From the Minneapolis Police Federation:
Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis Urges Primary Voters
Concerned about Crime to Vote Anybody But Rybak on September 13th
Minneapolis, MN – Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis President
John Delmonico today blasted Mayor R. L. Rybak for his lack of
leadership on the crime wave facing Minneapolis citizens and urged
primary voters to vote for “Anyone but Rybak.”
“In parts of Minneapolis today we have crime and lawlessness
approaching New Orleans proportions, but our mayor can’t blame it on
the weather,” explained Delmonico. “Instead Mayor Rybak claims that
the only people affected by crime are those engaged in, quote, ‘high–
risk lifestyles.’ I dare the mayor to tell that to the mother of the
three–year–old who was shot, the son of the mother who was killed
buying gas and the man who was mowing his lawn and wound up beaten
and kidnapped. It’s not high–risk Mr. Mayor, it’s high–crime.”
Federation leadership says the primary election next week is almost
the last chance voters will have to send a message to the mayor that
it is time to stop pretending crime only affects a narrow segment of
the city.
“The only time Rybak listens is at election time,” said Delmonico.
“Voters who vote ‘Anyone but Rybak’ will be sending him a powerful
message that they are fed up with crime and it’s high time he stopped
waiting on the state and put more police and more public safety at
the top of his priority list.”
To help get the word out to primary voters the Federation is begging
a radio advertising campaign today that proclaims, “It’s high time
that ‘High–Risk Rybak’ learns that mayor who ignore crime and cut
cops suffer consequences, too.
The campaign will run through next Monday and targets radio stations
listened to by likely primary voters.
Since 1972, the Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis has
represented police officers up to the rank of captain who are
employed by the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Park and
Recreation Board. Currently the Federation has more than 900 members
and is the largest non-affiliated law enforcement union in the state
of Minnesota.
The Federation Board of Directors consists of 10 elected members
(nine from the Minneapolis Police Department and one from the Park
Police Department), each serving a two-year term. The Federation
president serves full-time, along with one other designated board
member. The rest of the board serves part-time, while remaining full-
time members of the police force.
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