I think Gary's thoughts are good, but to try and
discuss national energy policy in the Minneapolis
Mayor's race shows how out of touch the Greens are.
The City of Minneapolis alone can do little to change
the energy debate alone and that should be item 50 on
the list of City problems.
Energy policy is a national / internatiuonal issue and
needs to be dealt with by Congress and the President.
The recent energy bill is a disaster.
But to accuse Rybeck and McLaughlin of not discussing
energy policy shows how out of touch some Greens are.
I expect Mayoral candidates to talk about crime,
stadiums, mass transit, streets, infrastructure,
before they talk about the price of gas.
Dann Dobson
Summit Hill - Saint Paul
--- Gary Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think that IRV is the single best step we could
> take toward real democracy in town.
>
> Our current political discussion is bankrupt, and
> shows the bankruptcy of the DFL as the dominant
political expression of our local culture.
>
> The political discussion needs to focus on the fact
> that our urban infrastructure and lifestyle are
founded on the premise that we will have an infinite,
uninterruptible, and cheap supply of energy flowing in
to us from all around the world. Our culture is so
deeply rooted in this assumption that we do not see it
at all.
>
> While our local DFL and their state Republican
> partners discuss how to force a new regressive tax
to build infrastructure which will make our debt and
> energy and transportation problems worse, we ought
> to be discussing how to raise progressive taxes to
build infrastructure to pay off debt, become our
> own best energy source, and create a sustainable
> transportation paradigm.
>
> Again -- Farheen Hakeem and don Johnson are the only
> two candidates really addressing reality-based
politics in this election.
> The DFL continues to
> slide over the tough issue and focus on froth.
>
> Katrina may very well shut down a third of the Gulf
> of Mexico oil and gas
> production for months. We can no longer settle for
> fantasy-based politics
> in Minneapolis. Check out the articles from the last
> few days at Energy
> Bulletin online. How can we make the changes we
> need, quickly and
> carefully?
>
> -- pedaling for peace and ecojustice, praying for us
> all as Katrina reminds
> us that we live in relationship to a planet we have
> taken for granted --
> from Lynnhurst for now -- Gary Hoover
>
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