I agree with Mr. Hodges that as much care should be taken to engage the community in the process of selecting the head of the Minneapolis Civil Rights Department as was taken in selecting the police chief. We need to talk about how civil rights enforcement is going to be done before deciding who is the best qualified to do it.
However, RT made his pick before the screening / selection process was done, and without opportunities for public comment. We have a civil rights problem in Minneapolis that is no less serious than the police conduct problem. Just consider the issue of race-based discrimination in the job and housing markets. The city can take some steps to enforce fair housing and employment laws that it (and the state and federal governments) have not taken. Why isn't that happening? I do not question Jayne Khalifa's qualifications for any number of top administrative jobs. However, I am concerned that she may be too well-connected. A organization to which Ms. Khalifa is afilliated, the Links, for example, is the elite social club that joined forces with DFL politicians to install the current leadership of the Minneapolis NAACP back in 1999. Hello. Doug Mann, King Field Minneapolis school board candidate - - 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
