This entire thread is pathetic, but I have to ask; can any of you political experts out there explain to me how the mayor managed to squeeze two terms out of such a racist city? Or is the insinuation that the voters in this particular primary are racist? Mr al Kabir? Ms. Becker? JHarmon Cleveland >From: M A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [Mpls] Re: Our relationship to the Sayes-Belton Campaign >Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 00:17:51 -0500 > >We have no official or unoffical relationship with the Sayes-Belton >Campaign. >As to the issue of "White Supremacy",we shall release to the public our >Civil Rights complaint against the R T Rabek operation and others. > >m a al-Kabir >Uptown > >What is all this "white supremacy" garbage coming out of the mayor's >office all of a sudden? > >Aside from Larry Leininger, the mayoral candidate who IS a white >supremacist, who are these other "white supremacists" her self-styled >spokespeople are referring to--Rybak supporters, like me? > >Did Sharon not get a faxed invitation from me to the YWCA's "Wake Up >Minnesota" rally at the capitol in response to the Klan's presence? > >Did she not garner my vote twice? > >Was I not once an ardent supporter of her as well as of Brian Herron? > >Has it not been both black and white people busting their butts for >Brother Shane's and Natalie Johnson Lee's campaigns, and signing up >scores of new voters in North Minneapolis? > >For the record, when I worked in City Hall day after day I saw a lot of >black people in the mayor's office, furious with her and demanding to >see her. > >I certainly think it is racist to accuse anyone who doesn't vote for the >incumbent of being a "white supremacist." (As if the black citizens of >Minneapolis are monolithic and all psychically connected, not >individuals with individual minds--what an insult!) > >Just who is a "white supremacist?" Just what, in the context of the >mayoral campaign, is "white supremacy," and how is another Sharon term >going to make any difference that it hasn't made before? > >I don't see any connection between the terrorism in New York and D.C., >and the mayoral race in Minneapolis! > >If Sharon is indeed making these statements she had better justify them, >and if people are speaking for her out of turn, she had better put a >stop to it. This is beyond anything I would have expected from her >office. This is truly unconscionable. > >Kristine Harley >Sheridan Neighborhood > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________ >Minneapolis Issues Forum - Mn E-Democracy >Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: >http://e-democracy.org/mpls _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
