Andy: This is in reference to your comments about Carole and Dick Faricy, Dick Murphy Etc.
Carole Murphy Faricy's sister would be my cousin. As far as my cousins go I don't believe any were ever married to a McNeeley but then I may be wrong. Aside from that I think the whole tone of your post is disgusting classist shit. What is it about people in these cities who begrudge people the honest fruits of their labor? My family and all my relations helped build the cities of Minneapolis and St.Paul and I am damn proud of it. And if you care to know, my great-granfather owned a tavern on Jackson Street near Oakland Cemetary where all the Northern Pacific workers drank. Carole's grandfather was a butcher in St. Paul. He was also an alderman in the city of St.Paul at the turn of the century during the administration of O'Connor and was known as a generous and fair man who looked out for those among the population who were persecuted and discriminated against. As head of the Public Works committee, I suspect he was responsible for the beautiful streets of that city that our blowhard self-indulgent idiotic infantile Governor cannot find his way around on. And the sons and daughters went on to build businesses where people worked for good Union wages. Our families came to this country in steerage, victims of British genocidal treatment of the Irish during the Great Hunger. Yet you make my family sound shameful. This is typical of the rhetoric I hear coming from the Rybak camp. You talk as though it is a sin to work hard and make money, to be a mover and shaker and be influential yet that is all that R.T. Rybak talks about doing. He is the 'King of Schmooze'. And supporters like Joe Barisonzi, Gene Martinez, Ken Bradley, Russell Peterson: What do they want? They want influence. They want to push their agenda that fosters their beliefs. The only difference is the cast of characters. You guys want to be the good guys and everyone else is venal. Before you put all your bucks on R.T. you might think about the fact that here is a guy who worked in very establishment organizations. He is anything but an outsider and yet he would have us believe otherwise. So what if he has not held office? As they used to say in the underworld: "he's mobbed up." Here is a person who said "I know where the bodies are buried(at City Hall)and I'm not one of them" and yet to my knowledge he has never unearthed one skeleton for the public to look at. We hear from our President about making no distinction between terrorists and nations that succor them. Well, what R.T. says sounds like aiding and abetting to me. But now he's this great Reformer who will throw open the doors of City Hall. Give me a break! Here is a person who apparently lost his positon as a development reporter at the local daily because of a conflict of interest as perceived by his close mouthed bosses. Here is a person with an almost slavish desire to be "someone". What bargains will be struck to achieve that I wonder? I find it amazing that more people on this forum did not make an issue of the fact that R.T. had all his supporters running around the floor of the Augsburg Gymnasium during the DFL city convention carrying little Target logos only to have it revealed later that he was a consultant to Target. His excuses around that were totally lame. The classic line that "that deal could have been done for a lot less" still presumes he would have done the deal. Did you ever think of that? Tell me he won't be doing deals with developers. Oh that's right, he "knows when to put down the pen and pick up the phone". Why do I feel like I'm being sold a car? A Yugo at that! As to the stadium I no longer know what to think about R.T. In the MPR show moderated by Gary Eichten earlier this week R.T. did not give his stock response. He said something like "they have a site(for the stadium)and I think it is a good one". I was totally confused and listening to it a second time did not help. It seemed to me the way he said it that he agreed with the site selection of the C-17 committee. At any rate this will be interesting to watch. Paul Ostrow as you know and as was related in the Strib today favors a baseball stadium site behind Butler Square and I can see the groundwork being laid for it right now. As to the speculation as to whether or not R.T. will fire the Chief or the Chief will resign, I don't know. As to promoting a Chief from within the ranks I'm not so sure it's always such a good idea. I've even thought that it made sense for our country to have a National Police Officer Corps(meaning Captains, Lieutenants, and such) who would be required to move from cities where they began service to other locales in order to attack the idea of the "code of silence" and the problems that so often arise when one is called to discipline those with whom they have served in the ranks. R.T. said in one forum: "I'll be on the TV, in the parks; You're going to get sick of seeing me." Well I'm already sick of seeing R.T. I'm especially sick of hearing him. I still contend that R.T. has a nasty streak and he crossed a real boundary when he mocked Lisa for not hearing a question. The Mayor may mock R.T.'s competence and estimation of himself and say things like "this is more than just six dudes taking over" but I know she would never mock or take advantage of a person's physical disability. Now I suppose I'll get all manner of nasty off-line posts from R.T. supporters telling me how I'm voting for the status quo, a do-nothing invisible Mayor, etc. Or that it's just sour grapes like Lisa McDonald. Well it ain't the staus quo I'm voting for. That's gone folks. No more Lisa Mc, Jim N., Dore M., Kathy T., Joan C., Brian H., and perhaps more. It's a whole new ball game. And it might just be nice to have an old hand on deck. And it might be nice to have a Mayor who has said she won't run again. That says to me: "All bets are off." The Mayor has been tarred by a brush at times when we ought to have looked more closely at Council behavior. That is partly why the Mayor suggested the other day on MPR that R.T. ought to have followed the Council more closely. So he would know more of what is going on. But R.T. is above that. His response was "I don't want to follow the Council, Sharon. I want to lead it." It's that sort of cuteness that gives me pause. Tim Connolly Ward 7 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com _______________________________________ 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
