Wizard, I certainly want to believe that Niland is honorable. He certainly
has stood up for first ammendment rights. I would agree with this measure
if not for the context of other city government behavior.
I know that you are a neighbor of my friend Steven Posch and that he
speaks highly of you. Obviously we have very different views on the city
council as a whole and that isn't likely to change. But I wish we weren't
always ending up adversaries on the list.
At 10:44 AM 10/15/00 -0700, wizardmarks wrote:
>Even though the effect of the resolution may be nil, it's also good to
leave a
>record in public documents that some folks actually do object to human rights
>violations. I'm willing to give Niland the benefit of the doubt on this and
>say that in his heart he objects to that kind of treatment of people. I
don't
>think of the city council as a "they" but that even though I might dislike
>someone thoroughly, its still we.
>Wizard Marks, Central
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>Rosalind Nelson wrote:
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>> > So the actual effect of this resolution is nil.
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>> Isn't that why it passed? They have to throw a bone at us left-wing types
>> once in a while, don't they? That way maybe we won't worry so much about
>> our First Ammendment rights or notice that they are giving the city away to
>> the likes of McCaffery Interests and Target.
>>
>> Rosalind Nelson
>> Bancroft
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