[Mpls] caucuses

[Erik Riese]

Hello List,

If the organizing my eighteen year old daughter and her friends are=20
doing is any indication then I suspect the caucuses will be peopled by=20=

more than the grizzled old vets Dean wrote about below.

It seems to me we're getting exactly what Brauer and I hoped for when=20
we pushed for same year caucuses at our last City Convention =96 a =
really=20
good debate that starts in the 'hood and let's folks talk about LOCAL=20
issues.

Imagine if our candidates only had to canvas folks elected last year to=20=

support John Kerry, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich & the rest. We=20
wouldn't see debates at Washburn or Cabrini. I wouldn't be getting=20
calls from three different Council candidates to remind me of the=20
caucus. Park Board candidates would not be organizing get out the=20
supporter activities. All the activity would be like four years ago =96=20=

at meetings full of grizzled old DFL veterans ( I won't call any of=20
them hacks.)

This is fun, enlightening, engaging and uplifting.

I've said it here before: I have the utmost respect for anyone who puts=20=

their name forward as a candidate for public office. Thank you to all=20
of you who are doing so this year. Tonight is where all your organizing=20=

reaches its first milestone.

Good luck.

-Erik Riese (see below full complete signature)

On Mar 1, 2005, at 12:54 PM, freealonzo at mn.rr.com wrote:
>  In reality the precinct caucuses are rarely, if ever, as Fred=20
> describ(ed)  <snip> They are sparsely attended, dominated and ran by=20=

> grizzled veterans and party hacks, beholden to the typical DFLer=20
> special interest groups (you know who you are), and confusing to=20
> newcomers and those who don't live and die politics.  Also this year=20=

> I'm pretty sure 10 or 11 of the 13 wards are having all their caucuses=20=

> in a school located in the Ward so precinct caucus supporters can't=20
> even say they are "neighborhood-based."
>
>
> Dean E. Carlson <snip>


--
In cooperation,

Erik Riese
Seward US@:
A great place to live, work, learn, create and play.

(612) 724-3217
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
mailto:riese at tcfreenet.org
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=