[Mpls] Battlegate: Natalie Johnson Lee, the Greens and the Anti-gay Bob Battle

[Eva Young]

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>That said, Natalie Johnson Lee has NOT "avoided discussion of GLBT" issues,
>at least not so far as they relate to the Green Party platform. She has
>discussed the Bob Battle issue with Green Party members who have expressed
>concern about it. As has been shared in this forum, members of the Green
>Party who discussed that with her are satisfied with how those discussions
>concluded. Therefore, so far as the Green Party and its members are
>concerned, this is a non-issue. Period. And I, for one, would appreciate if
>Eva Young would refrain from attempting to involve the Green Party in her
>crusades against Bob Battle and whoever else she has issues with.

I am a resident of the 5th ward.  Natalie Johnson Lee represents me.  It is 
an embarrassment to me to be represented by someone who can't distance 
themselves from Bob Battle.  When I raised this issue with Natalie at 
Juneteenth, she started yelling at me.  I understand that Natalie has 
difficulty keeping her temper when people have differences with 
her.  Natalie claimed she sent me an email that addressed the issue.  If 
she did, I either didn't receive it - or I missed it.  (I do get alot of 
email on this particular email account, so I do miss some emails from time 
to time.)

>As far as whether 5th Ward residents have raised this issue with Natalie
>Johnson Lee, I don't have any information about that, but going on the basis
>of how Natalie Johnson Lee interacts with Green Party members, which is
>basically that her door is open to anyone with concerns, I highly doubt that
>she has avoided discussion with any 5th Ward residents who may have raised
>the issue.

Well when I first called her about this issue last December she told me she 
wasn't aware of the article by Battle.  I read her the quote - and told her 
I'd send her a copy of the article - which I did.

>What I do know, however, is that Natalie Johnson Lee has absolutely no
>obligation to provide fodder for or respond to the Lloydletta's Nooz blog or
>the Minneapolis Issues Forum, whether Eva Young or others are able to accept
>that or not.

Natalie can do as she pleases.  She does have the obligation to respond as 
a council member when I call her office.  (Which has been rarely - I think 
I've contacted her office 3 times over the 4 year term.  I personally think 
what's more interesting than Natalie's position is how the Greens rather 
than allowing Natalie or her campaign to directly defend herself, are going 
after me for raising the question.)

If the candidate LCR/MN endorsed, Don Bellfield was quoted in an article by 
Bob Battle, I would expect that LCR/MN would get jumped on for that 
endorsement (deservedly so by the way).

I think it's really interesting that conservative and Republican candidates 
are expected to be held accountable on these issues - but when liberal 
candidates are involved, gays should just let them take a pass.

You can bet if one of the Gay city council members was quoted in an article 
by a white supremacist, people would howl - and they should.

Speaking of the Natalie Johnson Lee, Don Samuels race - I got a copy of the 
Trendsetter - Travis Lee's newspaper which claims that over 25,000 read the 
paper.  There's a cartoon on the back page about the race.

It's got Don Samuels vs Natalie Johnson Lee in a cage match.  Samuels is 
saying "I'll do anything to return to the Big House!"  Natalie is saying 
"Don, you can fool some of the people some of the time.  A kid in the 
audience is saying "Mama, why is Don running against Miss Natalie?"  The 
mother is saying "Because we can't have too many negros in city hall!"

Then on the balcony above the cage match the Redistricting Committee is 
standing.  Above that there's the label:  DFL Machine.

I'd love to get a copy of this as an image.  It's really a hoot.


Eva Young
Near North
Minneapolis
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