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http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?story=83365169
Buck Humphrey takes job with Sayles Belton's office
Rochelle Olson Star Tribune Thursday, January 18, 2001
Hubert (Buck) Humphrey IV, scion of the state's dominant political
family, will begin work next month as a policy aide to Minneapolis
Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton.
Beginning Feb. 7, the 31-year-old Humphrey will take the lead on
several issues for the mayor: professional sports, public works,
labor and regulatory services. He will share transportation duties
with another aide.
Humphrey said the opportunity to work in his hometown and for the
mayor on these topics appealed to him. "It's a challenge, and it will
be issues that I haven't worked on directly," he said.
In taking the City Hall job, he will go to work in the building where
his grandfather Hubert Humphrey began his political career as the
mayor more than a half-century before him.
Humphrey went on to become a U.S. senator and vice president. A
statue of him stands outside City Hall. "It's humbling, obviously, to
be walking past it every day," Buck Humphrey said. "I think he would
be proud that a Humphrey is working for the city."
Humphrey's father, Hubert Humphrey III, is the former state attorney
general.
Sayles Belton's chief of staff, Colleen Moriarty, said Humphrey comes
to the office with an understanding of the neighborhoods, a
commitment to the city, expertise on airport and transportation
issues and a proven ability to work with the mayor.
"He's a rising star, so that's great for everybody," she said, noting
that he will become the first aide with a focus on stadium issues.
Humphrey doesn't rule out a possible political run himself some day,
saying only, "If someday the people of Minnesota would be interested
in having another Humphrey represent them, I think that would be
great."
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