[Mpls] Park Board Reform Slate announcement

[Jim Bernstein]

Tim - Just to set the record straight, some other organizations who are
not screening Park Board candidates include the Minneapolis Police
Federation, Teamsters and the Minneapolis Building Trades union.  

To be fair, I had several long conversations with members of Citizens
for Park Board Reform and they were well aware of my positions on issues
of importance to them. At least they asked! On the other hand, I have
not heard a peep from Police Federation, Teamsters, Building Trades, or
Firefighters.

Jim Bernstein
Fulton
Candidate, Park & Recreation Board Dist. 6  


-----Original Message-----
From: mpls-bounces at mnforum.org [mailto:mpls-bounces at mnforum.org] On
Behalf Of Tim Bonham
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 4:00 PM
To: mpls-issues
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Park Board Reform Slate announcement


>Minneapolis Citizens for
>Park Board Reform
>Minneapolis, Minn. - Minneapolis Citizens for Park Board Reform are
proud to
>announce their Park Board commissioner endorsements for the 2005
election to
>be held November 8.
>. . .
>We endorse candidates who support transparency, fiscal accountability,
>environmental stewardship, and who will fight for the preservation of
our
>historic park system.
         This group appears to be unique in that they did not 
actually screen the candidates before giving their endorsements.  As 
far as I know, all the other Minneapolis groups sat down and talked 
with candidates before deciding who to endorse.

But perhaps they already knew who they wanted to endorse beforehand, 
and didn't want to be distracted by actually hearing the candidates 
explain their positions.

While I agree with several of the Park Board Reform's positions, I 
wonder about the wisdom of endorsing candidates without actually 
screening them.

Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson


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