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All,
Frankly I was initatially stunned to see the mayor
take the lead on cynically using the September 11 terrorist attack to rebuild
political support for her mayoral campaign.
After I got over being stunned, I was dissapointed
but not suprised.
This election is about leadership. Which is
why I am supporting RT Rybak. I have worked with RT professionally and as
a volunteer and have found him to be a positive leader that organizes around a
positive and realistic view for the future. He may not have been in office
for almost two decades, that is true. He has earned his experience in the
neighborhoods and in the boardrooms of this city.
Are people scared after the WTC bombing? Yes.
Are people worried about local security? Yes. Is that a reason to maintain
the status quo? No.
Are people concerned about how the local economy
will be impacted by the global changes? Yes. Are people concerned about how
changes in the political and economic landscape will impact our ability to
secure housing for the 1000 kids who sleep each night in a homeless shelters?
Yes
And those are the reasons that on November 6 we
should vote for new leadership.
Despite calls on this list to the contrary, I hope
RT does not get involved in a dialgoue about the mayoral response to the WTC
bombing. I am confident that RT's experience in civic leadership will call him
to rise above attempts to be divisive in the current environment. I hope
he respectfully supports the Mayor in any effort to make appropriate changes
after the bombing. But I hope he will not allow the terrorist attack to be
turned into a campaign issue. I hope he remains focused on his campaign for
affordable housing, city services, the urban environment, and new civic
leadership.
Joseph Barisonzi
Lyndale, Ward 10
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