Oh, no, you sleazy sob, you're not putting that on me. I was opposed to Mr. Woods because I had already heard from friends on the Northside that a considerable cloud hung over him. Once I met the man I had even more reasons not to vote for him. Unfortunately, I was hugely outvoted by other board members.
This is so typical of Piehl to make a statement he knows to be a lie. It is my contention that no one heard my misgivings because David Piehl, et.al. had so poisoned the well that no person of color (who comprised most of the board at the time) would hear anything from a white person in the neighborhood. When I came on the board race relations in Central had sunk to an all time low and people of color on the board would no longer trust what anyone white person had to say. Those board members held up specific people as reasons why they were unwilling to trust and you, David, were at the top of the list.
WizardMarks, Central


Dave Piehl wrote:

I was glad to hear that the city is pursuing the
mis-appropriated funding at NEDC per the article in
the Star Tribune.


http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3987911.html

Robert Woods is of particular interest to the feds,
per the article "Meanwhile, federal investigators have
shown interest in Woods. The Department of Housing and
Urban Development subpoenaed his transcripts from
Washington University and the University of Minnesota
law school. Woods filed a lawsuit in February in an
effort to quash the subpoenas; the suit was later
dismissed." - Steve Brandt wrote articles a few years
back about this subject.

I still wonder why Wizard Marks and Basim Sabri
brought the same Robert Woods to Central Neighborhood
in 2000; no woder the current board is still having
trouble!

David Piehl
Central

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