Sabri's tactics haven't changed much since his days embezzeling money from the foreign student organization at the University of Minnesota. Yes the tactics have evolved, what he pulled in the wedge was a little more evolved, then what he pulled in Central was yet another evolution - then Whittier, (and a few attempts at Ventura Village in the meantime). He always spreads misinformation so that those folks who want to believe him can. The character assassination thing for his vocal opponents is ever present, as well as vandalism against peoples' property. The car vandalizing thing happened to his neighbor in the suburbs, Jana Metge, Judy Cooper Lyle, several Whittier residents, several Central residents, and Omar Jamal. The other fun tactic is getting anyone who has a business relationship with him to speak in his defence. This was the deal when he had tennants from his building in Whittier vote in the Central elections, this was the deal with the Latino Artist Group (wh o he has since thrown away), this is the deal now with the weird posts from Sabri tennants defaming those who speak against him. It's especially interesting how many of the people that think they can do business with him end up at the short end of the stick before long. Sabri makes big promises, like the promise of one year free rent at the Suqua Karmel for tenants to support his variance requests - he doesn't follow through though which is predictable. Then he starts suing people. So, you can see that his tactics evolve, but don't change, there is a very real pattern for anyone who cares to examine the facts. The other thing Sabri likes to do is brag about being a private developer who doesn't take government money - but he's take hundreds of thousands in subsidies, even before the Elroy site! It's also debatable whether what he does actually qualifies as development. I don't think it's a coincidence that Sabri uses the same lawyer (Randy Tigue) as Ferris Alexander. Sabri takes the government money, then wants to have his cake and eat it too by taking the money for a lower revenue use, then trying to build the highest revenue use.
And to think - our mayor supports this guy! Look what happened to Sharon Sayles Belton, Sabri embarassed her in the campaign; is Rybak's support now some sort of payback? Check the campaign contribution records - I bet I know what you'll find! Faith Zuckweiler Longfellow omar jamal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Omar Jamal Executive Director Somali Justice Advocacy Center Omar Jamal Executive Director Somali Justice Advocacy Center Despicable rumors won�t get Sabrin no where! I received phone calls today from misinformed members of Somali community about the role of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center at the Elroy site. I would like first of all to express as an Executive Director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center to have a good working relationship with all the city council members. I, Mr. Omar Jamal am honored to have a good working relationship with both Council Gary Schiff and Robert lilligren. I am asking Sabri and his cronies to conduct themselves in a respectful manner and stop to talk about people�s personal lives in the hope to manipulate immigrants. I will say this now that I was and still am against marriage amendment of our constitution; however, it is very sad that Sabri and his cronies are using that now to misinform immigrants who have no idea what has been going on at the Capital. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! 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 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. 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
