SABRI's PROPOSAL:
At 11:50 AM 5/8/01 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Once again, Mr. Piehl is trying to manipulate my words and efforts I have
>made to accommodate and work with the neighbors who are affected by my
>proposal on 2nd Ave. Unfortunately, Mr. Piehl and a few others continue to
>hope for artist housing at that location and will oppose any other proposals
>for the site.
Actually, David Piehl and others on the Healy/Baker blocks have been
willing to support other ideas. A Motel just isn't one of those ideas.
One of the most interesting is the idea for Senior housing - with some
assisted living.
>For the record, I never said that I would go around CM Herron to get a hotel
>built. (Mr. Piehl's commentary is simply heresay). I do respect CM Herron
in
>his efforts to bring the neighborhood together, though I disagree with what
>appears to be his opinion in the Strib article regarding the hotel.
Heresay? It's first hand reporting -- what Mr. Piehl heard from a phone
conversation with Sabri. It's a he said, he said situation.
>On Thursday at 6 p.m. at the site on 2nd Ave., I will be holding a meeting
>for a proposed alternative based on what I have gathered the neighbors at
the
>last meeting want in the area. I never indicated that this will be an
>ultimatum for usage at the site. It is a proposal that has been created
>based on suggestions from the neighborhood. For those who don't know about
>the site, there is only one resident on the 2nd Ave. block. It seems the
>impression has been given that there would be numerous properties affected
on
>the block by this proposal. This meeting will be purely informational
only.
>I am very concerned about the immediate neighbors to the site and would like
>to have their opinion at the meeting.
It's a good first step that Sabri is showing concern for the neighbors in
this area......
>If I feel that this project is fit for
>the majority of the people, I will bring it before the CNIA Business Dev.
>committee then onto CNIA, who is the legitimate association for this
>neighborhood. Hope to see a good turnout on Thursday!
Full disclosure again: Zack Metoyer, is President of CNIA and Chairs the
CNIA Business Development meetings. Zack has worked for Basim Sabri in the
past. Valery Metoyer (Zack's wife) continues to be an employee of Sabri.
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STONEWALL DFL: Do they represent GLBT Interests?
Regarding Tim Bonham's post on Stonewall's process:
- in the 'old days', we were so happy that candidates would
actually come to our screenings that we endorsed pretty much everyone who
showed up. And any GLBT candidate got endorsed almost automatically. Not
so any more! Our screening meetings have become much more selective about
who they endorse or rate acceptable. This year, even more than other
recent years, there were several GLBT candidates who were not endorsed, and
not even rated as acceptable!
- we've become more serious about 'endorsing good people'. Our
screening groups have extending beyond asking 'will this candidate support
GLBT issues?' to considering things like 'does this candidate have a
serious chance to be elected?' & 'would this candidate do a good job in the
office?'.
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The answer to both these questions are yes. Robert Lilligren is working
his butt off in his campaign for City Council. That is part of the reason
I'm supporting him. Barb Lickness in 6th ward wasn't even rated as
acceptable (I've heard that some of the mayor's staff, and Jackie
Cherryhome's people came into that Stonewall endorsing meeting to help the
Stonewall endorsement of Kallenbach), and Robert Lilligren wasn't rated as
acceptable in the 8th ward.
What is so odd about this, is that it seems that an unacceptable rating
would mean that a candidate is anti-gay. And certainly Stonewall should
screen out these characters. (LCR/MN certainly does). But both Barb
Lickness and Robert Lilligren are good on GLBT issues, hard workers,
electable and would be asset's to the City Council. Neither of these
candidates would be Sayles Belton or Cherryhomes pawns. Maybe that's the
problem.
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ALL ABOUT LISA
For the second time, Mr. Sabri has posted a long rant criticizing candidate
for Mayor, Lisa McDonald. Lisa McDonald has a long history of service to
the city. She also has a long history of not kowtowing to Sabri. It makes
me sleep better at night knowing that Lisa is chair of the Zoning committee
-- where Sabri's zoning variance will have to be approved.
Anyway, if David Piehl is the proud winner of the Basim Sabri "Pain in the
A**" award, then Lisa McDonald perhaps is the winner of the Sabri "Pain in
the Kazoo City Council Member" Award. Congratulations to both Piehl and
McDonald.
Eva Young
Central
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