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In a surprising step incumbent Lee Helgen and David Haas gave a joint statement to the Ward 5 DFL convention delegates asking for no endorsement. This very unusual move came about because of challenges and a potential for a very protracted convention.
The candidates who prepared the statement ahead of time said, “[The credentials] committee dealt with an unprecedented number of credentials challenges.
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Comment posted April 17, 2007 @ 10:24 pm
hmm rumor has it Haas voted for T-Paw in 06. I really don’t think that makes him a DFLer…. Wonder why that did not come up.
Comment posted April 18, 2007 @ 9:02 am
Hmm… I understand that there were an unprecedented number of proxy letters allowing those who didn’t attend caucuses to show up at the convention. One does wonder how many of those were entirely new participants in the process, one wonders whether those letters were identical forms with names filled in.
The high number of challenges handled by the credentials committee, long fights about who really lives there…
Does anyone get the sense that an unnamed St. Paul player has had a hand in trying to control what has always been a neighborhood process?
Just askin’.
Comment posted April 18, 2007 @ 9:36 am
Proxy There was a huge HUGE (in some precincts double or triple the proxies over the people who showed up) number of proxy letters. Most of the letters were from people who at the very least were not in the DFL system at all.
Comment posted April 18, 2007 @ 10:01 am
No idea Well seeing as how votes are confidential and all that I can’t tell you who he voted for. I can tell you he didn’t give money to Pawlenty in 06.
He also didn’t give money to Hatch or Hutchinson. (Or Lourey.)
Comment posted April 17, 2007 @ 5:24 pm
hmm rumor has it Haas voted for T-Paw in 06. I really don't think that makes him a DFLer…. Wonder why that did not come up.
Comment posted April 18, 2007 @ 4:02 am
Hmm… I understand that there were an unprecedented number of proxy letters allowing those who didn't attend caucuses to show up at the convention. One does wonder how many of those were entirely new participants in the process, one wonders whether those letters were identical forms with names filled in.
The high number of challenges handled by the credentials committee, long fights about who really lives there…
Does anyone get the sense that an unnamed St. Paul player has had a hand in trying to control what has always been a neighborhood process?
Just askin'.
Comment posted April 18, 2007 @ 4:36 am
Proxy There was a huge HUGE (in some precincts double or triple the proxies over the people who showed up) number of proxy letters. Most of the letters were from people who at the very least were not in the DFL system at all.
Comment posted April 18, 2007 @ 5:01 am
No idea Well seeing as how votes are confidential and all that I can't tell you who he voted for. I can tell you he didn't give money to Pawlenty in 06.
He also didn't give money to Hatch or Hutchinson. (Or Lourey.)
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