Well, I hope I can get to the Issues Forum party tonight before you all quit talking about this morning's City Council meeting. I bet you all are just frothing at the mouth waiting for tonight and hear everyone's opinion on why what happened happened. It seems a lot of assumptions were going down about counting Natalie Johnson-Lee's vote. As I have found so many times in this political game a lack of communication was going on someplace, somewhere. And on the flip side is that a deal went down somewhere and we all now get to watch and see what the deal was. And the most devastating pawn in the whole game was Lisa Goodman who is a brilliant, articulate and hard working Councilmember. Maybe she worked too hard this last month or so and rubbed some people the wrong way - who knows - but it will be a loss none-the-less. And Zerby's guts to nominate himself and win on a substitute motion was awesome! not that I am a Paul fan, but it was an astute political maneuver, some would say. Well folks, I think that if this morning is a reflection of what's going to come this next year we are in for that wild ride everyone has been talking about - will be fun to analyze the situation a year from now and see what they have accomplished after almost self-destructing in the first hour of work on the job.
I hope the upcoming Park Board Swearing In tonight is tamer than this morning's get together. Hope to see you later tonight. Annie Young East Phillips citywide Park Board Commissioner At 07:34 PM 1/2/02 +0000, deanc wrote: >Here's the Strib's take on today's Council events. > >http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/1004593.html >Looks like the era of a Council working together and not divided into >factions lasted exactly 5 minutes. >Dean E. Carlson >Ward 10, East Harriet > >Terrell Brown writes: >>[TB] I watched the Council meeting and swearing in on the internet. Being >>as it was held in the stairway instead of the Council Chambers, the sound >>was not upto its usual standards. >>The Council unity seemed to disappear as soon as Ostrow was elected >>President, he was unable to get his choices elected to the VP and committee >>chair positions. I was disappointed that Barrett Lane was not elected Chair >>of Ways and Means, I'm not even sure (due to the sound quality and not >>having the handouts) he is on the committee. Probably no one understands >>the City budget better than CM Lane, the City has lost out if he did not >>remain on the committee . >> >>Terrell Brown >>Loring Park >>_______________________________________ >>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 >_______________________________________ >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 _______________________________________ 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
