Tuesday, March 02, 2004
Kucinich in lanslide victory in Minneapolis Ward 10 Precinct 2
I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.
- Will Will Rogers
Dennis Kucinich cruised to an easy victory in my Precinct's caucus with 55 votes. John Kerry came in a distant second with 34 votes. I was part of the majority.
Although I'm not a member of the Democratic Party but Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor, the Will Rogers quote remained in the forefront of my mind the entire evening,. The caucus chair had to be constantly prompted by helpful caucus goers who were familiar with the process. She really didn't know what was going on, so could neither explain what was supposed to be going on. Even after the straw poll, matters were uncertain for some people. I should note that the elected Chair had moved out of the Precinct and for some reason, the Chair (who was elected an associate chair last time) had to ride her bike to the elected Chair's home to pick up the materials earlier today. There were not enough copies of a single form, including the Presidential preference ballots. I should also mention that it was a record turnout for a primary in the precinct - there were too many people to fit in the classroom we were to use, so everybody had to move into the hall. Then we moved to a wider hall.
Also notable is the fact that tonight was the first time in my Precinct's history that it came up with all 34 delegates allotted to it for the Senate District Convention. I'm one of them.
Resolutions were passed to the effect that the Democratic Farmer-Labor platform should endorse:
- Hospitals and Nursing homes being directly regulated by the government
- Equitable access to student loans for all persons
- Two resolutions about family planning and reproductive rights
- Repealing the Patriot Act
- A reversal of the doctrine of preemption
- That Minnesota test public school students on current MN curriculum standards instead of the repealed Profile of Learning standards (as is happening under No Child Left Behind
- An increase of funding for HIV education/prevention
- Equal marriage rights for same sexed couples
I'm proud to live in the most progressive precinct in the state!
// posted by Erik @ 3/02/2004 07:40:00 PM
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