Has Biernat ever said what part of his "tainted" statement is untrue? In his statement, as I understand it, he basically admitted that he did the action he is accused of and he conceded that he knew that his action would compromise his position on the City Council. Is he claiming the part where he admitted getting the free service did not actually happen? Or, is he trying to take back the part where he admitted that he knew he would be beholden to the plumber because he could expose his illegal acceptance of free work? I would like to know what kind of statement he would make, under oath, right now when asked the same questions. Or, is his point that he would now use the Fifth Amendment and not answer the questions.
Michelle Mensing Armatage ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victoria Heller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mpls Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:33 AM Subject: [Mpls] Biernat: He was scared and his tummy hurt > Is this what we call leadership? This sounds like something a five year old > girl would say. > > It's a symptom though of a much bigger problem: The epidemic of justifying > horrible conduct by CREATING excuses. > > In the private sector, one gets paid for producing results, not for coming > up with 20 reasons why the job couldn't get done. Apparently we're still > willing to pay people in the public sector for making excuses. Until this > changes, nothing will improve. > > Here is the actual quote from Rochelle Olson's article: > > "The statements were tainted, Symchych has said, because Biernat was on the > prescription drug Cipro to fight off a stomach ailment from a trip to > Guatemala; because he was intimidated by an aggressive FBI agent, Sean > Boylan,....." > > Vicky Heller > North Oaks > > _______________________________________ > 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
