Jim Mork writes: > But, as I say, if Jennings in any way qualifies as an improvement on what we > had in the past, then it seems equally likely that Moss and Samuels would be > an improvement, too. Of course, I'm ready to hear the Jennings diehards > tell me that in THIS case, not being a cop is important, whereas in Jennings > case, having no educational credentials was unimportant. People just like > to have it both ways. But maybe out of the fury of that will come some sort > of enlightenment of the kind I looked for in the Jennings discussion (but > never saw).
It's a good point that we won't let a non-cop run the P.D., but let me point up two ways Jim's analogy breaks down: Jennings has managed or been in the top tier of major organizations (it's management skills that trump experience, partisans argue) and had worked in the top tier of the Minneapolis Public Schools for two years. While I would personally love to see Spike Moss be a district chief for a couple of seasons (I'm a journalist, after all - vote the story), neither he nor Samuels has remotely the management experience or inside-the-institution experience Jennings had. Again, the larger point is fair - but let's not rewrite history so that Jennings was some kind of out-of-the-woods, out-of-left-field (or right, in the case) boob. David Brauer Kingfield 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
