Rybak Continues to Abuse His Role with Minneapolis Mosaic (MINNEAPOLIS) At the Downtown Minneapolis and North Loop Neighborhood Associations National Night Out last night, Mayor RT Rybaks re-election campaign continued to blur the line between campaign and city business. Volunteers with Rybaks campaign handed out Minneapolis Mosaic event guides with the Mayors campaign materials included on them to neighborhood residents.
This is another attempt by Rybak to misuse the Mayors office for political gain when he is in trouble, said Darin Broton of the McLaughlin campaign. This Mayor has no shame when it comes to promoting himself. Minneapolis Mosaic is presented by the City of Minneapolis and funded by corporate sponsors, including Best Buy, Xcel Energy, and The Minneapolis Foundation. Several city employees also serve on the Mosaics Steering Committee and the Mayors wife, Megan OHara, is the 2005 co-chair. In May after the Mayors defeat at the Minneapolis DFL City Endorsing Convention, Rybaks voice appeared in radio ads for the 2005 Mosaic. The ads ran from May to June on radio stations across the Twin Cities Metro. I dont know how many of the Mosaics sponsors would be comfortable with the Mayors abuse of this program, continued Broton. I am assuming some of their Board members would have problems donating money to a program the Mayor continues to use as a political arm of his campaign. ### 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
