In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Annie Young writes: > While I can sit here nicely and rise above the fray on getting money from > the Park Board lawyer for campaigns, I want to leave that subject alone as > written in the Southwest Journal this week. > > What I do want to say though is that above and beyond the improprieties > that this looks like I cannot tell you how hard and committed Brian is to > helping the Park Board. He is a legislative genius. It runs in his > blood. He knows the history and antics (both good and bad) of Boards for > years and years. Although this all looks very ugly - believe even me - > Brian knows his stuff when it comes to getting Park Board issues through > the legislature. And without his money, he and I have a relationship that > is truly a friendship above and beyond work. Both Phyllis and Fran's notes > are just small indicators of the hard work Brian has done for the Park > Board over the years. > > And just as a side note - on the campaign finance reform issues. When I > got on the Park Board years ago there wasn't a Marty law and there wasn't a > lot of concern about how the politicians got bought off here and there like > we have these days. Even I partook in some of those very fancy dinners > with very expensive wines and fancy entertainment when trips were taken or > we were hosting guests in town. Those were the days - it was fun and it > was ugly and it was unethical. > > For the moment, > Annie Young > citywide Park Commissioner > > > > > > > > At 08:56 PM 7/11/02 -0500, Fran Guminga wrote: > >To add to Phyllis Kahn's response on Brian Rice, people should know that it > >was Rice's fancy legal footwork as MPRB counsel that helped keep the > >Kondirator metal shredder off the river for ten years. N and NE legislators > >were right there with him, including Kahn. We lost that battle, but it was > >not because Brian Rice did not do an effective job. > > > >It was the MPRB's first (of two) resolutions opposing the Kondirator that > >started the legal ball rolling, thanks to former Park Commissioner Patty > >Hillmeyer and Brian Rice. > > > >Fran Guminga > >Bottineau, Ward 3 > > > > > >_______________________________________ > >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 > > > _______________________________________ > 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
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