R. T.:
I was disappointed to read your commentary on our
Mayor. I really thought you were above that.
Airport pollution is an important issue, but not
the ONLY issue facing Minneapolitans.
I would be very interested in hearing on the list
the detailed information on the positive things
you, yourself have done for the whole City of
Minneapolis in the same time period that Sharon
has been Mayor.
I think it is very easy to criticize a person for
not doing everything that everyone wants them to
do, especially when they are in positions to try
to balance all of the issues that the city faces.
When we ourselves don't have to be held to the
same standards that we hold the person we are
criticizing, some seem to find a laundry list of
things that they know is humanly impossible for
one person to resolve in a short period of time.
In that I know the airport issues have been of
concern to you, I am surprised that you haven't
solved these issues yourself. I would be
interested in seeing why you haven't been able to
solve these issues the last 8 years, and how you
see yourself doing something different in the
next four years.
I believe that in this Mayoral race, I would like
a spreadsheet developed on all of the issues of
concern to the people in the city of Minneapolis
and then I would like to see what each candidate
has done on each issue to date.
It is very easy to say what you WILL do, but much
harder to be accountable for your own past
personal and public behavior. So I am anxious
for some type of issues spreadsheet to be
developed. I think it will keep this name
slinging down to a minimum and also we will find
out what really has been done by each candidate.
Those that are running for mayor, hopefully made
this decision a long time ago, based on their
past work with ALL of the citizens of
Minneapolis.
One a very personal note. I take the accusations
about Sharon being absent from the 8th Ward very
seriously and personally. That was the Ward that
I attended Kindergarten through 12th grade. I
raised my children in the 8th Ward. My ties for
the past 50 years have been in the 8th Ward.
Sharon is an integral part of the 8th Ward and
will always be. There are some legitimate
criticisms of the mayor, but this is not one of
them.
No one can be everything to everybody and be
honest!
Matthea Little Smith
Powderhorn Park
9-4
> every four years Sharon comes back to tell
> everyone she knows its loud and
> THIS TIME she's going to do something about
> airport pollution.
>
>
> Remember 1997: She was back with more promises.
> But once she got reelected,
> as noise surged under the flight paths, and
> spread into areas like the
> Eighth Ward she used to represent, she was no
> where to be seen.
>
> You sat quietly when the news broke. You did
> nothing when hundreds of us
> had to take on the MAC, and were being labled
> extremists. When hundreds of
> us faced down the MAC at a Wathershed District
> meeting you were nowhere in
> sight. Only when we got 700 people in an
> auditorium did you suddenly
> appear....ready to tell us once again how much
> you care.
>
> During Sharon's eight years as mayor, and four
> as council president---as the
> pollution problem has grown and grown---those
> who suffer from these problems
> every day have come to understand that they can
> talk to their leader about
> the problem every four years. But a problem
> that has been allowed to get
> this bad needs a leader who won't just work on
> it when it's time for the
> next election.
>
> R.T. Rybak
>
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