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MT: But Can She Fix A Pothole?

Give (Melissa Sue) Robinson credit for adding some lift to a slow news week. A "male-to-female post-op transgendered person," Robinson says she will run for mayor of Nampa, one of Idaho's more conservative communities. "I am running because I am progressive and I feel that Nampa is a city that needs progressive people in city government," says Robinson, who lists among her accomplishments founding the National Association for the Advancement of Transgendered Persons at Lansing, Mich., and Equality Idaho. But the problem - as political historian Randy Stapilus noted - is Robinson's message. Other than spreading tolerance for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people, she doesn't have much to say about what kind of changes Nampa needs. Nor has she had much relevant experience either in Idaho or in city politics/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: What do you think of the mayoral candidacy in Nampa of "male-to-female post-op transgendered" Melissa Sue Robinson?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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