Green Party Candidate
for Mayor of St. Paul
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Green Party Candidate |
August 8, 2005
Campaign Condemns Political "Tagging" St. Paul, MN – Monday, August 8, 2005 – Over the past weekend, local small businesses, public locations, and some private homes were painted with campaign slogans, most taken from literature of the Elizabeth Dickinson for Mayor Campaign. The Campaign wishes to state publicly and unequivocally that it has no association whatsoever with this activity. It condemns political "tagging" and is issuing a bulletin to its entire e-mail list underscoring this position. We do not know who is responsible for the tagging, but it seems unlikely to us that any genuine supporter of Elizabeth Dickinson would engage in an activity that would so clearly rebound to the disadvantage of her campaign. The extremely well-organized and extensive nature of the vandalism — especially of small businesses — raises the question in our minds whether some misguided supporter of another candidate is carrying out this activity in hopes that it will damage our campaign. Whoever may be responsible, again, our position is unequivocal: this activity has no place in a political campaign. Period. As of Sunday night, once made aware of the situation, campaign staff scouted affected areas of the city, and as of Monday morning we have been calling businesses we know have been tagged and offering to send someone out to remove the graffiti. Any business or individual who has been affected should call our campaign manager, Mary Petrie, at (651) 226-3527. We will send someone to any affected location to assist in removing any slogan (seemingly) associated with our campaign. Contact Elizabeth Dickinson, (651) 235-1208 (cell) Mary Petrie, Campaign Manager, (651) 226-3527 (cell) Christopher Childs, Communications Coordinator, (651) 312-1216 Elizabeth Dickinson for Mayor 384 Hall Avenue St. Paul, MN 55107
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