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As has previously been suggested, I don't think R.T. and City Council candidates need concern themselves with potential terrorist scenarios and possible city responses prior to the Mayoral election... emergency preparedness plans are in place and he/they aren't going to be making any major changes to them prior to the election. To my mind, the whole issue doesn't seem to merit a 'leadership test' criteria for purposes of evaluating and choosing between Mayoral and CC candidates in the incoming election. As for Dana's helpful planning scenarios: Liquid fuels-- i.e. a national (or regional) oil shortage: The city of Minneapolis, the larger region, nor the nation is currently capable of producing biodiesel or ethanol in any meaningful, significant quantities should there be a major liquid fuels supply disruption. The Mayors immediate steps would center on maintaining essential transport/emergency services, mass transit and conservation- working closely with county and state officials. Nuclear power plant incident upstream: The Minneapolis Mayor will not influence emergency shutdown procedures in any significant fashion... it would be a combination of private sector power plant management, federal regulatory/safety agency controls and state agency emergency planning input. The Mayor's primary concerns would be post-emergency crisis management in areas of public health and safety... primarily air and water issues and population management/control- again working closely with state and county officials. Flooding is a natural disaster and established procedures are already in place... they (floods/ conventional fires, normal spills in surface waters, etc.) are dissimilar to terrorist incidents in too many ways to get into here and now on the list Electromagnetic pulse-- a threat authorities have been aware of for at least the past two decades; again primarily a federal/state issue not involving unique Mayoral action, other than local consequence mediation. So, I hope that helps relieve the pressure R.T. must have been feeling as he crafted his response to the list. I think it's safe for him to return to the daily election strategy meetings, the PR and traditional door-knocking -type activities normal to a general election in this town. Which reminds me; I need to get to the printer for more door-knocking literature... Michael Hohmann 13th Ward Independent Candidate for the Library Board of Trustees www.mikeforlibrary.org www.mahohmannbizplans.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dyna Sluyter Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 12:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] Emergency preparedness- R.T., MIA: day 2 R.T., I know your a busy man with all this campaigning stuff, but you really need to think about what you're going to do with the city if you actually get elected. I'm trying to help you out here ... snip _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
