This brings to mind the image of Commissioner Fine and President Olson bounding out of a recent MPRB meeting, ostensibly to congratulate the departing Skipperliner entourage as they departed. Other Commissioners were continuing to do the business of the parks while the two exited through the back door to share hearty slaps on the back. They returned several minutes later. I'm sure that the Skipperliner folks are indebted to several members of the MPRB and will do everything they can to support their re-election bids in the future.
Don't think that President Olson doesn't have relationships with other DQ owners. Don't think that there is not political capital to be gained by this decision. I'm not rushing to judgement and don't think Chris is, either. In an atmosphere of distrust, an MPRB leader that was putting his community first would be attempting to ensure that business is conducted in a transparent manner with at least an attempt to avoid perceived conflict of interest. Regards, Jason Stone Diamond Lake --- Jeremy Wieland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Regarding Mr. Olson's confilict of interest, Dairy Queens are all > franchised. Mr. Olson would not benefit from another DQ unless he was the > Franchise owner, which could be found out. Actually, since they are > frnachises, another DQ would actually compete with him. Its in his interest > not to allow DQ to be a vendor in MPLS parks. > > Can't speak to any of your other points. > > Jeremy Wieland > Northeast __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools 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
