There's word on the street of considerable controversy surrounding Michael Hohmann's call of an ice out, or the so-called Hohmann Report. I'm hearing this from key folks within the Green Party. Here's the scoop: the day before the Hohmann Report, at least three representatives of the DFL party, along with two unidenitified redistricting commissioners, were seen at Lake Calhoun shoving "boatloads" (my source's word, not mine) of ice into the lake, in an apparent attempt to skew the ice out call. I called Carbonic Machines, Inc., a local ice-maker, and Ted Olson from that company confirmed that two "wonkish" types had bought 3 1/2 tons of "recovered ice" from Carbonic earlier in the day and hauled it off in a cement mixer.
Apparently, "recovered ice" is the ice local restaurants and even hospitals use to chill certain things--from fresh fruit or fish to various body parts--Carbonic and other companies apparently recover this ice and reuse it for unknown "industrial purposes." Though I have not confirmed it, recovered ice may contain trace amounts of chlamydium, apparently a bio-hazard (not sure what the subtance or hazard is), which apparently is now in Lake Calhoun. It gets worse. I'm told that Michael Hohmann also has a controlling interest in the Anheuser Busch brewing company--more accurately, he controls a subsidiary that produces Killian's Red. Folks apparently wanted the ice out call for April 14, 2002, because it would involve a winner who favors Killian's over more local brews. Apparently, the DFL party insiders all drink Grain Belt, which figures, but which does not explain the escapade of the DFLers and the redistricting folks. Now, both IRs and DFLers are questioning the Hohmann Report, and I'm told Annie Young is caught in the middle. Yikes. Obviously, the DFL attempt to fool folks into believing that the ice out was April 14, 2002, and not on April 13, 2002, is quickly unraveling. Personally, I'm outraged. If anyone else has any other information, please pass it on. I'm off to pursue the chlamydium angle. Heh, heh, Gregory Luce Project 504/Minneapolis (North Phillips) _______________________________________ 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
