Publius 2.0

By Mary Louise Beardsley, a director of DFL SD59 My father served in the U.S. Army in World War II.  He voluntarily enlisted in the infantry after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.  He became a member of the 5307 th Composite Unit (provisional) (nicknamed “Merrill’s Marauders”) in Burma.  Dad was not one of the original Marauders but was one of the reinforcements flown in to hold the Myitkyina Airfield from recapture by the Japanese and to take the town of Myitkyina from the Japanese.  While in...

by Susan Herder, Secretary-Administrative Officer of DFL SD 59 Introduction The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) is a long-established and well-organized institution. Yet for many newcomers, precinct caucus night—the entry point to the party’s democratic process—can feel decidedly undemocratic, another chore on their list, even punitive and elitist. Complex procedures and parliamentary rules often concentrate power, leaving others on the margins. The solutions proposed in this...

By Nico Woods, Chair of the DFL African American Caucus   As Chair of the African American DFL Caucus. I am releasing this statement on behalf of the Ward 5 delegates, the broader community, and the highly populated African American community that I represent as Chair.   Many people have reached out with deep concern, bringing to my attention the CBRC’s decision regarding taking away the Omar endorsement and putting the Minneapolis DFL on probation. One of the central reasons for this...