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Subject: Primary Day Tuesday

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Ned Depew

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Date Posted: 13:43:37 09/11/05 Sun

And the difficult decision has to be made...

I'm going for Colum, in spite of my respect for the hard and good work Rob has done for the First Ward as Alderman.

I've spoken with both of them, and Colum convinced me that he has the energy, the will, the independence and the intelligence to do the job.

Not that Rob doesn't have those qualities as well, but with a young family, the moves he is making and his other responsibilities, it just seems to me that Colum will have more time and energy to focus on the considerable responsibilities of Council President.

I've known Colum for several years - since he came here to work for Linda Mussmann's unsuccessful mayoral compaign - and I believe he's a straight shooter, truly independent minded - enough so to choose his own course and fight for what he he really feels is best, rather than let others (in this case the City Democratic Committee) decide what is best for the voters.

Primary contests are the best expression of Democracy - where the voters - not the Party Committees - get to make their voices heard. I support Colum's decision to primary in the Party. I hope it brings what I think would be the best result for the City - Colum's selection to run in November.

I'll be sorry to lose Rob's services on the Council if that happens - as I'll be sorry to lose Colum's if it goes the other way - but in either case, the (real) Democrats will have an experienced, hard-working and trustworthy City Council President Candidate to back for November - so its a "win-win," as much as a "lose-lose."

I'm still sorry - and a bit resentful - that the Democratic City Committee couldn't find a way to oblige both of these excellent candidates. I call it a failure of imagination and diplomacy. Hopefully, we will learn from this unfortunate experience and work better among ourselves in the future.

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