:
>>Eva once again has shown her view of the DFL-endorsed candidate in the 6th
>>Ward, Dean Kallenbach, without really knowing anything about him. I
>assume Eva
>>dislike for candidate Kallenbach has more to do with me than with the
>>candidate.
>I don't dislike Kallenbach, I don't even know this person. I know more
>about the other candidates in this race because several of these candidates
>post on the Minneapolis Issues list. Part of the reason I appreciate
>Robert Lilligren, 8th ward candidate, is he is accessible by email, and he
>posts and interacts on this list. Lisa McDonald and RT Rybak both have
>been long time list members and contributors, and I've appreciated that
>also.
>
>So I'd like to challenge Dean Kallenbach to join the Minneapolis Issues
>forum, introduce himself to the list and mix it up on a number of the
>issues posted here.
>
>>He she really knew everything about the candidates in the Sixth
>>Ward, such as Barb Lickness, she probably won't like to hear what she would
>>find. For example, Barb's support of the Washington Monument Obelisk in the
>>Wasburn-Fair Oaks Park in stark contrast to what the neighboring residents
>>opposition; or, Barb's claims to support of projects like the Whittier
>>Community School--which she opposed (Darrel Washington, can verify this
>>information.) If Barb was the real activist of the neighbors and
represented
>>their views, why did so many current Whittier Board members and residents
not
>>support her during the DFL endorsement convention--these were not DFL hack
>>individuals that many would like portray them as.
>Obviously Barb Lickness has a record, and has been active in the Community.
> I'd like to hear, from candidate Kallenbach, rather than his campaign
>manager, who he is, his experience, why he is running for city council, and
>what he hopes to accomplish.
>
>>Finally, Eva again points out Dean Kallenbach's absence at the Insight
Forum.
>>Eva was e-mailed a reasonable response to Dean's inability to
>attend--which any
>>fair minded person would find acceptable.
>When I got this, I encouraged Stafford to post this to the whole list, as
>it did seem to be of general interest. I think it's odd that the
>Kallenbach campaign only got invited a few days before the forum, when the
>forum was announced on this list a week or two before the forum took place.
>
>> 4. Because of the format of the forum was largely unstructured, other
>>speakers and comments from the audience ate up so
>>much time that only 1-1/2 to 2 minutes were allowed for each candidate to
>make
>>remarks. So much for a real discussion of the
>>issues
>
>Perhaps Insight forum organizers on this list can shed some light on this,
>and comment on Stafford's comment that the forum was poorly organized.
>
>Eva Young
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