In a message dated 9/11/2003 11:46:00 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Icons of all stripes are fair game here, but let's confine pigeon-dropping > their statues to their Minneapolis-specific actions. > When I joined UE Local 1139 back in 1978 I asked why there wasn't a picture of the Happy Warrior hanging on the wall of the union headquarters (in north Minneapolis)? l was told that if someone were to hang his picture on the wall, it would probably be used as a dart board. Why so down on the Hump? I asked. As mayor of Minneapolis Humphrey played a significant role in campaigns to decertify union locals affiliated with the UE (United Electrical workers). The UE was one of the few unions that refused to join in on the anti-Communist witch hunt led by US Senator Joe McCarthy (Wisc.) and that didn't get totally wiped out by the Democratic Party and its lackeys in the AFL and CIO. -Doug Mann soon to publish a pamphlet entitled Flight from Equality: School reform in the US since 1983 REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ 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
