I want to thank Don Jorovsky for the link to the Philadelphia Inquirer article from January 28.
Something that bothered me no end at the time of Brian Herron's indictment and plea of guilty and revelations of alleged bribes paid by Basim Sabri was the sanctimonious and smug attitude of Minneapolis residents who flooded the media, including this forum, with statements like "at least we are not as bad as Chicago." How do we know? What does that statement even mean except to release us from the responsibility to look at our municipal selves in the mirror. We seem to accept on faith the fact of clean hands at City Hall when history and empirical knowledge of man's behaviour would lead us to different conclusions. I was disappointed when Joe Duffy was picked as an investigator and his territory was circumscribed to just the Inspections/License Department. Perhaps it is true there is less corruption in MPLS. than in CHICAGO or PHILLY or L.A. but I'm always just a wee bit leery of those who profess their innocence so forthrightly. Tim Connolly Ward 7 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.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
