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At a meeting in St Paul, the recently formed Minnesota Open Progressives endorsed Maplewood Mayor Diane Longrie in her bid for re-election.
Mayor Longrie sat with the MN-OP and discussed her goals of increased citizen participation and empowerment, honesty, transparency and maintaining respectful relations with others, even when they disagree. She also talked about facing the status quo and special interests that pervades democracy today.
Mayor Longrie stated that “The only special interests which we should heed is the people of Maplewood and of Minnesota. The mayor has a record of opening up the Maplewood City Council to more public participation. This reflected the beliefs and values of the MN-OP members who have had a long and productive relationship with her and so found it easy to endorse Mayor Lungrie.
This is the second candidate that the Minnesota Open Progressives have endorsed. The MN-OP have found itself in the unique position of endorsing a sitting Mayor without being an official political party yet.
There are a number of ways that the MN-OP can be an official political party, one being to run a state wide candidate that would gather at least 1% of the vote. Garnering 5% can gain the Open Progressives of Minnesota major party status.
The Minnesota Open Progressives website is www.MOPPC.org
I am a candidate for the Minneapolis School Board, citywide in 2010. There are 2 at-large seats elected citywide, and 3 seats to be elected from 3 of 6 park board districts on the east side of town.
I am not seeking any major party endorsement
Who’s running for Minneapolis School Board?
message by Doug Mann on mpls issues list
http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/mpls/messages/post/3mnvbBcnxqyhzbAhdFfM4j
Link to The Coleman Report (U of Wash. edition), message to mpls issues list
http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/mpls/messages/post/6eQZRTvNcDJKZXC8MkW4Ck
Doug Mann for School Board 2010 platform
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Third Party Rev.
Yes we do. We also plan to run candidates for Congress, the US Senate and other races.
We have the wacky idea that a political party should run campaigns, both small local and state-wide and federal.
This story is exciting to me because the Mayor of Maplewood contacted us, not the other way around. It is our understanding that another elected official is going to join us also.
Does the party have any intentions on running a candidate for Governor in the next election?