In the last election Ryback heavily courted the Police and Fire vote and clearly would not have won without it.We wanted SSB out and worked hard to unseat her. The number of campaign workers tipped things in his favor (not to mention money). This next election of council and mayor may be very surprising as most new police and fire are city residents. We will remember who our friends are. Stay tuned.
B. Jangula Longfellow ----- Original Message ----- From: "gemgram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ben Jangula" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis Police Federation > Only if they do it Ben. It has been a real long time since the Federations > exercised the power they could have. They once had the power to elect an > unpopular Mayor. In the last election they did not even exercise enough > power to keep the most anti-cop person in my memory from being elected City > Council Member. Dean Zimmerman ran on anti-cop. I think it is time the > Cops and the Firefighters did indeed exercise some power just to demonstrate > they have it. > > That budget fiasco earlier last year would not have happened if the Mayor > and Council actually had to worry about the Federations. It is time to > "worry them" a little bit. It is time firefighters and Cops stopped being > the pawns and started being the Knights and Bishops on the political > chessboard. > > Jim Graham > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Jangula" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Booker Hodges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 9:52 AM > Subject: Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis Police Federation > > > > The reason that the Police Federation and Fire Union are considered > powerful > > is : > > 1. money for contributions > > 2. Lots and lots of campaign political workers. > > > > They can make or break a candidates campaign. > > > > Ben Jangula > > Longfellow > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Booker Hodges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 8:45 AM > > Subject: [Mpls] Minneapolis Police Federation > > > > > > > Everyone is always talking about the political power of the Minneapolis > > > Police Federation. I would like to know what political power does the > > > Federation actually have. As a person going into law enforcement I look > > > forward to working some place that has a strong union in the labor sense > > but > > > I just don't understand why the Federation is considered such a powerful > > > political power. For example: How many members of the Minneapolis Police > > > Federation are able to vote in Minneapolis elections? How many voters > does > > > the Federation bring to the table? And most importantly in the political > > > sense how much money does the Federation contribute to political > > campaigns? > > > I would be willing to bet many members of the Federation don't live in > > > Minneapolis partially because they can't afford the taxes. So the > question > > > still remains; Why is the Minneapolis Police Federation considered such > a > > > political power house? > > > > > > > > > > > > Booker T Hodges > > > North side > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Tired of slow downloads? Compare online deals from your local high-speed > > > providers now. https://broadband.msn.com > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > For state and national discussions see: > > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > > > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > 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. > > > > For state and national discussions see: > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > > ________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > 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. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ 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
