Oh puhleaze.... This is getting rather tiresome.
Neither candidate for mayor seems to have anything
positive to say, just a bunch of whining about the
other.
It's going to be a long hot summer.....
Eva Young
Near North
--- Peter McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
>
> ###
>
Eva Young
Near North
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