Only one person has been mayor of Minneapolis for the
past seven years and can represent the city to the
Airports Commission and NWA. To expect a private
citizen, even one who has been a leader in citizens'
groups dealing with airport noise issues, to have
"solved" the airport noise issue is quite
disingenuous.
Loki Anderson
Audubon Park
Ward 1
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- M Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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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