In response to the ongoing debate between Mr. Zerby and Mr. Gordon, I would like to throw my hat into the ring. Paul does care about those who live at or around and attend the University. He has knocked neighborhoods and the dorms thouroughly. I myself have spent time with Paul in the dorms where he connected very well with the students there. And why did he connect? Because he actually has ideas. He has done what a campaign manager always tells a candidate what not to do, talk about specifics. I look at both of their websites and Paul actually has ideas to combat the problems that both Cam and Paul identify. When talking about Police practices for example Cam says just this,
"Cam will work hard to ease tensions and build trust between police officers and the people they serve. We can improve all areas of policing, from recruitment and training to evaluation and accountability. We need a model of community policing that we all agree on and a civilian review process that really works." Paul however goes on for five paragraphs to detail exactly what he thinks we need to do to combat CODEFOR, racial profiling, and to improve the civilian review board. Does Cam even know that we have a civilian review board? This is the same for every other issue they both talk about. Cam outlines the problem and leaves it at that, Paul puts it right out where you can see what he stands for. Then there is the whole issue of experience. Paul's years of experience fighting environmental and other cases for the Attorney General's office put him in a great position to work on the Mpls City Council. This problem does not end with Cam Gordon, it is a problem prevalent throughout the Green Party. They identify the problems as well as the DFL does, but they don't offer feasible, if any, solutions to these problems. For example, I've heard Dean Zimmerman talking about putting up windmills to solve energy problems. Can anyone tell me where he expects to put a windmill in the 6th Ward? Don't get me wrong, I am all for sustainable and/or reusable energy like windmills. I however, realize that the only place they are feasible is in rural areas of western Minnesota where wind and open space is prevalent enough. To get back to Minneapolis issues. Activism does not stop at the polling place, and you cannot expect an elected official to come to your door once a week to talk about the issues that matter to you. Did you ever contact Phyllis about any issues? What was her response if you did? I have worked with her in the past as well and respect her work in the Legislature. We do not agree on all issues, but she is a strong leader for 59B. To get what you want to happen, you have to show elected officials that you care, you have to do some work yourselves. With the flood of issues that present themselves each year, you have to work to get yours to the forefront. While I respect a lot of the issues the Green Party identifies, they have not yet shown me that they are a superior party to the DFL in terms of getting things done. and Cam Gordon has not shown me that he will be able to do anything about any of the issues he has put forward on this campaign. Yes Cam, I know housing is an issue in the 2nd Ward, I pay too much for my apartment, can you tell me what you are going to do about it? Andy Pomroy Ward 2 Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/ _______________________________________ 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
