[Mpls] Commentary: Ron Edwards: Legacy of Natalie Johnson Lee

[David Brauer]

Ron Edwards writes:

> Four years ago, both Black and White DFLers moaned and
> groaned and screamed to the high heavens that all semblance
> of sanity had been lost forever when Natalie Johnson Lee
> beat the powerful 12-year incumbent, Jackie "Big Boss" Cherryhomes.

Hmm. Certainly some, definitely not all, and probably not most.

The first place Natalie went on victory night was to DFL Mayor-elect R.T.
Rybak's celebration. She was greeted enthusiastically by the mostly white
DFL crowd (I was there; she was a rock star). There were *plenty* of DFLers
citywide who were thrilled Cherryhomes lost.

David Brauer
Kingfield