Eva Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Interesting. The MWP piece about Farheen Hakeem was what is known in the
business as a "puff piece". I wonder how much good this does Hakeem's
campaign to write a letter like this bashing a paper that wrote a puff
piece on her. Most candidates like that sort of coverage.
I actually don't think it will help Hakeem's campaign much if the letter
does get published.
Why doesn't Hakeem join this list and tell list members directly what she
wants to do as Mayor - in other words answer all those un-asked questions
by the MWP reporter.
Pamela Taylor says:
Interesting. I actually think it WILL help her campaign. And why should she
join this list and tell members directly what she wants to do as Mayor? This
forum group does not stand as the end all be all voice of the general public.
It is THAT constitutency that she is trying to reach, not simply us here
online. And, as to those un-asked questions by the MWP reporter, that is what
Ms. Hakeem is wondering too. The reporter asked questions not as relevant to
the campaign as the issues Ms. Hakeem would have liked to have discussed.
And, could it be that because there seems to be more substance than "puff" to
Ms. Hakeem's candidacy, that she had good reason to take offense to the articl?
Is it a crime to want to be portrayed in a more intelligent light? If it were
an article about you, and you wanted your intelligence to shine through, are
you attempting to make us on this list believe that you, too, would not be
offended? You, yourself then, would be insulting our intelligence! And,
speaking for myself here, I am not that stupid.
I would have done the same thing as Ms. Hakeem. Why go behind closed doors and
talk to them privately just to keep others from becoming a witness to reality?
And, why do we need to get the reporter's side? Ms. Hakeem was also in the
room. Is HER voice relating HER experience not enough? Do we need the voice
of the reporter to validate Ms. Hakeem's story? Especially when they called
her to do the article, and put their version of her out there, instead of the
side of her she was led to believe would be portrayed? Why should anyone take
that?
This campaign year all of life's sober realities are bound to come out. We
would all be better off if we simply dealt with them and moved on.
Pamela Taylor (Lyndale)
"I like the fact that people can't guess my racial background right away, and
that they have to be ncomfortable about it. It is a growing experience for
them. There is never an issue of race, looking different, or being "originally"
from somewhere for a white person. Why should it be different for me?"
PRICELESS QUOTE!!!!!
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