Mayor Rybak's problem is that many of his most ardent supporters in 2001
have very good memories. We remember the intimate conversations and
promises made by the Mayor. We remember them in great detail.
Unfortunately the same can not be said for the mayor and his administration.
Which if it has not exhibited short memories has certainly demonstrated
total indifference to promises made. Perhaps Mark can explain what exactly
was the overpowering reason to have forgotten his promise on the stadium
only one week into his term?
As I have said on this List and publicly, "I do not think RT Rybak EVER
consciously lied to us. I am just as certain that he never remembered ONE
promise he made to us!"
Mark says, "I'd really love to hear from Commissioner McLaughlin or his
supporters on what they would have done differently."
I believe we have been giving that information to you for the last two
years. Perhaps Mark, like RT, does not remember that. Readers, please go
back and review the archives, and you will find that that for a couple of
years we defended RT, and then we started urging RT to remember some of his
promises. Then you will find some of us blaming his appointees and not RT.
Only after it became obvious that the Rybak administration was organizing
against neighborhoods and absolutely did not care about the "Impacted
Neighborhoods" did RT himself come under criticism.
I happen to be a RT supporter. I think the media is his natural calling. I
think he should become the Channel 5 Co-Anchor. From there he could
possibly create a position nationally. Many of our anchor people have gone
on the MSNBC, CNN and others. RT should do what he is great at, and leave
others to do the mundane hard work that we in Minneapolis need from a mayor.
RT is just too "kewl" to be limited to being Mayor of Minneapolis.
RT needs an audience that will forget by the next day what he has said
today. He does not need the hard memories that some of us in Minneapolis
have. Memories that just refuse to "negotiate reality"! The flash of bright
lights apparently erases RT's memory each night. Minneapolis needs a Mayor
who remembers that being Mayor is about the needs of Minneapolis not just
about being "Mayor Kewl".
Jim Graham,
Ventura Village
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