Flickr.com photo Rumors are running like furry lemmings about wannabe candidate Kenya McKnight's insane, rambling written complaint to the DFL about the results of the 5th Ward Convention, which endorsed Don Samuels...
I hear the document has a boldface "preamble" or--to put it more accurately--a "pre-ramble" which begins, "With the most holy name of Allah the Beneficent..."
Yeah, that's pretty much how I like to begin all my formal written complaints. (Sarcasm font notification)
I am just about going NUTS here because I know this juicy document is in the hands of a number of prominent people, and I'm wishing one of them had the guts to slip me a copy EARLIER rather than LATER.
Yes, I know I'll get a copy at some point...but I want it now!!! And, I venture to say, so do my readers.
It's not only what I want, it's what THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND wants!
Oh, by the way: I am starting to rethink my criticism of Al McFarlane using up so much of Kenya's podium speaking time at the 5th Ward convention. In retrospect, that may have been a really smart move. But the word is this written complaint is "Kenya off the leash."
Oh man, I can't wait to read/hear about it for real.
ReplyDeleteWhat is she complainin about???
Oh great! Now by starting out some bogus complaint that has no merit on it's own with some inappropriate religous rambling, she has now set herself up for a perfect reason to SUE THE DFL party when her complaint is not sustained.
ReplyDeleteNice page out of the playbook, Kenya!
(remember, she can't use the race card cause her opponent also of color!)
This just shows you how seriously I intend to take her supporters. This is the best candidate they could come up with? This is the person they seriously considered and put forward for election?
ReplyDeleteShe is not the only one who is whack-a-doo. She is being used. But if you are going to indulge in political maneuvering, at least be intelligent about it.
How can anyone complain when they don't put their best political foot forward?
I know there are bright, caring "non whack-a-doo" folks out there in this neighborhood who can put an intelligent face on any debate or any political race.
This is pitiful. It takes a lot of
brassy nerve to complain when she is so uninformed, so ill-prepared, so silly. Get a grip folks!
I'm glad I wasn't the only one put off by her beginning the complaint "in the name of Allah..."
ReplyDeleteAnd let me be clear that it's NOT an anti-Muslim thing at ALL. I go to a Lutheran church (River of Life, in NoMi) most Sundays that I'm in town. It's quite common for pastors (at least in the Lutheran church) to begin their sermons with the greeting the Apostle Paul used to begin many of his letters in the New Testament:
"Grace and Peace unto you from God the father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
I'd feel just as disconcerted if someone began a political document with those words.
Mortgage Geek - you are so RIGHT! There must must must must must be seperation of religion and state!
ReplyDeleteSeperation of faith and politics/government!
but I think Kenya had a good point - her only chance is prayer!
No, you're wrong.
ReplyDeleteKenya doesn't HAVE a prayer.
Jonny
ReplyDeleteIf you want documents it would be helpful if one could find your email somewhere on this blog
When people ask in the comments, I tell them hoffx106@umn.edu
ReplyDeleteI would put it in the "masthead" but there's a maximum number of letters. And I'm not going to cut out the part regarding my 11-year-old son.
PART 1 - (unedited)
ReplyDeleteKenya S McKnight
Writer
To;
Mike Rothman
Vicki Wright Readers RE: 5th Ward Convention
___________________________________
With the most holy name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful Redeemer, May his blessing and peace be upon the holy apostles from Abraham to Mohammed.
In the name of Al-Adl; In the name of Al-Ahad,
Dear members of the Constitutional and Bylaws Commission;
I will start my opening with a statement recently made by our great President Barack Obama “Laws are only as good as the people who enforce them” For it is the laws that make up the constitution of the United States of America and the Laws the make up the constitution of the DFL party. And it is the laws of the DFL constitution that have brought me to present my statement before you.
Upon submitting my challenge to the DFL convention process on April 7th, 2009 regarding the 5th Ward DFL convention I was not aware that my opponent Mr. Samuels would be invited by the DFL party to present a case disputing my claims. I was under the impression that my claims were directed at the DFL party itself in regards to the way the convention and notification process was handled.
Since my initial submission of my challenge of less than 60 written words I have since then received a copy of a 28 page statement presented by my opponent Mr. Samuels and a 1 page statement presented by DFL officer Brian Buschey. Which I was made aware of at the hearing held on April 25th, 2009.
Due to the overwhelming amount of disrespect I received at the hearing on April 25th at the DFL headquarters in front of the council from my opponent Mr. Samuels, I am requesting that any further information submitted by Mr. Samuels not be used during this process unless he is able to present clear reasons as to why he should keep the DFL endorsement. Mr. Samuels’s statement should not be allowed to continue submitting statements that use personal or disrespectful language that directly insults or attack the character or validity of my candidacy which is irrelevant to the matter at hand. This behavior would be seen as un ethical before the eyes of the law and would have been objected to by any rational person who had to endure this type of attack or un warranted pressure.
Because I was reminded several times by Mr. Rothman that he will not tolerate a hearing without order, I thought that the hearing would be an opportunity for me to present my case orally and to be questioned around the events presented, yet I felt as if the line of questioning was to prove that my case was wrong and the hearing was an opportunity for my personal character and campaign strategy to be slandered by my opponent before the eyes of the DFL law. I also thought that the purpose of a trial is to discover the facts of a matter.
The disrespectful behavior demonstrated at the DFL hearing, the premature 27 page statement, the lack of clear process & notification, Lack of proper context and the lack of proper representation by my opponent Mr. Samuels and other DFL party officers and officials is a live testimony of what the DFL caucus and endorsement process has been for myself and several others. This must not continue and the 5th Ward residents are very tired of the same players playing the same game.
In this season of change that we all say we believe in, this season of change that we all say we welcomed when electing President Barack Obama calls for a change in policy and behavior and if we cannot bring ourselves to the current level of change that the times require then we are just holding up progress.
I am asking for a no endorsement based on the Minneapolis DFL’s inability to uphold the convention and notification rules. Some of these issues were raised at the convention yet not formally dealt with. I have been learning the DFL process as I have been moving along and I was not aware of many of the rules to truly understand just how they were broken until after the process which is why I am presenting it now. I have attached a copy of the outlined violations.
I will end this first part of my statement with one of my favorite sayings.
Big people talk of dreams and ideas of building a better world, Medium size people talk about business and making money, Little people, well, they talk about people.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kenya McKnight
Part 2(unedited)
ReplyDeleteApril 28th, 2009
5th Ward Convention COMPLAINT
I want to be clear and state that this complaint is regarding the 5th Ward DFL party officers’ inability to effectively enforce the DFL constitution and bi-laws regarding the convention process and providing a fair, clear and open endorsement to any candidate seeking the DFL nomination and the officers’ lack of clear and proper communication to delegates/ alternates.
1. Lack of Proper notification of petition delegates (caucus held on February 28th, 2009)
20 petition letters from 5th Ward residents requesting delegate status were submitted to Brian Buschey the night of the DFL caucus. Eight of the 20 petition letters were in dispute for many reasons which caused 8 of the 20 people’s delegate or alternate status to remain pending until a few days prior to the convention. I was told that posters were hung up through the caucus and that information letters given to Precinct Captains were handed to delegates at the caucus. Through the process none of the delegates/ alternates who submitted petitions was formally notified by the DFL party to confirm or deny their status through postage, e-mail or phone.
2. Lack of Proper Notification of petition delegates (convention held on March 28th, 2009)
The 6 of the 8 petitioners whose status was pending since February 28th, 2009 were eventually granted delegate status by the credentials committee a few days prior to the convention. None of these delegates were notified by the DFL party which caused some of them to not participate.
Despite the attempts made by my campaign to reach several delegates throughout the process, people were still not informed. Many people shied away from contact with both candidates prior to the convention because of what felt like an overwhelming process of competing for support to many of the delegates. So many calls were not returned. Other delegates were afraid to participate due to what they describes as harassing phone calls, citations from the City Of Minneapolis which was perceived as a retaliation for not supporting a particular candidate and uncomfortable interactions with particular candidates. Many of them have asked that their names remain unknown for fear of being retaliated against. (Can given upon request by the party)
I held an information meeting at Fairview Park talking to some delegates and answering any questions they may have about me, only to find my opponent lingering outside in the parking lot talking with delegates as they came out of the door. I received several calls from those delegates who were afraid because they were seen by my opponent and ultimately some did not show for the convention. ( this matter will be dealt with separately from the DFL, I just wanted you to be aware of why some people choose not to return calls.
SEE BI LAW (constitution) Sub Section D below (delegates/alternates)
Subsection D. Alternate Delegates.
For each delegate elected to attend a county unit, congressional district or state convention, or the state central committee, an alternate delegate shall be elected. Alternates shall be seated as delegates in the manner by which they are elected. An alternate may not be seated or removed while a ballot is in progress.
Bylaw Notification shall be made to alternates in the same manner as prescribed for delegates.
Bylaw If possible, a delegate must be replaced by an alternate of the same candidate and/or issue preference. Alternates will succeed to delegate status according to votes received and (if applicable) within their subcaucus. If there are no alternates available within a subcaucus, alternates will be raised by lot from among the highest ranking alternates within the other subcaucuses. Each subcaucus will be represented in the lot system in proportion to its delegation allocation strength.
Bylaw State Central Committee alternates shall be elected by gender and shall be ranked on separate lists. In the event of a permanent replacement, the highest ranking alternate of the same gender shall move up and is replaced by electing a person of the same gender as the new last ranked alternate of that gender. In temporary upgrading, an alternate of the opposite gender may be upgraded if no alternates of the same gender are available.
3. No clear space between delegates/alternates and non delegate supporters at convention
There was no clear space between delegates/ alternates and non delegate supporters which caused some alternates whose status had not been upgraded to cast a vote and also clearly resulted in a heated verbal exchange between some delegates and non delegate supporters.
Delegates sat in chairs directly in-front of alternates and non delegate visitors with barely just enough walking space. You would have to say excuse me just to get by and if you were a larger person you would have to turn sideways to get by. There was inadequate space between the parties which again caused the incidents described above.
Mr. Al McFarlane at the convention raised the issue of some precincts having empty chairs that was too close to the back of the room that could confuse the votes. (His concern was herd, yet no action taken by party officials.)
This could have been avoided if the DFL coordinator Brian Buschey would have allowed elected delegates to participate in the arrangement committee which he did not permit for various reasons.
Please see attachment A
Subsection K. Alternates and Visitors.
At all conventions, alternates and visitors must be clearly separated from officially accredited delegates.
Bylaw Special floor passes shall be issued for an interpreter or other personal care assistant for any delegate or upgraded alternate who submits a request to the credentials committee. Such persons may be seated in close proximity to the delegate or alternate they are assisting, but shall play no role in the convention.
4. Convention ballots were not signed
All ballots cast at the 5th Ward convention were not signed by delegates which resulting in alternates whose status was not upgraded voting at the DFL convention which is a clear violation of the DFL constitution.
Delegates were not asked to provide identification to determine if they in-fact were the
Person they claimed to be, nor were delegates told to sign their ballots in-order to identify and protect the vote. Again not knowing that having signed ballots was required by the DFL constitution I did not present this challenge at the convention, but within the grace time given shortly after.
I also herd Mr. Buschey mention at the DFL hearing on April 25th, 2009 that the DFL constitution is only applicable at the state convention and does not apply to the ward conventions.
As I stated in my opening, the constitution makes up the laws or foundation of the United States of America and all sub laws must work within the foundation that has been established. Sub laws usually mean that it is associated with a bigger frame work and any amendments made to the framework does not generally undermine the foundation, yet supports it. If this is true, then how is it possible for the Minneapolis DFL to adopt a rule that undermines the State DFL constitution? Again our great Presidents Barack Obama says at the NAACP national convention “Laws are only as good as the people who enforce them”.
Again the lack of signed ballots, Lack of clear identification of delegates, lack of adequate space and lack of rule enforcement a known alternate Mrs. Francine Chakolis whose status was not upgraded to participate in the voting of the endorsement process.
Subsection E. Instruction and Voting of Delegates.
No delegate to a convention shall be instructed or bound. Each delegate shall cast his/her vote independently of the other members of his/her delegation. No voting by proxy shall be permitted at any convention or meeting of any party organization. At any convention or meeting other than the precinct caucuses, balloting (when called for) shall be open, and not secret, but a written ballot may be called for by the chair or moved and then supported by one-third of the voting body, provided the ballot is signed.
Bylaw No person shall be prevented from voting for fewer candidates than the number of positions for which he/she is entitled to vote.
Bylaw All ballots in electing officers or delegates must be so written by the person voting as to indicate each individual candidate's name. Ballots marked "slate" are invalid
III. Voting (the call)
7. VOTING PROCEDURE: Unless otherwise provided for in these rules, all voting shall be by voice vote or raising of hand division un¬less a written ballot vote is requested by the chair or by a 1/3 vote of the convention. All votes on contested endorsements and on contested elections shall be by written ballot. Fractional votes will be counted as such on all standing divisions and written ballots.
8. WRITTEN BALLOT VOTE: On written ballot votes, delegation co-chairs will report to the teller’s desk to be given ballots sufficient for the county unit. Fractional vote ballots will be uniquely identified by the election judges prior to distribution. The delegation co-chairs will distribute and collect ballots from the county unit delegation. A delegate will cast only one ballot. Each delegate must write his or her name and the name of the candidate(s) legibly on the ballot. After collection, delegation co-chairs will tally the votes at the delegation table, openly and in the presence of observers, including abstentions and blank ballots, record the results on the ballot envelope, and im¬mediately give the ballots to the tellers. If a vote challenge is issued, a teller will conduct a poll of the delegation. Any printed ballot must list the names of all nominees.
9. VOTING ASSISTANCE: Any delegate who cannot indicate their vote shall be provided assistance by a teller
5. DFL officers / elected DFL public officials endorsing candidate at convention and prior to.
Mayor R.T. Rybak walked into the convention voting room wearing several of Mr. Samuel endorsement stickers. This matter was brought to the attention of convention convener Rep Bobby Champion by Christopher Huberty of the McKnight Campaign.
Mr. Huberty then asked the Mayor to remove the stickers, which he did not do immediately yet right before he gave a speech and after he walked the open floor talking with delegates. Mayor Rybak was also seen by several delegates organizing transportation to assist Mr. Samuels’s alternates to the convention after their status was upgraded. (I can provide witnesses upon request) again many people are afraid of retaliation.
Sen. Linda Higgins was also identified as a supporter of Mr. Samuels and spotted at a Samuels’s campaign meeting held at Jackie Cherry homes house on Sunday March 22nd, 2009. Sen. Higgins also came to the convention wear the campaign colors of Mr. Samuels which were Red & Black.
Jackie Cherryhomes was also asked by a delegate to remove her Samuels stickers at the convention as she attempted to give what I now understand as a committee report. Mrs. Cherryhomes removed her sticker immediately without hesitation.
These are very seasoned politicians and officers who know and understand the rules because they have all been engaged in the process far longer than me and Mr. Samuels. So I cannot think of any logical explanation as to why they had to be reminded of the rules or why they did not openly obey the DFL rules. I believe they knew exactly what they were doing and clearly violated the DFL rules openly, which resulted in a un fair advantage to Mr. Samuels.
Subsection H. Endorsements.
Endorsement of a candidate for public office requires a 60 percent affirmative vote of those delegates present and voting at the convention, central committee, or commission making the endorsement, and every ballot shall be a test of a quorum. No convention, central committee, or commission representing a geographical area less than the area competent to elect the public official may endorse a candidate. No one may vote on an endorsement unless he/she is a resident of the area in which that election will occur. An endorsement given before the primary is valid after the primary only if the candidate's name appears on the general election ballot. Official DFL endorsement for any endorsee shall terminate upon the swearing in for said office, except for purposes of Article VIII, Sections 1(c), 2 and 7.
Bylaw The phrase "60 percent affirmative vote" means that to be endorsed, a candidate must receive 60 percent of the votes cast on that ballot, excluding blanks and abstentions. The phrase "every ballot shall be a test of a quorum" ‘means that if the total ballots cast for, against, no endorsement, and abstentions, fall below the quorum number, no endorsement takes place on that ballot.
Bylaw Units considering party endorsement for candidates for public office shall use the general principles of the ongoing DFL state platform (Article III, Section 2, Subsection A, Bylaw) as a criterion for bestowing said endorsement.
Bylaw In the event that a non-endorsed candidate is the winner of a primary, a post-primary convention or central committee meeting may be called for the purpose of considering an endorsement. If called, it must be held within eighteen (18) days after the primary.
Bylaw The Minnesota DFL Party at all levels shall not provide support and funds to candidates unless they are duly endorsed, or are seeking an office without party designation and are not running against a duly endorsed candidate. Nothing in this Bylaw shall be interpreted to prohibit recruitment of candidates. The Party may support, defend, or cooperate with a public official elected with the Party’s endorsement or nomination, or who caucuses with the Party in the body to which the official is elected, as long as such support, defense or cooperation does not give the elected official an unfair advantage in seeking an endorsement or otherwise interfere with the endorsement process.
In conclusion, I am asking that there be no endorsement due to the clear violations of the DFL constitution by DFL officers and DFL elected officials. Jerry Moore an elected party officer openly admitted that he failed to uphold the DFL constitution and convention rules along with his colleagues Mr. Brian Buschey and Mrs. Judith Baker. Judith Baker and Jerry Moore being new officer to the DFL process in general, Brian Buschey being a long time DFL officer. Again in this new era that we live in requires for transparency, fairness and justice to prevail for all. In the spirit of the great Floyd B Olsen and Walter Mondale who helped to firstly establish this DFL party please continue to honor the great deeds of their work. We do not need another Elect Se. Al Franken and Coleman situation.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kenya McKnight
I had no idea her condition was so advanced, for clearly there is some irregular pathology at work here. Whether it always existed, and had it's flames fanned by recent pressures, or whether her primary loss caused this rift with reality in a singled cursed blow, one cannot say.
ReplyDeleteRegardless, my prayers go out to her that the demons tearing at the very fabric of her mind desist, and leave her in peace.
So basically her argument boils down to "no fair, Mr Samuels knew the rules and prepared, I didn't know the rules and was a disadvantage, so there should be no endorsement because I'm new and it's not fair".
ReplyDeleteYOU HAVE GOT TO GET THE INFORMATION UP ABOUT THE RESTRAINING ORDER FILED AGAINST KENYA MCKNIGHT FOR FOLLOWING THE ED OF NRRC. PRIMO!
ReplyDeleteI don't know anything about whether that's true unless the document hits my email inbox, somehow.
ReplyDeletehoffjohnw@gmail.com
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