Yep, and tho Metoyer distances himself from Sabri when it's convenient, he and Sabri are buds enough to go fishing -
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/755244.html notable quotes: Not many candidates would interrupt their campaigns to go fishing with a man under indictment for allegedly bribing the previous office-holder Also heard Metoyer is pushing Sabri developments again. I don't think more shabby rehabs benefit the neighborhood and they just validate MCDA's new construction bias. Eric Fyksen 8th Ward --- Eva Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Twenty-three bound volumes of city inspection > records and e-mails from City > >Council members and their staffs were made > >available and joined an estimated 10,000 pages of > similar material that > was made > > available on Oct. 3. The two sets of > >volumes, city officials said, represents the total > material subpoened by > federal > > authorities in the investigation. > > It would also be nice if the City would make this > information available on > the web. It should not be a problem for the city to > make the Council > Members emails available electronically. Some of > the other material may > require scanning. > > Part of getting trust back -- which the City needs > to do as a whole -- > means making this information more publically > available. > > ===================================================== > Mayoral Debate: > > I went to the Quorum Mayor's Debate last night. > Sharon Sayles Belton got > there about a half an hour late. One thing I heard > from Sayles Belton, I > hadn't heard before is that the City felt that with > the recent state > contract with Domestic Partner benefits -- it should > make it easier to get > the legislature to change the law that prevents the > City from offering the > benefits. > > CP Article on SSB Campaign: > > For example, Natalie Johnson Lee, a Green Party > candidate trying to unseat > council president Jackie Cherryhomes, had hoped that > she and the mayor > could help each other's campaign. As a black woman > running for city > council, Johnson Lee assumed that Sayles Belton > would be eager to take her > under her wing. But so far, she says, there's "no > real relationship." > Johnson Lee sees this as a mistake: Sayles Belton > could pick up disaffected > black voters in the Fifth Ward by aligning herself > with Johnson Lee. But > the mayor has been reluctant to turn against > Cherryhomes, who, campaign > watchers say, wants a low voter turnout. > > "Maybe the mayor doesn't think she needs the black > votes up here," Johnson > Lee grouses. "We could have a great partnership with > the mayor, but she > doesn't seem to want to be seen around here." > Tellingly, mayoral campaign > staffers curtly note that Sayles Belton always > supports candidates endorsed > by the DFL. > > =============================================== > EY: The Fifth Ward historically has a low turnout. > > > From the City Website: > > 01 = BARRY DURAN ALEXANDER SR. > 252 8.80 > 02 = JACKIE CHERRYHOMES > 1,548 54.07 > 03 = NATALIE JOHNSON LEE > 1,063 37.13 > > In the 2001 primary 2,931 people voted in the 5th > ward. In 1997 1832 > ballots were cast in the Ward 5 Primary. > Cherryhomes got just over 1000 > votes in that election. She got 2882 votes -- > 61.77% in the general. 4818 > ballots cast in 1997. If you project the same > increase in voters in the > 2001 general over primary, one would expect 7708 > voters to turn out for the > 5th ward general. > > Neither 5th ward candidate has communicated on this > list. There's been > some discussion about how Minneapolis Issues has a > "southern focus". Well > I think one way to change some of that is to get > some more Northsiders to > post. I've appreciated the posts by Senator Higgins > and Keith Reitmann. > > Eva > Eva Young > Central > > _______________________________________ > 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
