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12.9.13 02:10 
MAYORAL CANDIDATE #10: JAMES EVERETT (GREEN PARTY)

Everett, 36, is described as both an "activist" and an "artist." He lives in Willard-Hay (activist for the north side) and founded the SubZero Collective (where his art is "positive hip-hop" - although their website doesn't appear to exist in 2013...and their MySpace profile didn't seem to survive the "new" MySpace transition. His LinkedIn title is "CEO/Freedom Fighter/" and yes, that's one slash too many.) He was also a former president of the greater Minneapolis NAACP.

He's another guy who filed early (8/2) but then may have been encouraged to amend his filing (8/13) - interestingly, he changed his "website" from a search on Facebook (which worked, at least...check out that quote from 2009's campaign!) to a bona-fide website address...but the domain name that doesn't actually exist. He also changed his phone number and email address (from a yahoo.com account to a gmail.com one) ...I suspect that neither address works. On the other hand, he has about 30 more Likes than me.

Like I said up there, Everett ran for mayor in 2009, where he amassed 357 votes (0.79%), finishing eighth out of eleven. In 2009, he ran as James R. Everett - alas, I don't know what the R stands for. He's also run for school board and although technically he was never on the ballot, he made some noise out of a run for governor in 2006. (He may have been a write-in.)

Like Doug Mann, Everett didn't seek out the Greens' endorsement. I have no idea what this might say about the Greens, or about Mann and Everett. (Mann and Everett don't seem to have a whole lot in common other than they both declared "Green Party" as their party or principle.)

I'm probably not supposed to say stuff like this, but I had to scroll waaaaaaaaay deep into his Facebook friends list to find a picture of a white person. (This MAY mean anyone voting for him probably won't rank me second, to my dismay.)

I honestly can't tell you if I'd be a better mayor than this guy or not, but I feel like I might be! Am I right or wrong? It's YOUR vote!

NEXT: One of the "serious" candidates
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