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Today I watched part of the Mpls City Council meeting discussing budget
cuts. I then got an e-mail from a friend saying that Ms Kahn's bill to
have special elections in Mpls is still alive and kicking and appears to be
headed for approval. Now I am confused. If the Governor and his
fellow Republicans think that another election in Mpls is going to result in
Republicans getting elected, he is really living in la la land. Why are
people at our state legislature even considering this? Here we are
trying to figure out how many police and fire personnel to lay off and Ms Kahn
wants another election because her candidate didn't win. Oh I know that
she will come back with an argument about one person one vote. Hog
wash. If that was the case, why didn't she introduce this bill as soon as
the new Ward Boundaries went into effect? Why didn't she introduce
this before the special election was announced? Why didn't she introduce
this this bill before the primary election? Why did she wait until two
weeks before the general election? Could it be that by that time her
neighbor, Olin Moore, no longer looked like a shoe in?
The DFL claims to be the party of the people. They claim to stand for
equal rights. They claim to work for the under dog and especially, for
minorities. And yet, this bill will eliminate one of the two African
American Council members on the Mpls City Council. It will leave the
3rd Ward wide open for the DFL to get their endorsed candidate
elected. Does the Minnesota DFL really have to sink this low in order
to get their way?
Give it up, Phyllis and the rest of you party hacks. Your candidate
lost. The people's choice won fair and square. Don't FORCE the city
of Minneapolis to spend money they DO NOT HAVE THANKS TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE,
just so the DFL can get their own way.
Anne McCandless
Jordan
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