[Mpls] Other results of the 8-2 Caucus

[WizardMarks]

Karen Forbes wrote:

>One final thought I have, I wish that there could be an 8th Ward forum that
>included all the candidates before the city convention. 
>
The Eighth Ward convention will have all the candidates speaking. I was 
not impressed by any of the candidates, but for many it was their first 
time out, so I cut them some slack for the moment.
The most unfortunate part was the young woman wanting all the white 
males to step aside. I was so stunned, I kept looking around to find out 
who was speaking. That same silly ploy has been tried by some of my 
younger roommates on the only white male in the house. It's called being 
20 or so and full of righteousness--wrongly placed.
There were a ton of younger people, which was great (even if one 
embarrassed herself)!
I've been voting in 8-4 for 20 years or so, but suddenly I'm in 8-2, the 
lines are in different places, so some folks I would normally see 
weren't there. I was also surprised to see Karen Forbes and Mike Nelson, 
who have never been in my precinct before.
I was honked off at one of Dennis Tifft's supporters who, never having 
laid eyes on me before, felt it was OK to call me "dear." How fifties 
retro, and not a good sign. I didn't call him on it, nor hit him with my 
cain (which I didn't have with me). Nor did I call after him with 
something unkind like, "TWERP!" Hadn't seen the Tilsen's in forever, so 
that was really nice.

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