More information on available candidates and their positions is available through elections than it is through endorsements. Are they progressive enough? Quiz 'em.
Andy Driscoll Saint Paul ------ "Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action." - Benjamin Disraeli > From: loki anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 08:28:14 -0700 (PDT) > To: Mpls Issues List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Re: Not Seeking DFL Endorsement > > Well, I use the endorsement as a way of making sure > that a candidate has good progressive instincts, won't > put their personal religious values ahead of the > health and well being of Mpls public school kids (ie > clinics and sexual orientation counseling and > programs) and as a way of seeing what the > qualifications of these candidates are. I don't have > children nor do I follow every issue related to the > schools, but I do vote and want my vote to be an > informed one. And I'm pretty sure that it has only > been a minority of school board members who have > sought higher elected office. > > Loki Anderson > Marshall Terrace > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Brandon, >> >> I support your decision not to seek DFL endorsement, >> and I hope that others >> running for school board follow suit. Please let us >> have one elected office >> that is not about party politics, but what is for >> the good of education. We >> make a lot of compromises in this country for the >> sake of party politics. >> Introducing party affiliations into school board >> elections reduces the school >> board to a stepping stone for other offices. Let's >> get some candidates that >> care more about the children of Minneapolis and >> their education than they do >> about the next election. >> >> Rita Miller >> Hiawatha >> _______________________________________ >> 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 > > > ===== > "In their styes with all their backing > They don't care what goes on around > In their eyes there's something lacking > What they need's a damn good whacking" > -George Harrison > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
