[Mpls] Why are early elections anti-Green

[David Brauer]

On Oct 4, 2004, at 12:03 AM, Aaron Neumann wrote:
>
> The push for a new election by Rep. Kahn's bill in the State 
> Legislature that redirects the timing of our city's election IS an 
> assault on the Green Party or non-DFLers (eg. CM Samuels), albeit 
> debatable whether or not it is a direct or indirect assault.  You 
> don't have to go to Yale or Harvard to see that clearly.

I didn't go to Harvard or Yale, so perhaps I'm the problem but...

I've never understood the anti-Green-ness of early elections. It's only 
anti-Green if that party is weakening. Otherwise, early elections 
could, possibly, elect MORE Greens (or other partisans, or 
independents) if people are fed up with current DFL-dominated council. 
After all, the DFL would be defending 10 of 13 seats.

I realize we've discussed this before, but it seems like a process 
reform, not a partisan one, to me.

David Brauer
Kingfield
U of M grad