[Mpls] Re: "But How Are the Children"

[Tim Bonham]

Actually, Dyna, the request for a quorum call was made BEFORE Dennis 
Schapiro asked to withdraw.

The counting for the quorum call was actually being done when he 
spoke.  Since the quorum was not met, the convention had to adjourn at that 
time without proceeding on any other business.  Including business like 
accepting a candidate's request to withdraw, or endorsing by acclamation 
another candidate.

While I'm disappointed that the DFL did not endorse 3 candidates, that's 
what the delegates chose to do.  These 2 candidates were between 3-7% apart 
all day, and it seemed unlikely that either of them would ever have reached 
the 60% needed for endorsement.  An endorsement by acclamation when most of 
the delegates had gone home would not have carried much weight, really.

I am actually surprised that 5 hours after convening, we still had 48% of 
the delegates there, on such a beautiful Saturday afternoon.

Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson

>After 3 ballots we had 2
>candidates left nearly tied and one graciously dropped out. Rightfully
>that last standing candidate would have been endorsed by acclamation.
>But that most qualified gentleman was a Somali immigrant. Let the
>record show that it was not the DFL party but one delegate that raced
>to the microphone and demanded a quorum count. That delegate through
>ignorance or bigotry denied our Minneapolis DFL the opportunity to
>endorse our first Somali candidate.
>. . .
>hanging on in Hawthorne,
>
>Dyna Sluyter