Mr. Mork, At our last MPRAC meeting, Mike Hatch could not make it and sent Chuck Fergeson as his representative. Mr Fergeson stated that Hatch can only work on 2 or 3 big projects at one time and right now he is still entangled with the HMOs and that fiasco, so incriminating info we have on some of these corrupt non profits will have to wait until Hatch's office has the time handle the investigation from their viewpoint.
Over the last 4 years, we have gone to the authorities with criminal evidence against 2 management members of the Mpls Inspections office and they are now gone. We went to the Feds with details of criminal acts committed by 3 Mpls City Council members. 2 were indicted and convicted and the other one is still being investigated. All of these investigations and documentation that we have produced take alot of time. We do not get paid to do this. We do this for the common good of the citizens of Mpls. Believe me, Vicki has the documentation to prove what she is talking about!!! Steve Meldahl Jordan (work) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Mork" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 8:27 AM Subject: [Mpls] Accountability; or Libel? > I have to disagree with Messrs. McGuire and > Jessen. Both of them seem to have issues with > DFL politics, so this is one more opportunity to > take shots. Here's what I see in Ms. Heller's > posts. Her allegations SEEM to be the basis of > fraud prosecutions. She goes so far as to claim > that certain developers have lied to the > government to collect funds for which they are > not entitled. Now, I KNOW that among our local > public attorneys, meaning Klobuchar, Hatch, and > Heffelfinger, there has to be one or more who > would GLADLY prosecute the slightest hint of > fraud. If Ms. Heller actually had a case to > make, she could take it to one, two, or all three > and see them eagerly pursue it. I'm going to > have to assume Ms. Heller has not tried that. > > With her elan for "accountability", why would > that be. Until shown different, I'm going to say > because if she made a public accusation with a > weak case, it could be financially harmful to > her. So how DOES she pursue "accountability"? She > makes accusations here, where the public is > relatively small, allowing her attorney to argue > that she didn't harm anyone's reputation very > much. The other side of it is that her conflicts > of interest are so obvious that a good share of > people here will take her charges with at least a > few grams of salt. Which again means that she > can argue that she hasn't really hurt anyone's > reputation. > > This is the trouble with online debates like > this. Too much opportunity to do what would be > dangerous in the media. And too much credulity > when it is done. I have no DOUBT there are > people out there who take advantage. I think > Target Center was a case. Saying they "lied" to > get the money is stretching it. But they did > exploit the political weaknesses that were too > obvious, this FEAR of business fleeing the city > or the state. Lord knows Ms. Heller and her > ideological allies do that constantly. It > doesn't really sell to us faithful residents of > the city, but the spectacle of things like Target > Center make it entirely TOO enticing to rub salt > into that wound. Businesses HAVE left. And in > spite of that, our unemployment rate is enviable > for a core city. > > So my challenge to Jim G, Ms. Heller, Peter, and > anyone else is: Make the accusation official. If > you THINK you have genuine incriminating > evidence, get it in front of a grand jury of your > fellow citizens and give them (not us) a chance > to rule on it. > > But if you merely want to accuse business people > of doing the same thing you like to do at every > opportunity, which is to say play the politics of > economic fear, then I think "accountability" > requires that you be called on it each time it > happens. > > ------------- > Jim Mork > Cooper Neighborhood > Longfellow Community > Minneapolis: Alive, Kicking, and Beautiful!! > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) > > ________________________________ > > 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 TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ 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
