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The Dane County Democrats Executive Board unanimously adopted a policy that would prohibit any of its endorsed candidates from being endorsed by or belonging to another party. The full party will vote on it on at their membership meeting.
If you are unhappy with this proposal, please volunteer for one of the many PD endorsed candidates in the spring elections.
Highlights from the Cap Times article are below. Click here for the full article. The Cap Times wrote an editorial on 12/27 titled 'Misguided Democrats'. County Board supervisor Al Matano wrote an LTE reiterating that we can all work together.
The Capital Times covered the meeting where the resolution passed.
The executive board of the Democratic Party has unanimously adopted a policy that would prohibit any of its endorsed candidates from being endorsed by or belonging to another party, confirmed Wayne Bigelow, chair of the Democratic Party of Dane County...Bigelow acknowledged that the resolution, which will be voted on by the full party at its general meeting Jan. 12, is broadly written but in practice is directed at Progressive Dane, a 12-year-old independent, progressive grass-roots party that endorses candidates in city and Dane County races.
"We're not really interested in working with Progressive Dane anymore," Bigelow said Monday.
...Michael Jacob, chair of the elections committee of Progressive Dane, said the Democratic Party proposal sends a bad signal that political parties on the left can't have any disagreements without abandoning all cooperative efforts.
"There is plenty of area for all three parties on the left to work together," said Jacob, who notes he's also a card-carrying Democrat.
...The bottom line, said Jacob, is that such infighting hurts the issues that everyone on the left should care about.
"This is the unsavory side of politics that is the exact wrong direction to head after November, that's for sure," he said. "We all have better things to do."
Posted by prodane at December 21, 2004 04:27 AM
We, the members of Progressive Dane, join together to form an independent political party in Dane County with a major focus on local issues. We pledge to work to improve the quality of life in Dane County for all people, particularly those marginalized by economic and social discrimination. We will work to improve our local government by making it open, easier to understand, and accessible for all citizens of Dane County. We are working to achieve positive policy change by electing accountable progressive officials and mobilizing citizen action.
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