Kudos to Barb for saying what most of us are thinking about the increasingly negative campaigning in the 6th. I will say that I don't think Dean Zimmermann or any other city official can mandate that any type of business be opened in one place, nor is that what the local goverment should be doing. It's also telling that Kallenbach is campaigning on the issue that Kathy Thurber, who is not seeking reelection and probably would not be reelected, would be campaigning on right now.
For me, Kallenbach's law and order language is very troublesome, because when politicians who aren't well informed decide to get tough on crime, the people they get tough with are usually people like me. The question I asked at the forum probably didn't get answered I'd like to add this to the list of questions. "Over the past several years, many innocent people such as Lloyd Smalley, Lillian Weiss, Tycell Neson, Alfred Sanders and Barbara Schneider have been murdered by the Minneapolis Police. What will you do to hold each individual officer accountable and insure that these murders as well as other harrassment by the police never happen again." These are my feelings about the race vis a vis this issue: Jim Graham recently wrote a letter to the Star Tribune in which he claims that Kallenbach will be better on crime. If Kallenbach advocates Graham's agenda, Zimmermann is the clear choice for people like me who are worried about gentrification and have always had trouble fitting in. Of course, it doesn't help that Kallenbach never even tried to reach out to those of us who also ran or our constituents. In the end, each candidate should speak for themselves, and it is up to us to make our decisions accordingly. I hope that each candidate will answer Barb's questions and answer mine. I exend that to all candidates for office, in this year's city races (mayor, city council, park board <contarary to popular myth, the park police are sometimes involved in some of these incidents>), and next year's legislative races. Tamir Nolley Whittier 6-7 61A Barbara Lickness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read my Whittier Globe this weekend and found > nearly > a page dedicated to "he said" "she said" over the > prostitution issue. What a waste of paper. > > My views on this issue are that the profession has > been around for at least 2,001 years if not more. > No > matter how we huff and puff we have neither been > able > to eradicate it nor have we been able to legalize > it. > (except in Nevada and some European places) Even if > Dean Zimmerman personally feels the saunas on Lake > Street should be re-opened, I can't really see him > offering legislation to do such a thing nor do I > envision 6 other council members voting for it. > That > being said, can we please move on to more > substantive > issues facing the sixth ward. > > We have 8 development projects in the sixth ward > that > neighborhood volunteers worked diligently to develop > in addition to spending their now very sacred NRP > dollars to have completed. Does either Dean know > what > these projects are? Does either Dean have a plan for > how they will address them once elected? How will > you > fund them? How will you get 6 other council members > to > agree with you? > > LRT will be on the tracks in 2004. The city is > responsible for development along the LRT lines. > Phillips is a long border for LRT. Have the two > Dean's > thought about this? How do you see Phillips > developing > in a way that makes LRT an asset to Phillips, not > another transportation mode that closes Phillips off > from the rest of the world like Interstates 35W, > 94E, > and the new Hiawatha (or 55)and again, how do you > get > 6 other council members to agree with you? > > There's the I35W project, and 1st Av. and Blaisdell. > Any thoughts here? > > The election is a week away. Please stop spending > your time attacking each other and tell us all what > your plans are? For just one week, can the two > Dean's > spend their time telling why they are qualified and > ready to do this job instead of telling us why the > other one is not? > > Barb Lickness > Whittier > > __________________________________________________ > 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 __________________________________________________ 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
