Carol Becker wrote: >What a smear! Hang the oh, so popular stadium issue around Buck Humphrey's >neck! ....... (separate post) >It is correct that the Mayor's staff are assigned different policy areas to >focus on. Buck Humphrey, for example, is assigned to Public Works issues. >Pierre Willette, while in the Mayor's Office, was assigned to Public Safety >issues. That does not mean those people were the lead person for the City >on those issues, however. That is the role of department heads and >department staff. Mr. Willette did not replace the Police Chief or the Fire >Chief. He simply tracked Public Safety issues and advised the Mayor on >them. That's all very well and good. I'm curious about the answer to Tim Erickson's question though. Will the City of Minneapolis participate in the discussion of stadium issues? And who is the point person? And why is it a smear to hang the issue on Buck Humphrey? Rep. Neva Walker -- 61b representative (I'm a constituent) voted for the Twins corporate welfare bill in the state legislature. She said on Almanac the reason she voted in favor of it in committee was so the whole legislature could stake a stand and a vote on this issue. Personally, considering that the legislature had problems getting its regular business done, I don't understand why they had any business focusing on corporate welfare for the Twins. It is also disappointing to note that while Neva Walker is on top having the taxpayers help the Twins get a stadium, she was nowhere to be seen when the house voted on barring the state from negotiating domestic partner benefits with the state employee unions. There's a high number of Gays and Lesbians in Neva's district and she got enthusiastic support and help from Stonewall Dems. The voting records are at: http://www.outfront.org/action/house.htm Apology: Yesterday I made this reference in a response to a post by W Marks: >Aw more Clinton-speak from a master at the topic. <g> I am sorry about the Clinton reference in that post -- it was overly sarcastic. I had gone through and edited a few items out that I thought might be better out -- and I wish I'd caught that reference at the top of the post. So I apologize to Wizard and to the list for comparing her to Clinton. ------------------------------ Lisa McDonald AWOL from Minneapolis Issues. I was, and am still disappointed that regular list contributor, and Mayoral Candidate Lisa McDonald has unsubscribed from this list. I've enjoyed reading McDonald's commentary here, and hope she will come back to the list. In alot of ways, I'd like to hear McDonald's direct response to Basim Sabri's post on her -- in the same way RT Rybak has responded directly to this list about questions related to whether and why he put his kids in a private school rather than the Minneapolis Public Schools. I'd also like to see Mayoral Candiate Mark Stenglein introduce himself via Minneapolis Issues. It would be interesting to hear him address directly, the donations that David Brauer criticized. And ofcourse, I'd like to see Mayor SSB make an appearance here..... Eva Eva Young Minneapolis, MN _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
