I had never seen Mike Hatch in public. Before going to the PRAC meeting I was well disposed toward him.
It's that Crusader thing. The People's Advocate. I'm a bit more sanguine today. For those of you on this list at the meeting I'm the guy who asked if the AG's office could investigate police shootings if a city came to them. The short answer was yes which was all I was asking and all I wanted to know. What came next was a chorus of people, including Mike Hatch, who because i asked that question assume I think the police are at fault and that I have already judged them. Or perhaps I am wrong about Mike Hatch and when he cautioned people that all the facts are not known and an investigation has not been completed he was warning those in the room(darn near everybody) who reflexively believe the police are not at fault to not count their chickens before they hatch. Get it! For the record Mr. Hatch said it's uniform throughout the state that the county sheriff's investigate the city police and when queried further if that because that was the way it's always done means it is right, he answered, a bit sheepishly I might interject, NO. Then we talked about conflict of interest versus the perception of conflict of interest and how the mere perception can be as damaging as the actual fact of a conflict. Mr Hatch agreed that might be so. He's engaging. I'll say that for him. I think there are other candidates just as good and maybe better. And if he wants to use a party label he ought to be willing to go through the convention process. Tim Connolly Downtown __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.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
