That's a lie, as the archives of the Mpls Issues list will attest, where you posted that you had spoken with Edna and she was OK with it. You made your comments at a PAC meeting about Clarissa supposedly being OK with it, and the comments about Ms. Miller are second hand.
David Piehl --- Tom Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David, nothing was said during this meeting or any > other meeting about Ms. > Walker, Ms. Miller or Edna Reality. Tom J > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Piehl [mailto:smplsguy2002@;yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 2:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [central-traffic] Support? > > > Someone who attended the short-notice Smith > Parker-sponsored Access Project meeting this past > Monday brought something important to my attention > (I > was out of town). > > Tom Johnson reported to the group of residents that > he > had gone door to door to speak with the residents of > the 2900 block of 2nd Ave, and they were all "OK > with > losing their homes". After the meeting, a lady > asked > Mr. Johnson how he handled the language barrier with > the residents of the 2900 block....he fumbled a > little, and the person who posed the question > followed > up with the information that all but one of the > households in question are Latino, and very little > English is spoken or understood (confirmed by the > one > native English-speaking resident). Tom then claimed > to have attended "cookouts" with block residents, > where they had interpreters on hand. I'd like a > little more information about this, as I have my > doubts. > > If Tom did go door to door talking to folks who will > have their homes demolished for the Access Project, > then clearly there was a language issue given the > lack > of interpreters. I think this is of tremendous > importance, because Latino and African-American > families are disproportionately impacted by the > Access > Project - what has REALLY been done in terms of > addressing their issues??? > > There has also been a practice of mis-representing > people's resignation to the inevitability of the > project as being "ok with the project". Johnson > said > Clarissa Walker was OK with the project, and after > speaking with her I found that not to be the case. > Johnson said Ms. Miller from the 2900 block was "OK > with the project", as of yesterday she is not! > Johnson also reported that Edna Realty was OK with > the > project - they are not! > > David Piehl > Central > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
