Anyone know more about this issue/event? This is an example of the best of "e-democracy" providing a forum for a voice in our community that we might not hear from otherwise.
Madeline Douglass Kingfield ----- Original Message ----- From: asha ahmad ahmad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 12:58 PM Subject: [mpls]Thankyou not. > I would like the people of minneapolis to know how disastrous yesterdays > decision was.It was a blowtoourcommunityin so many ways that will > reverberate for years to come.Ipersonally want to tanktemayorfor clearly > understanding whatteissue was.first,it washousing for me and 69 > others.secondly it was misrepresentation of somalis @hig levels of > government by an individual who is power hungry.Kennedy once said ''ask not > what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country.''i > sincerely believe that everyone gained and we lost.Our legitimate leaders > were embarrassed by the behaviour of one of our so called leader that > council was almost unable to conduct business because he almost mauled the > mayor.the mayor at one point had to politely tell omar jamal to kindly take > a seat.The vote yesterday benefited everyone that was against our interests > because it became a war zone for Lilligren whos alliance with omar jamal was > the worst mistake ever.All the old women who came with the signs were from > omar jamals clan,secondly they told the old ladies who are getting evicted > from a mall in st.paul that this meeting would help them get stores in > minneapolis an that is what council was voting on.the poor old ladies were > carrying bags thinking they were vying for a spot.The person organizing the > old ladies told the mayor and the entire room afterwards they were from > st.paul and getting evicted could the mayor intervene,direct quotes.In our > culture our mothers are valued and respected.we bring in clans for matters > of life an death or a communal tragedy period.what happened yesterday was so > vile that the mothers were made to hold signs that they didnt undersatand > was so shameful that forget housing we defiled our parents to no > end.everyone went home with the impression our mothers are abused,how could > child let there parent be abused so much that we needed SAVING by the > government,if this is such a crisis why didnt our leaders do anything before > this.Maybe Jamal thought he gained credibility with liligren and maybe he > will finally get funding but was it worth the cost,did he really have to get > a pound of flesh.asha ahmed ,whittier neighborhood. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > 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 > > _____________________________________________________ > This message scanned for viruses by CoreComm > > 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
