Rules of Engagement in St Paul

May 5, 2001

St Paul City Convention Rules were set in a meeting last night. The Councilmember Jay Benanav (DFL-Ward 04, St Paul) campaign held the clear advantage with 8 of the 14 members of the committee. The resulting Rules are: 1. Unlimited ballots 2. Candidates who fail to...

Minneapolis Convention Primer

May 5, 2001

Tomorrow, Saturday, May 5th is the Minneapolis City Convention. It will take place at Augsburg College and begins at 10:00 AM. The contest between two-term incumbent Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton (DFL), former Twin Cities Reader Publisher RT Rybak (DFL) and Minneapolis...

Campaign Counts in St Paul

Apr 25, 2001

Sunday was the final day in the St. Paul Mayoral caucus process. Now all of the numbers are known. There is a fixed number of delegates from named sub-caucuses, unnamed sub-caucuses, and super-delegates totaling 556. In the battle for named sub-caucuses Jay...

DNC Voting Requirements

Feb 21, 2001

Here is a message, which will not make many people in DFL Party politics all that happy and this will be one of those cases of not killing the messenger for the message.  The DNC is now laying down the law on decisions made by their charter organizations and that...

Making the Rules as You Go Along

Mar 30, 2000

Two interesting rule changes in the State House have caught our attention lately. The first is the expansion of the number of authors on any piece of legislation. Previously, the number was limited to 5 and now that has been opened up. We came across some interesting...