Tamir: I'm not much af a fan of RT Rybak these days, but I have to respond. Rybak's selection of McManus to be police chief was one of the few times that the Mayor actually tried to bring the community together as opposed to dividing it....and in fact the community came together overwhelmingly for the new police chief. Me: Tamir, you are neither gay or black. How can you speak with such certainty about how the black community or gay community felt about the police cheif decision and whether or not they were pitted against one another in a move to divide and conquer? Obviously, there were people at Stonewall today that thought that is exactly what happened and they spoke out about it.
Tamir: Further more, Comissioner McLaughlin's Law-and-Order focused campaign which attempts to eliminate police accountability (barely achieved, desperatly needed,) is extrememly dishonorable. Me: I have seen nothing in Peter's campaign materials that lead me to believe he wants to eliminate police accountability. Did I miss something? The moves Peter has made to get more help into the Phillips neighborhoods is helping. Getting probation officers assigned to the precincts and working out of the Franklin Safety Center has helped to get a lot of the repeat offenders off the streets. Ask Amy Klobuchar. Tamir: Robert Lilligren, the progressive who initially challenged Brian Herron when it looked like an uphill battle, and Vice President Lilligren seem to be very different people. Robert...I mean Mr. Vice President, you've really changed.... Me: Of course he has changed. He has been in the job over 3 years now. Everyone who gets these posts change. Based on the experiences the job brings. I will say in all biased honesty that Robert hasn't changed for the worse. I find him very ethical, very passionate about the job, a real mover and shaker, willing to stand up and tell you no when he doesn't agree with you and a person with alot of integrity. As I have said in previous posts, he is really good at this. Tamir it's obvious you have some axe to grind with Robert so I won't argue with you about that. You are in a different ward so you have others to choose from to represent you. I have to choose between Robert and Dean. Robert has my support hands down. Barb Lickness Whittier "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
