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| 3.10.13 23:17 | | MAYORAL CANDIDATE #19: TONY LANE (SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY) Originally from New Zealand and still has the accent to prove it, Lane lives in St. Anthony East. He has previously run in other states (Lt. Gov. of PA) and also ran last year as a write-in candidate for Keith Ellison's seat, where he received 9 votes. I also found him as a write-in in 1996, again for Minnesota, where I finally found his age - he was 44 then, which would make him 61 now. Although he filed for mayor on 8/8, Lane was running early enough to secure a spot in an eight candidate June "One Minneapolis" debate (which included two folks who later decided not to run) and received very little coverage except on Twitter and on YouTube (thanks to The Uptake, which is how I acquired this screen grab for a photo). It looks like anybody who asked would have been invited - I see Mr. Everett didn't learn about the forum until the day before, and ended up not getting invited. I hadn't decided to run yet in June. Lane has also granted an interview to a writer for the website of examiner.com (an exclusive class of writers that includes any sucker willing to lower themselves to writing for examiner.com) which served as the most significant source of biographical information - and the most significant source of the writer for examiner.com patting himself on the back for his lot in life. (Ask me what I think about examiner.com sometime!) He's actually not only a Socialist, but a Worker! He works for Olympic Steel in Plymouth. Back in the 1990s he worked at Northwest Airlines, where he tried to turn fellow members of the International Association of Machinists onto his party. He listed the website of The Militant, a "socialist newsweekly," on his filing. He doesn't appear to have an online presence of his own other than the occasional byline for The Militant (almost 200 Google results for "Tony Lane site:themilitant.com" - perhaps I should have said "frequent" instead of "occasional"). Not only a journalist, occasionally he is featured as story subject; he is mentioned often where he describes recently earned bonuses as "blood money" - so he donates them to the Socialist Workers Party Capital Fund. I admit I'm not up on my socialism, but I'm not completely sure that makes things right. I honestly can't tell you if I'd be a better mayor than this lady or not, but based on party affiliation along I believe I would be! Am I right or wrong? It's YOUR vote! NEXT: Mayor Troy |