I was delighted to see the name of our organization "No Stadium Tax" being promoted as an alternative to both Peter McLaughlin and R.T. Rybeck for the DFL endorsement for Mayor by Dyna. If I were a Minneapolis resident, I would throw my hat in the ring as the "No Stadium Tax" alternative.
But as a Saint Paul resident who has been working for a Minneapolis candidate, in another race, I was trying to determine the difference between McLaughlin and Rybeck and I really didn't see any. When McLaughlin came out as a booster of Billionaire Carl Pohlad and this horrible reverse Robin Hood stadium plan, (Steal from the poor to give to the rich), I thought, "O.K. here's where Rybeck can make a difference. He'll come out strongly against this idiotic plan, sweep the City DFL convention and easily go on to win the Mayor's race." So imagine my disappointment when Rybeck, does a rapid, "Me too" and shows up at the Hennepin County Board meeting yesterday, endorsing this give-away to the State's richest man. At that moment I became equally disgusted with both of them. O.K. still more with McLaughlin since he's actually pushing the plan. As DFL'ers, they both should be denied DFL party support. I hope that Minneapolis DFL'ers have the gumption to take the risky step of saying No Endorsement for either McLaughlin or Rybeck, because of their support of this stupid stadium plan. Politicians need to know that there are risks and consequences of working for the ultra-rich against the interests of the average taxpayer. Dann Dobson Summit Hill - Saint Paul --- Dyna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > McLaughlin: No. It's hard to run against an > incumbent who does 12 > photo ops a day.... His whole campaign has been > designed to paper > over any difference between us. > > Peter, give it up- until you caved in and voted to > tax us for > another new stadium for a billionaire you haven't > done much memorable > this century. A seat on a county board tends to be > almost as secure > as Civil Service with a lot more freebies. So if you > want some PR, > get out and fight the good fight like R.T. does > (usually). > > Which neatly transitions to R.T.'s current playing > about the > third rail of Mill City politics, anything even > resembling a stadium > tax. While RT may have picked up the support of a > few of us > uncommitted delegates when Peter sold out to the > Pohlads, RT lost > them and some of his base too when he sold his soul > to the same > billionaire a few days later. With uncommitted > already leading the > straw polls before, it now looks like uncommitted > could now win on > the first ballot, but I suspect the rules won't > allow such a quick > "no endorsement" vote. Of course, Jesse Ventura > having set precedent > by running under a stage name there's no reason a > straw candidate > could not run as "No Stadiumtax" for the DFL > endorsement. Problem is, > said straw man or woman might win on the first > ballot! > > While I generally don't approve of the drain of > money and > resources primaries put on the DFL party, in this > case Peter's and > R.T.'s campaigns would probably be quite well > financed by the Twins > and their extended economic empire. Might even be a > good thing to see > the young activists in the DFL get a few months paid > employment > working on these high buck campaigns which could > pump a couple > million into the local economy. > > Which would probably be the most we'd ever get out > of a new stadium. > > still uncommitted in Hawthorne, > > Dyna Sluyter > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ 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
