Fwd: Re: [Mpls] Kiffmeyer has booth at Pride - but doesn't show

[Eva Young]

At 09:44 AM 7/2/2005, pskrbec at comcast.net wrote:
>What I find funny is thier whole defense of why they didn't show...
>
>"Oh listen to me whine about not having enough money to PAY PEOPLE to 
>staff a booth at festival XYZ." The staffers at the Stonewall DFL booth 
>were 100% VOLUNTEERS. While we paid for the actual booth like anyone else, 
>our staff showed up because they feel passionate about why they were there.
>
>Another reason to oust Kiffmeyer as far as I'm concerned...
>
>Paul Skrbec
>Chair, Stonewall DFL
>Inver Grove Heights, MN
><mailto:pskrbec at comcast.net>pskrbec at comcast.net

Stonewall and Log Cabin Republicans both do the booth with volunteers.  The 
Secretary of State's office is a more official booth - and probably should 
have paid staff - who represent the office.  If her office did have people 
at 2004 Pride, she deserves some credit for doing that.  It would be 
inappropriate for her office to try to coordinate her booth with the Log 
Cabin Republicans and Minneapolis Republican City Committee booth - because 
of the non-partisan nature of her office.  That would be the way for her 
office to get volunteers.

She was a guest at one of our Log Cabin Republicans meetings in 2002.  We 
talked to her - but did not screen her for endorsement at that 
meeting.  Kiffmeyer has also come to some E Democracy gatherings.  I hope 
she does come to Pride in 2006 - and that if she does come to Pride, that 
people talk to her, rather than react with kneejerk hostility (and that 
happens at Pride to Republicans who come).

There are a number of legitimate campaign issues to use against Kiffmeyer 
(the City Pages article that showed collusion between the SOS office and 
David Strom on filing the complaint about City Pages voter registration 
booth did not reflect well on Kiffmeyer's office).

I don't see this issue in the same way.

Eva


Eva Young
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