As you can see, when Phyllis Kahn is wrong, she is very wrong. But when she's right, she's very right - and on principled grounds to boot.
As I have posted before, in my opinion the one-person, one-vote problem facing Minneapolis is a real constitutional issue. Whether you agree with it or not, HF 67 is a serious, principled proposal to address an actual problem.
In this respect, Phyllis Kahn reminds me of Winston Churchill - when Churchill made mistakes, he made big ones. But when Churchill was right, no one was righter. Like Churchill, Phyllis Kahn also has a reputation for being inconveniently stubborn on matters of principle, to the annoyance of her own party. Kahn is advancing HF 67 against the wishes of virtually the entire Minneapolis political establishment - old and new guard DFL, Green, RT and others.
So, when I read vitriolic and baseless accusations like those advanced by Peter Schmitz, that "anyone with a shred of common sense and decency knows she's bullying and rationalizing just to settle a score," I really wonder what city I'm living in. Has Minneapolis - or the Issues List - really sunk that low?
You may not agree with her, you may find her issue choices somewhat idiosyncratic, but there is no member of the Legislature LESS likely to be part of a self-interested political conspiracy than Phyllis Kahn.
In my judgment, several people on this list owe Phyllis Kahn an apology.
Greg Abbott
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