[Mpls] Stonewall DFL - Lisa McDonald

[Tim Bonham]

On Sunday, February 20, 2005, at 05:06  PM, Barbara Lickness wrote:

 > I am really surprised that Lisa McDonald did not get an acceptable
 > rating from Stonewall with her long history of activism and support to
 > the GLBT community. It seems like a pretty big slap to me. I would be
 > interested in hearing from people active in Stonewall what she did
 > that would cause Stonewall to withhold an acceptable rating from her.
 > In all of her council races she always sought out and was given
 > Stonewall and DFL party endorsement.
	Lisa McDonald stated that she was not planning to seek DFL endorsement for 
this seat.  It was pointed out that Stonewall DFL, as a caucus of the DFL 
Party, only endorses candidates seeking DFL endorsement.  Previously, she 
had been included in the motion to find candidates acceptable.
	She did screen, and was well received, both in her responses to questions, 
discussion of past support for the glbt community, and her mention of past 
endorsements from Stonewall DFL.
	Had she been seeking DFL endorsement, she would likely have been found 
acceptable by Stonewall DFL.  But as she isn't, it doesn't matter.