List Manager wrote:

> Doug Grow asks the question: does Minneapolis-Issues have elected
> officials wrapped around its virtual finger? A source for "e-mail
> demagoguery?"

demagoguery - impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace.

It seems to me that demagoguery (e-mail or not) is an inherent (and unextirpative) 
dimension
of free expression. If there is fault it lies with the Park Broad for not having to 
the courage
to remain steadfastly rational in the face of  (possibly disproportionate) public 
pressure.

The courage to do the right thing is something that is seldom mentioned
in relation to politics anymore.

Michael Atherton
Prospect Park



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