Wizard, you wrote a couple of things I wanted to respond to, so I've clipped them below:
>>>I think it's possible that each of those opposed may have a different reason why they are opposed. One possibility is that they want to square off against Rybak.<<< This is kind of the problem, the question before them is: Is William McManus capable and right for the job of Police Chief, will you confirm the nomination made by the Mayor? Nothing else is on the table or should be on the table. Wanting to square off with Rybak is a dereliction of duty and a disservice to the people they are supposed to representing. It's fine that they wanted other people or even other characteristics, but that's not what the question was. The time for debate about whether it should be an internal or external candidate, or whether it should be a straight White male or Lesbian or person of color was well before the nomination. At the beginning of the process or when the national search was going on, that would have been the time to draw lines in the sand and insist it be an internal candidate. But to wait until the top six have been vetted and one person has been nominated and then make arguments about how wrong this is and that it should be another person, is akin to waiting until the bottom of the ninth inning, being down by 12 runs and arguing that that the game shouldn't count because you wanted to play on a different field. Each of the Council Members, regardless of whether they vote yes or no, should be focus only on Can McManus do the job effectively, not if they would prefer if someone else was nominated. >>>Mpls. responded to a threat that was not entirely there. That does not happen on the lieutenant or inspector level.<< >>WM: Lubinski has only been a deputy chief a very short time. She has not been in a position to address racial profiling on more than a fairly limited basis, Here's another problem where the recent positions of some Council Members breaks down. The argument cannot be put forth that Lubinski and Gerold are just as qualified and experienced as McManus and then backpedalled on. People have extolled how much both Gerold and Lubinski can be attributed success for their work on community mediation, racial profiling, lowering crime rate, etc. It contradicts that to say then that things don't happen at their level, or they've only been on the job a short while. I've said before, and I still maintain, that both are very qualified and capable officers who if they had been nominated and confirmed would have worked hard and I believe done a good job, but they wouldn't have done the best job. When it all boils down, no matter how much you like one or the other, by my reading, McManus has almost twice the years of experience that Gerold has and both he and Lubinski worked their way up through the ranks. And while Lubinski comes closer in years of experienced, he far outweighs her in years of command experience and responsibility. This isn't about who you like, it's about the bottom line fact of experience. >>Most of the people pulled over are people of color, which is to be expected here.<< 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
