I am hardly an apologist for the mayor, but his account of a meeting being hijacked by "elders" has the ring of truth. I have seen community "leaders" use the conflicts between the occupying police and poor people as a launching pad for their own careers (and not just in the Native community). That these leaders would tie down a meeting for 2 and a half hours and prevent the "other voices" (that the mayor came to hear) from being heard sounds all too likely.
It's outrageous that bikes would be prohibited from Lake Street. The street is already a death trap for bikes and I avoid it as much as possible. Still, I pay taxes for infrastructure like everyone else and resent being excluded from roads I help pay for. Linda Mann Kingfield 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
