"Melendez, Brian" wrote: > First, I do not see how a new election is > "circumvent[ing] the will of the voters," since the voters will have gotten > their say either way.
If people thought they we electing someone for a four year term and legislation changes that outcome, then it is circumventing the will of the voters. > Second, the Green Party's showing in the last > election was very impressive, so I am not sure as between the DFL Party and > the Green Party who will benefit more from a new election. Ah, the old underestimate your enemy approach. As I remember Ms. Colvin Roy won by a very small margin. I'm not sure just what is impressive, the fact that the Greens could win anything at all? The margins that the Greens won by could easily evaporate with a concerted effort to get out the vote by the DFL or a little bit of gerrymandering during the redistricting. After all, Cherryhomes had never expected to lose. Just how much effort and money would the DFL expend to get their seats back? I would suggest that the Greens lobby Republicans at the state level to stop passage of Ms. Khan's bill. The Republicans have a vested interest in seeing minor cracks in the DFL's power base in Minneapolis. Michael Atherton Prospect Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
