Loki Anderson writes: "I'm astonished by Lisa Goodman's comments in today's Strib expressing suprise and anger that Sandy Colvin-Roy switched her vote at the last second. SCR stated in the paper at the time that Ostrow and Goodman declared their challenge to the Council leadership that she would support whoever gave her the best committee chairship. She should have just put a big "My support is FOR SALE" sticker on herself. I respect the honesty, but I can't say that's someone I'd trust. Guess we should just mark down Sandy as "loyalty impaired" from now on."
[TB] Politics has as one of its bases the trust built on personal relationships. That Colvin-Roy made herself available to the highest bidder back in September when Cherryhomes was still a player is much different from November and December after Jackie was taken out of the mix. Colvin-Roy had publicly agreed to a plan after all of the new players were known. The Strib report: "Goodman criticized Colvin Roy's final-evening flip-flop, saying her word is "no good" anymore because she broke her pledge to Ostrow that she would support him." Seems like a mild reaction. Karen Forbes responding to Carol Becker: Carol stated: > And apparently there are gifts for people who attend the Citizen's Fair. Karen States: Ok, I did get my picture taken with the mayor and I did not have to pay a dime for it. Frankly, the citizen fair had a real welcoming feeling to it. I felt like there was a genuine effort on the part of the new administration to welcome everyone into the proces of making the city a better place. [TB] Mayor Rybak should be commended in inviting everyone to participate in the various management arms of the City. Bringing a variety of ideas to the table will only build a better city as the best of those ideas are put together as we move forward. I was disappointed in the ex-mayors staff when I read in yesterday�s paper: (former?) City Coordinator Kathleen O'Brien said she wonders whether Rybak is aware yet of the breadth of the job, citing his focus on affordable housing and restructuring the development agency. "They're important issues, but they're kind of peripheral to the business of city government," she said. Former Chief of Staff Colleen Moriarty also took a shot at Rybak. This from the staff of a former mayor who didn�t even bother to show up at the inauguration of her immediate successor. You certainly have to be impressed when Rybak brings in John Moir as City Coordinator, we know that Moir will tell it like it is, not just what someone wants to hear. Carol Becker wrote: The big disappointment was that we now have no women or people of color in top leadership position. ... Just one bone? Just Barb Johnson as president or Lisa Goodman as vice president at least as a token? [TB] The last thing we should be doing is selecting leaders based on tokenism. You certainly need to consider the entire council to be part of the leadership group. That council has a mix of men and women, at least one African American, our first Native American council member, gay council members, council members that are originally from here, others who have moved here. You don�t get elected if you are not on the ballot, most voters take that responsibility seriously and given the choices on the ballot we have a good mix leading the city. Terrell Brown Loring Park __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.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
