>At 07:38 AM 4/8/01 -0700, Carol Becker wrote:
>
>She also has a responsibility to show _leadership_. As the top elected
>official in Minneapolis, that's part of her job. Mr. Connolly complains
>that she never showed up at the legislature while the racial profiling
>bills were being debated. If she had been there, she would have been
>showing leadership.
>
>Rosalind Nelson
>Bancroft
If it can be shown that the Mayor did not articulate the concerns of the
city to the legislature, then the charge laid here could have some
validity. The mere fact that the Mayor did not in person, physically, do
the rah rah thing for some issue does not demonstrate a lack of
leadership. The plain fact is that the Mayor has numerous ways to
exercise leadership. With respect to legislation affecting the city, the
Mayor has about five ways to make the legislators understand city
concerns. If on some vital issue the Mayor fails to use one way, then
one might lean towards believing the Mayor is "out-to-lunch."
John Ferman
Harriet Avenue
Kingfield Neighborhood
Minneapolis
Ward 10 Pct 10
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