It is interesting that Marie voted to "enforce" the DFL Party Line against Mr. Lane on the City Council, yet elected an independent (Bob Fine) as President of the Park Board. An independent who ran against the DFL Endorsement (after stating he would honor the endorsement process). An independent called by the Sierra Club their worst enemy on the Park Board. An independent backed almost exclusively by special interest money. An independent who squandered $12m to dig up, replace and rename the Fort Snelling ball fields - when the Park Board doesn't have the funds to maintain current projects. An independent who led the successful charge to raise Park Board member salaries by over 30% (after being turned down for a suggestion of 100% raises!). In this time of shrinking budgets and layoffs, who among us should clamor for a 30% raise?
How does this fit with her "DFL Party Line" approach to back room politics? Could it be that the allure of her own appointment as Vice President on the Park Board was too strong? Or is she, too, beholden to special interests that call her votes for her? I, for one, am disappointed in Marie. Minneapolis should have expected more of the successor to Dean Zimmerman. Kurt Waltenbaugh Ward 10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "List Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 2:27 PM Subject: [Mpls] Hauser responds to DFL Central committee post > Posted on behalf of Parks commissioner Marie Hauser, responding to Alan > Shilepsky's critique of her comments about the council leadership issue > at last month's DFL Central Committee meeting. -- David Brauer, list > manager, Minneapolis-Issues __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ _______________________________________ 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
