1. My number one choice would be the make the Met Council elective. The best by far.
2. A few days back I suggested recalling gov TP. Apparently a judge must pass on it, and that judge has just denied such a request. 3. So, if we can't have #1, how about seceeding? Let gov TP wreck Greater Minnesota, and get his greedy hands off the Metro area. We could set up as a new state, and tell Gov TP to go to a place where the sun doesn't shine. The metro area is being treated by TP and the Corporate Kings he serves as a third world country, and TC citizens as tenth-class natives to be scammed and tricked, taxed and denied. It is the wealthy areas in MN stripmining all the poorer areas for whatever resources it has, then drogooning the peasants into servitude. So secession would be better. My dislike for Gov TP equals my dislike for Pres GB. Both are disasters, arrogantly destroying everything that isn't owned by the filthy rich. It's them or us. You bet it's class war - and it's time we stopped them attacking us. This is NOT politics as usual - it is rule or ruin. Gov TP thinks he can just ram his way thru our world and our lives and we'll do nothing. Let us not go quiet into that dark night. --David Shove Roseville On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Bob Spaulding wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (on Mpls forum): > > I know this is really crazy, but why shouldn't > Minneapolis opt out of the > > Metro transit system? > > > I think the Governor's actions are making the case for just the opposite > approach. > > The Met Council should be an elected body. > > We would not be subject to wild swings in the Council every four or > eight years, as we are now. It wouldn't be a totally "Republican" or > "Democratic" council as it is now, there would be shades of gray, just > like real life. > > An elected Council would answer the call of two totally disparate > groups. It would address the problems urbanites are having with > mismanagement of the transit strike, and dislike the conservative shift > the Council has taken in planning its regional blueprint. And for all > those groups that feel the Council interferes with local control, it > improves connections with local communities by bringing additional > accountability. (This group includes Lake Elmo and suburban developers > and landholders.) > > How realistic is the possibility? Realistic enough to have the > Minnesota Legislature passed such a proposal in the 1990s, only to have > it vetoed by Governor Carlson. > > All right. Attack away. But be sure to explain how more democracy and > accountability at the Met Council would make the situation worse than it > is. > > Bob Spaulding > Downtown Saint Paul Resident 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
