3rd Ward I'd suggest that the DFL NOT regard this as a "line in the sand" vote. After all, it is a race between basically unknown people. Samuels should have the greatest name recognition in the North part of the ward, but both candidates are from the DFL side. In order to get elected in this city, you must be established in the DFL. All others need not apply. If Valdis Rosentals, by some fluke, had won, he'd merely be the exception that tests the rule. Minneapolis, as a bloc, simply don't buy the conservative, Republican take on issues. Guess we just don't have a big enough bloc of rich people. The bulk of them found suburban homes. That's when they gave up the power to influence Minneapolis elections. Anyone else remember when Dick Erdall and Gladys Brooks were on the council? That was about the last hurrah. Dennis Schulstad had a long career on the council by ignoring Republican politics elsewhere and being an "independent Republican". Truth is, if Reagan-Bush-Gingrich hadn't turned their party into a military organization, there probably would be more around, but as Jim Jeffords learned, there are PENALTIES for those who try to be Republican and think for themselves.
Johnson-Lee�s Response: �Since war was the main topic of the Johnson-Lee speech, perhaps she would be interested in knowing around 2/3's of Americans support military action� -- Gary Bowman Another meaningless statement. A majority supports ONLY a group decision by the U.N. but Bush can�t get that decision. Ergo, the basis of the support is removed. And without that, who knows what 2/3 of Americans support. http://www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm Police Brutality: Let�s get it straight once and for all. I am only PRO GOOD-COP. I am on record as disgusted with the games that Mike Sauro and the Police Federation played, trying to get Officer Sauro back out on the street after numerous incidents. I�m am also anti-code of silence. I don�t define a �good cop� as one who breaks the code. But I think all the good cops pay a price for letting the bad apples get away with stuff. I wish they�d make up their minds to stop paying. The FACT is that we need cops doing a job on the street. We have a huge stake in an effective police force. They have lots of mandates from politics that are extremely bad ideas, and a lot of the misbehavior is a natural result of those mistakes. If voters want to end the misbehavior, they should join forces and end the kind of stuff that makes good cops into bad ones. Tamir Nolley and perhaps a few others are caught up so much in their agenda that they can�t handle someone looking at the the cold hard realities of law enforcement. They want angelic men in uniform, regardless how screwed up the context of the profession gets. Well, good luck. None of you who are cop-haters are flawless, either. Me and Jim? Come on. I only speak in unison with Jim when he decides to get off the soapbox and deal with simple reality. I�m well clear of the past Philips wars, so I don�t have to defend anything I did in the past. Jim does, plus his current agenda. I just want to save our city. Quoting: Every one of us knows that anything we send to this list goes to a bunch of strangers. Which is why we have to consider the effect of our words on strangers. The thing that gets ME is the use of a quote from an anonymous source in an article. How doe readers know what to make of it? Usually anonymous sources are given some identification that provides some semblance of authority. This is like "I was standing on a street corner and heard somebody say blah.� If Judith Yates Borger can slip that by the editors, well, more power to her. . -------------- Jim Mork--Cooper "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our Country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out." Gen. William T. Sherman (1864) Letter to the Mayor of Atlanta. Get your free Web-based E-mail at http://www.startribune.com/stribmail TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ 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
