.....And I think if you look very hard now you can see the last of the Belton campaign, as it slides ever so slowly into the icy waters of Lake Minnetonka...... Wait, now it seems to have picked up some steam and yes, it has now totally disappeared from sight, well, wasn't that amazing..... (in a Graham Chapman voice, from Monty Python's Flying Circus)
Robert Yorga new3 David Brauer wrote: > Received a surprising fundraising letter in the mail today from my old > pal Sarah Janecek (we go waaaay back: at the dawn of the '80s, Sarah and > I waited tables together at the Minneapolis Hilton on Industrial Blvd > and 35W.) > > Anyway, Sarah being a die-hard Republican (and commentator and > lobbyist), I was surprised to see her so effusive for the mayor. But > here's some of the letter's pitch. > > > "RT Rybak campaigned for Ralph Nader in last year's Presidential > campaign and sought the Green Party's endorsement...Sharon Sayles Belton > is a mayor we can trust. > > [Side note from Brauer: interested readers should contact City Pages and > ask the editor why there was no Sayles Belton examination to complement > their Rybak look. They have had at least two months to profile the other > candidate. True, the mayor's record is better known, but a comprehensive > Sayles Belton analysis would have only been fair. Back in '93, CP's > Monika Bauerlein did excellent, useful profiles of then-council > president SSB and then-powerful county commissioner John Derus, even > though both were well-known public officials.] > > "Downtown in thriving and many sound investments have been made in our > neighborhoods through the NRP. We are building a new library and our > parks have never been better. We must do more to improve our public > schools, and Sharon always has been personally committed to that effort, > especially in the effort of promoting community schools. > > The letter is signed with the following names - I'll try to ID the ones > I think I know something about: > > Carolyn Anderson (former Metropolitan Sports Facilities > Commissioner...appointed when Sharon was mayor or council president) > Ben Bowman > Sally Howard (former Republican council member, from the Uptown area I > think) > Polly Johnson > Diane Darby McGowen (sic - related to Republican Hennepin County sheriff > Pat McGowan?) > Robert J. Olson (our police chief?) > Parker Trostel (former GOP? council member) > Peter Bell (recent Independence Party county commissioner candidate, > Center of the American Experiment principal) > Dan Cohen (former Republican city council member) > Sarah Janecek (Republican activist, lobbyist, commentator) > Randy Johnson (Republican county commissioner, Bloomington area) > Kristen Meyer > Mary Tambornino (Republican county commissioner, Edina area, perhaps > with some SW Minneapolis) > > > > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
