Peter Schmitz writes: A question for both Shawn Lewis and Michelle Gross: Given Mayor Rybak's deplorable record so far regarding police-community relations, who would you support for Mayor if early elections were called this year for Mayor as well as City Council Representatives? In this forum last week there was a lot of speculation that Peter McLaughlin was interested in running against the Mayor. Is he a viable candidate for those wishing to address police brutality?
Scott here: I'm not posting to talk about Peter's opinions about the Mayor's electoral chances or potential opponents, but the early elections that he refers to would only apply to the City Council this year because their Ward boundaries were redistricted (a very unlikely situation at this point). With all the mayoral candidate speculation lately on the list I think it's only right to point out that the next election for Mayor will not be until 2005 regardless of what happens with the council. Although, since Presidential speculation is a year round phenomena I guess we're all entitled to speculation about something that is quite a ways off yet. Stocking up in case we get buried alive... Scott Persons Lyndale Neighborhood Ward 8/10 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
