tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post5741963570770873260..comments2023-10-09T11:28:14.030-05:00Comments on The Adventures of Johnny Northside: Natalie Johnson Lee Campaign Literature Is All-Too-Revealing...Johnny Northsidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03694273579383113753noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-16198503335516211982013-10-22T10:25:31.924-05:002013-10-22T10:25:31.924-05:00I'm amused by Don Allen's prediction that ... I'm amused by Don Allen's prediction that Don Samuels wouldn't get 51% and how Don Allen keeps gaming the system through his scheming negativity.(N.F.L., schyyster) <br /> I still love Natalie, though, because of that smile(lame excuse, but true)) and it's Jackie Cherryhomes I am worried about in taking us back to Sayles- Belton Murderapolis days when she sat on the council in DON SAMUELS seat. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-65576425064313830022009-10-02T13:47:40.227-05:002009-10-02T13:47:40.227-05:00Not a mention of the Fong Case, NOT from ANY candi...Not a mention of the Fong Case, NOT from ANY candidates, past or current! Don's been silent, as has all of these candidates who want to replace him! Let's see who walks their talk (if they have one about community justice):<br /><br />UP IN ARMS: A Night of Hip Hop and Spoken Word to Honor Fong Lee and End Police Brutality<br /><br />Saturday, October 3rd, 8 p.m. (doors at 7:30)<br />Kagin Commons at Macalester College<br />1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-40022315928682925352009-09-25T16:12:02.606-05:002009-09-25T16:12:02.606-05:00Don Samuels has been an embarrassment to me as a c...Don Samuels has been an embarrassment to me as a constituent, ever since he said that "the only use for a book is to throw it at a criminal", and when he suggested "burn it down" referring to North High School.<br /><br />Anybody but Don Samuels.lloydlettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18412995051820724783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-71092365382047741792009-09-07T17:01:28.163-05:002009-09-07T17:01:28.163-05:00Give me more specifics about crime being up in War...Give me more specifics about crime being up in Ward 5. I don't think that is a true statement.Johnny Northsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03694273579383113753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-18400191803253542352009-09-07T11:50:27.757-05:002009-09-07T11:50:27.757-05:00Where is your critique of Mr. Samuels' campaig...Where is your critique of Mr. Samuels' campaign literature? Crime is down citywide, but up in our ward. On what occassions does Mr. Samuels show up if there is no chance to gain publicity. While the contenders may not be great options, let's not fool ourselves-neither is Mr. Samuels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-23751027779535924612009-08-31T13:55:58.717-05:002009-08-31T13:55:58.717-05:00Let's also keep in my that while CM Samuels ma...Let's also keep in my that while CM Samuels may not be everyone's FIRST choice, he will be some people's SECOND choice, so that's that. <br /><br />Can anyone with credibility tell us how that all plays out with IRV? <br /><br />(Credibility means leave a real name?)MeganG.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-14557905979187217692009-08-31T13:09:16.613-05:002009-08-31T13:09:16.613-05:00Don Allen said:
Rank Choice Voting...Samuels will ...Don Allen said:<br />Rank Choice Voting...Samuels will have a hard time getting 51%.<br /><br />The NOMI Squirrel responds:<br />Actually Don, my long-term experience in NOMI tells me that CM Samuels will have a relatively easy time gathering 51% of the vote.<br /><br />Why? Because NONE of the other consituents have been able to perform even the rudimentary basics of community building like CM Samuels has and continues to do.<br /><br />You see Don, just like I try to tell ALL the neighborhood squirrels, it does not good whatsoever to pander to a specfic group within a community. Whether it be squirrels or people. When you do so, as the 4-5 other candidates have done, you end-up alienating yourself from the actual "majority" of voters.<br /><br />YOu see, most of the residents in NOMI care first and foremost about the basic necessities in life - a safe place to live, and appropriate percentage of rental properties for the housing stock, clean neighborhoods, better schooling for the children, etc...<br /><br />NONE of the opponents of CM Samuels even mentions these things in their campaigns. And the constituents that vote see through this. That's the reason why CM Samuels was able to beat the DFL endorsed the first time around and CM Johnson the 2nd time.<br /><br />He'll get 51% (or better), I'd bet my nuts on that. <br /><br />The NOMI SquirrelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-21399639486425883782009-08-31T11:58:32.786-05:002009-08-31T11:58:32.786-05:00While I agree that IRV is going to present new wri...While I agree that IRV is going to present new wrinkles in this year's voting, the chorus I hear especially from challengers of Samuels and Johnson seems to be "All we have to do is be enough of everybody's second choice! Or third!"<br /><br />With four candidates vying for those second and third slots, I'm not so sure the political calculus adds up to a defeat of an incumbent.Jeff Skreneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597476540441866248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-71095007630034067482009-08-31T09:31:29.720-05:002009-08-31T09:31:29.720-05:00Rank Choice Voting...Samuels will have a hard time...Rank Choice Voting...Samuels will have a hard time getting 51%.Don Allennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-61185831652550758222009-08-30T03:49:00.979-05:002009-08-30T03:49:00.979-05:00I do have to say...I have a couple of neighbors wh...I do have to say...I have a couple of neighbors who STILL have her campaign sign in their home windows. She had a following that is steadfast in support of her. Right or wrong, Don Samuel's and his supporters should take her campaign seriously. As of today...go Samuels...Johnson-Lee not again!guynmplsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-66977602033931854142009-08-29T17:57:02.937-05:002009-08-29T17:57:02.937-05:00U can't lead the people if U don't get eno...U can't lead the people if U don't get enough votes from the people....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-87289943276810370342009-08-29T17:39:13.128-05:002009-08-29T17:39:13.128-05:00Nice picture Natalie, did Travis take that for you...Nice picture Natalie, did Travis take that for you??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-24552248516427858152009-08-29T17:34:20.346-05:002009-08-29T17:34:20.346-05:00Yes Natalie we ALL live here, black, white, asian,...Yes Natalie we ALL live here, black, white, asian, hispanic, indian, rich, poor, and everything in between...get used to it and quit trying to rip our neighborhood apart! Your campaign tactics are dirty and disgusting. I will vote this time around and I will vote for only ONE PERSON and that is Don Samuels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143409168229764050.post-89046130716279011922009-08-29T17:27:01.753-05:002009-08-29T17:27:01.753-05:00wow, FOUR choices for the dedicated nut job vote. ...wow, FOUR choices for the dedicated nut job vote. way to GO, 5th ward nut jobs! lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com