RE: airport noise, dueling lit drops in Ward 13 council race
and Lisa McDonald's 1996 city council vote to support a resolution on
how to expand the airport.
I think most of the "dirty campaigning" accusations from
McDonald supporters like Eva Young are an attempt to change the
subject as in Look! Over There! Away from the plane noise!
Reasonable people can disagree about how McDonald should have
voted. Sen Jane Ranum says when the city council voted in favor of
expanding the airport without getting ANY commitments for noise
reduction, the neighborhood lost any leverage. McDonald obviously
thinks it was the best deal possible she could get under the
circumstances. I know good citizens who line up on either side of
this argument.
And either way, it's a legitimate issue. Betsy Hodge's
postcard on this was pretty straightforward and measured, with the
"just the facts, m'am" kind of tone. Hodges thinks Lisa voted on the
wrong side of this one. You can agree or disagree. But it's hardly
"sleazy" to raise the subject and there was nothing personal in it
against Lisa McDonald].
McDonald's counter-piece, on the other hand, was almost
hysterical in tone. "Newcomer Hodges falsified the facts.......What
other fibs is she telling you at the door?"
Oh please.
Lynnell Mickelsen
Linden Hills
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