Ed Felien wrote: What did happen at Ventura Village the evening that Basim Sabri and Zack Metoyer tried to "take over the meeting?" My understanding, from talking with Basim this morning, is that Basim wanted the neighborhood organization to discuss and hopefully approve a small change in one of his development projects. Many Somali businesspeople from his Somali bazaar came to the meeting to hear the discussion and they wanted to participate. They were continually ruled out of order by the Chair. They were told they didn't understand Robert's Rules of Order. They got frustrated. (snip) They felt they were being racially discriminated against.
David Piehl writes: Yes, what DID happen? I wasn't at the meeting, but would hardly consider a conversation with Basim to be anything close to the whole story, regardless of subject matter! Basim has proven that he is a skilled manipulator, a fact documented in the FBI recordings of him during the Herron debacle. The reports I have heard about the Ventura Village incident indicate that while some folks may have intentionally wanted the Somali members' disgust to appear directed at the leadership of Ventura Village, they actually agreed with the leadership and were upset with Basim Sabri. Can someone who attended please confirm or deny that? David Piehl Central __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.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, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
