[Mpls] Re: DFL snubs two on school board

[Tim Bonham]

To be accurate, David, the DFL delegates did not endorse 5 candidates:
- 2 black women
- 2 white men
- 1 black (somoli) man

But I'm not sure why anyone considers this important, other than lazy 
reporters looking for an easy story.  The reasons that each of these 
candidates failed to gain endorsement were so individually different that 
such a listing is meaningless.  I overheard lots of discussions between 
delegates about candidates, and I don't recall ANY where race or gender was 
an issue -- they were arguing about the past performance or the 
qualifications of the candidates.

Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson

P.S.  Info on the Convention Results, including complete vote counts, is 
available online at the City DFL website: www.mpls.dfl.org

>Note to those keeping such scores: DFLers endorsed an Asian-American (Lydia
>Lee) and Native American (Peggy Flanagan), while rejecting a black woman
>(Henry-Blythe) and a white guy (Schapiro).
>
>David Brauer
>List manager