[Mpls] Re: Mpls Council Races - Who and Why?

[Gary Hoover]

Thanks to Jan Del Calzo for directly addressing the Ward 13 City Council 
race.  Of the two candidates, I'm leaning toward Lisa McDonald as well.

Lisa is the more experienced of the two candidates, is fiscally responsible, 
and also understands environmental issues as related to economic and 
infrastructure development.

I do not know much about Betsy Hodges.  So far I've talked to a couple of 
folks with lawn signs for Betsy, and they say that they like and respect her 
as a person.  I think that speaks well of her, but it does not convince me 
that she would do better on the City council than Lisa.

Any further civil discussion of the Ward 13 race?  this is the ward I live 
in now, and so I am interested in understanding the race as much as 
possible.  I would really like to see civil and reasoned discussion on the 
list comparing the two candidates. I don't really think we ought to get into 
rhetoric to persuade strong supporters of one candidate to switch to 
another -- that is unlikely -- but reasoned discussion could really help us 
understand the issues and the candidates.

-- pedaling for peace and ecojustice from Lynnhurst -- Gary Hoover