Whereas I was at the endorsement rally for Don on Saturday morning, I thought it might be appropriate for me to tell what I know about the well-off gentleman from the suburbs driving the Land Rover, that spoke with Dyna on Saturday. His name is John Odell. On April 1st he'll be my new neighbor across the alley on 27th & James/Knox, as he just purchased the property and has a move-in date of 04/01/03.
From what I know of John, his biggest fault seems to lie in the fact that he spends far too much time on community-related issues and not nearly enough time securing his financial future. In fact, John is a reformed segregationist that feels very strongly about the need to empower the disenfranchised segment of our society. Some may find this to be a dispicable act. I however, applaud him. I personally feel that I'll live in a much better neighborhood, when the neighbors living around me believe that their voice is as important as mine is.
Dennis Plante
Jordan
>From: dyna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [Mpls] R.T. et al, please let us 3rd ward residents decide
>Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 14:41:17 -0600
>
> I read with no great surprise the announcement of southsider R.T.
>Rybak's attempt to manipulate the 3rd ward race.
>
> R.T., those of us who live on the poorer side of the Great Northern
>tracks can quite well figure out who to support without your
>unrequested advice. We 3rd ward DFLers heard out all the candidates,
>including yours, and decided to endorse Olin Moore. Apparently you
>and your pack of outside interests have no respect for our 3rd ward
>process.
>
> The flier containing the formal announcement of R.T.'s endorsement
>was just delivered to me by a well off gentlemen from the suburbs
>driving a new Land Rover. No surprise- it's quite obvious Don
>Samuels' support comes from outside the 3rd ward, and given the
>republican tone of Don Samuels' candidacy I am not at all surprised
>to see wealthy suburbanites campaigning for him.
>
> For the Northside slice of the 3rd to be represented by a
>Northeaster who didn't give a damn about us was bad enough. Now we
>have southsiders and wealthy suburbanites carpetbagging in our
>Northside 3rd ward too.
>
> It's time to take back the 3rd ward- vote for a real 3rd ward Labor
>Endorsed DFLer, Olin Moore!
>
> from the 'hood in Hawthorne,
>
> Dyna Sluyter
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