At the April Mpls Property Rights meeting, I believe Mark Stenglein said the
following (paraphrased):
It doesn't make sense to put poor people out in Minnetonka when Minneapolis
has the infrastructure to take care of them.
Can anyone confirm that he made a statement like that?
One statement Stenglein did make was to say that he was a "good friend" of
Joe Biernat. He was asked why he has not been able to use his influence with
his good friend to address some of the housing issues in the city such as
the continuing loss of affordable rental housing, the number of boarded
buildings, punishing houses (demolition) rather than bad tenants or
landlords, the silly Biernat-sponsored ordinance that will charge people
with empty houses a $400 annual fee and the like. His response was that he
did not always agree with his good friend, but that he wasn't going to
"start a war" with Joe.
One has to ask why using your influence with a colleague (and a good friend)
to make changes you support is "starting a war." Further, if questioning a
council member who is your good friend would be tantamount to starting a
war, how will Stenglein deal with city council members if be becomes mayor?
He claims to be the candidate of change. What will he change and how will he
do it? Jordan Kushner's post regarding how to assess a candidate's political
philosophy may be a good place to start answering that question.
"The likely responses that come to some our cynical minds are either 1) the
candidate's main goal is to obtain the power and prestige of high elective
office, and will take any position at any time in order to advance that
goal, or 2) the candidate is hiding his real agenda in order to avoid
offending voters."
Fran Guminga
Bottineau, Ward 3
County District 2
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