On Thursday, April 22, 2004, at 11:05 AM, Andy Driscoll wrote:
My own concern with the PEACE Foundation site is that, alongside a list of
very noble community action and coalition issue goals is a very transparent
paean to Don Samuels as an individual. That personal and political promotion
effort mitigates severely the more laudable issues focus the site seeks to
use for coalition-building. It smacks just a bit much as a re-election
promotion and personal glorification effort. Too bad.
Unfortunately, we are awash in hoo haw because of the election year -- not referring to Don Samuels specifically, who I find to be a genuinely concerned and caring person. He needs to take a sniff test of the ethics associated with managing his foundation but I've no reason to preemptively suspect bad intentions.
However, some other elected officials in our fair city are already parading out the flyers, chest beating, finger pointing, and general braying that makes the uninformed quite queasy.
I realize these elected officials feel they always have to play to the galleries and strive for the odd inch of coverage in the Strib, but I feel pretty creeped out that this is all happening so early.
I think it might be time for the shameless self promotion award to go out to some of these people who are scaring away new participants in public service in Minneapolis.
Just a thought.
Best,
Laura Southeast Minneapolis
Laura Waterman Wittstock MIGIZI Communications, Inc. 3123 East Lake Street Minneapolis, MN 55406 612.721.6631 ext 219 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.migizi.org
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