In a message dated 2/28/2003 5:35:48 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Chapters 12-13 of The Minneapolis Story, Through My Eyes," by Ron Edwards > provides helpful background on the political manipulation of which this is > but the latest attempt. I submit that this is the other side of a single > coin of political manipulation, with one side being redistricting and the > other side being reelectioning. I think Ron Edwards is dead wrong when he argues that Sharon Sayles Belton lost the election for Mayor because she would have opposed the redistricting plan -- if she had been re-elected. If that were the case, why didn't she publicly oppose the redistricting plan? Sayles-Belton wasn't stabbed in the back by the DFL establishment. She committed political suicide by taking the job as head cheerleader for a new Twins Stadium. I agree with Edwards that, so far as the people who pull the strings of these politicians are concerned, Rybac was a far better candidate than Lisa McDonald. -Doug Mann, King Field http://educationright.tripod.com 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
