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Rosa Fields responds, "a look at the
evacuation plans for any major municipality around a nuclear
plant indicates that it is unreasonable to expect such a plan to
have any significant meaning in the event of a real catastrophe."
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Exactly. In any major disaster like a terrorism incident, the city's
emergency preparedness plan will prove largely useless and ineffective. For
the mayor to raise terrorism scenarios as a some mechanism to measure
leadership capability, thereby implying she has been tested, is equally
useless and ineffective.
Like Rosa, I too am more interested in the Mayoral candidates stand and
policy direction in areas closer to home for most of us. Issues like
financing affordable housing, maintaining the city's infrastructure,
taxpayer subsidies to big business, transportation issues, the livability of
neighborhoods, growth of small businesses and jobs, the property tax burden
on homeowners and renters, and environmental health issues. And, yes, how to
build and maintain a first-rate, family friendly and affordable public
library system that meets the needs of all our city residents. These are
the topics I want to hear the Mayoral candidates discuss.
Mike Hohmann
13th Ward
Independent Candidate for Minneapolis Public Library Board of Trustees
www.mikeforlibrary.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> R Field
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 7:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Mpls] local leadership in the age of terrorism
>
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> As appeals for money to aid the people suffering directly fro
> the events of September 11 multiply, I ask people to remember
> the children who need warm coats, warm housing, and warm meals
> in Minneapolis. Regular winter is approaching. Many of the
> peoplein this city will be worrying far more about the immediate
> danger of frostbite and illness fed by the lack of adequate
> shelter than about the possibility they will need to tuck and
> roll in response to a terrorist attack.
>
> It is not unreasonable to expect a government to have a
> contingency plan for the unexpected. However, a look at the
> evacuation plans for any major municipality around a nuclear
> plant indicates that it is unreasonable to expect such a plan to
> have any significant meaning in the event of a real catastrophe.
>
> So Sharon and R.T., let's hear your plans for dealing with a
> core breach at one of our nearby nuclear reactors. However, I
> would much prefer hearing how you two will make sure every child
> going to school in Minneapolis this winter is warmly clothed by
> day and safely bedded at night.
>
> --Rosa Field
> Ward 10
>
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