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| 12.9.13 23:48 | | 54 DAYS TO ELECTION DAY - MAYORAL CANDIDATE #12: MARK ANDREW (DFL-DEMOCRAT-FARMER-LABOR) Andrew, 62, is one of the chosen few to get regular coverage and "be taken seriously," I guess by virtue of his former stint as state chair of the DFL and 17 years on the Hennepin County board. Most people who pull opinions out of their collective asses seem to think that Andrew and Betsy Hodges are the top two and only people to pay attention to in this race. Or they're all working for Andrew or Hodges, not sure...although he has a HELL of a lot of Likes ("...for a Minneapolis mayoral candidate," I am quick to add.) Interestingly, his party or principle as listed on his filing (he filed 8/5) is more than three words, but nobody from Elections called HIM to encourage HIM to amend HIS filing. Or maybe they did and he just declined like I did. But if not...clearly, he's an important candidate! I have a hunch he will be listed on the ballot as "Democrat-Farmer-Labor" and wonder how this could possibly get changed without an amended filing...granted, I don't wonder this enough to sue anybody, but...hmmm, but maybe that would get me some attention.........naaaah. (His handwriting is atrocious, by the way.) He has a very ugly car and his team wear very ugly green T-shirts. He's super big on calling himself the "greenest" candidate, by virtue of his running the GreenMark consultant firm. At the same time, folks are wondering aloud how a lot of his friends/donators seem to CALL themselves green yet barely make any positive impacts on the environment in any appreciable manner...beyond spending money on Andrew, of course! Cam Winton says that Andrew "has been bought and sold by every union in town," which not only raises concerns about Andrew, but about Winton, who has spent months pandering to anyone on any angle he can find, so the fact that he's actually gone negative against Andrew shows that at least HE feels that Andrew must be a frontrunner. Andrew has also made a super big deal out of spending his entire life in Minneapolis, which I'm not sure is the kind of "experience" folks are actually looking for in a mayor. I'm not terribly interested in giving you a lot of info on him because he's one of the small amount of folks sucking up all the news coverage. It's EASY for you to go check him out if you want, and believe me, I'm sure one of his many promises is one you'll agree with. I have WAY more fun with the guys nobody's heard of who have barely left a paper trail...they're more of a challenge to talk about. I honestly can't tell you if I'd be a better mayor than this guy or not, but I have a real problem with anybody who is raising a large sum of money to run for this office, make a lot of promises to do stuff the mayor can't do and not to forget I am naturally suspicious of all of the "top tier" candidates, so naturally... I'm going to feel like I might make a better mayor! Am I right or wrong? It's YOUR vote! But seriously - don't even give this guy your #2 or #3 vote. An Andrew administration would be no better than a Rybak one...and that's a terribly low bar as it is... NEXT: The only candidate to knock on my door while I was home (so far) - NO WAIT! Oh no, I JUST noticed that I skipped one! And he was a FUN one! So NEXT: One of the fun ones |