http://www.startribune.com/stories/561/1009897.html
... <snip> ... "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," cracked one City Hall wag, mimicking the famous Robert Duvall line from "Apocalypse Now." <snip> Council Member Sandy Colvin Roy, after pledging her vote to the Rybak-Ostrow slate, had a sudden and mysterious change of heart, setting off a 14-car pileup. Party devotees simply couldn't stomach the thought of Lane's sharp pencil on the city's budget. Barb Johnson was installed to head the committee, despite never having showed much interest in budget issues. She skipped Thursday's budget briefing at the State Capitol. <snip> Hobbyists should be delighted that Minneapolis government has retained its entertainment value, but there's a darker side. The bickering confirms the wide impression -- especially at the Legislature -- that Minneapolis is an exotic and dysfunctional mess. <snip> [TB] I was talking about the Thursday therapy session with some friends at breakfast yesterday morning. There seemed to be a consensus that this group isn't going to be boring. With the factions over there, this may be an experiment in multi-party government. How many governments has Italy had since the end of WW II? Wonder what the chance is of the legislature merging all of our metro local govenments into one metro municipality? I suppose, probably not a very good chance. _________________________________ Terrell Brown Loring Park [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ 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
