Jim Bernstein wrote: Council Member Zimmerman DOES NOT deserve this kind of bile! While one not agree with him on his support of PRT, linking him with Rep. Mark Olson and Sen. Michelle Bachmann (both hard shell conservatives) is grossly unfair. Ken Bradley wrote: I couldn't agree more that this type of criticism is unfair, and does nothing to help with the dialog regarding this issue.
I am uncertain to my own support of PRT, but believe it could be a possible solution to our transit needs. At this point anything could be a solution to our transit needs! I have worked with legislators I disagree with on numerous issues in an effort to pass important legislation. I can honestly tell folks that some of these legislators positions on other issues disturb me and are at odds with my own values. I also work with legislators I agree with 99% of the time, but their support alone will not help to pass legislation. The Republicans have 81 seats in the house and the Democrats 53, and in the Senate Democrats have 35 seats, Republicans 31, and Independence 1, simple arithmetic will tell you that it is impossible to pass legislation with support of only one party. Yes, you still need a majority. Not only is the criticism of Dean Zimmerman unfair, it gives him no credit for trying to build realistic support for passing legislation. Ken Bradley Corcoran Neighborhood 612-728-8962 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ 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
