--- Andy Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What an extraordinary statement/question to pose. > There are clearly some > people who simply hate government so much that > nothing but anarchy will > suffice as a replacement.
CN: Interesting inference. I don't quite see where you picked that idea up. I support government when it is accountable to those it is supposed to represent. Mr. Driscoll: > Mayor Rybak's strikingly strong statement is and was > needed to assure > citizens that corruption in Minneapolis government > may be present, but this > is one city prepared to root it out - that's root it > out, not simply have > its blossoms trimmed. CN: I don't think he said anything like that in his statement. My observation was that it was in no way strong, and that was my problem with it. Mr. Driscoll: > Don't you love it? Corporations are so riddled with > corruption that > trillions have been lost forever in the morass of > financial manipulation by > millionaires of hundreds of thousand of employees' > jobs and pensions, with > little being done to address the massive thievery > and return those workers > to solvency, CN: Um, what does this have to do with me? Perhaps you should be discussing large-size corporate issues with our former Mayor. She has more experience in that arena. Mr. Driscoll: and others have the nerve wrap city > government in a cloak of > distrust over a city councilman's conviction on five > felonies, a conviction > that wouldn't happen in most places. CN: Whoa, like five felonies is no big deal? And we should have just ignored it or what? Mr. Driscoll: > Anyone else concerned about this distorted views > this imbalance of values > represent? And, isn't it interesting that it's all > coming from those folks > calling themselves conservatives. CN: Amazing. I want accountability - and perhaps a little humility would be nice as well from our elected officials. I never thought that was distorted or imbalanced. By the way, don't forget that our favorite union plumber has now implicated some additional council member in the shenanigans. Call me crazy, but I think the citizens of Minneapolis deserve a little more. Connie Nompelis Ventura Village Minneapolis Republican Committee > > Puhleeze. Let's get real here. Let's get some > perspective. > > Andy Driscoll > Saint Paul (where corruption is in the form of > corporate welfare) > -------- > "The most consistent and ultimately damaging failure > of political journalism > in America has its roots in the clubby/cocktail > personal relationships that > inevitably develop between politicians and > journalists. When professional > antagonists become after-hours drinking buddies, > they are not likely to turn > each other in." > > --Hunter Thompson > Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail > 1973 > > > From: Constance Nompelis > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:42:31 -0800 (PST) > > To: "Sether, Laura S" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Statement of Mayor Rybak > > > > Does anybody else find the attached statement by > the Mayor to be amazingly > > unapologetic? It strikes me additionally as quite > terse and perfunctory. I > > don't live in the third ward, but I frankly think > that the Mayor's statement > > about it not being without representation is a > little over the top. > > > > Where's the: "I'm really sorry that you basically > don't have a CM?" It > > sounds to me instead like a: "quit cryin', you've > got a Mayor anyway." > > > > (Not to put words in his mouth, of course.) > > > > Furthermore, if he wants to tell city employees > not to hang their heads, it > > perhaps ought to have been in an internal email, > rather than a universal > > statement. We don't really need to hear about how > great city employees are > > right now, because we the citizens of Minneapolis > have been manipulated by > > more than one of them recently. Our suspicion and > dissatisfaction is not > > without justification, and needs to be addressed > frankly by those who remain > > in City Hall. > > > > Speaking only for myself, > > > > Connie Nompelis Ventura Village Minneapolis > Republican Committee > > > >> Statement of Mayor Rybak on the Biernat > Conviction > >> > >> The legal process has run its course. Council > Member Biernat has had his day > >> in court and been found guilty. His actions > betrayed the public trust and he > >> will leave his office. > >> > >> Our work in City Hall has continued while the > trial was underway and will > >> soon > >> continue with a new representative from the third > ward. In the meantime the > >> citizens are not without representation. I was > elected by the people of the > >> third ward and my office will make a special > effort to ensure their needs are > >> met and their voices are heard. > >> > >> Minneapolis is a great city and the actions of > certain individuals in 1999 > >> should not taint others. City employees need not > hang their heads. Rather > >> they > >> should know that the cloud has been lifted. We > can and will move on to do > >> the > >> work of a great city. > >> > >> > >> Laura Sether Office of Mayor Rybak > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> > >> Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > >> Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and > >> more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > >> > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! > > Mail Plus � Powerful. Affordable. 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