The November fourth posting (please see below) of Barb Lickness is meaningless as far as I am concerned. I cannot try to anticipate the state of a mind that would form constructs about my intentions. I have no interest in trying to marginalize and demean anyone, but I can't say the same about Barb in this instance. (And I don't think that this is a matter of troll feeding.) To me, her arguments have been ineffective and I don't understand why Barb would think that others should automatically believe in the value of anything that she happens to state.
I do appreciate her consistency in spelling my name correctly this time. Neal E. Simons Minneapolis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Message: 8 Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 13:16:13 -0800 (PST) From: Barbara Lickness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Mpls] Revisting Rybak takes the high road. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Neal said: It seems that only part of my original posting (please see below) has been commented on and then only ineffectively. I should add that Commissioner McLaughlin, to my knowledge, has not indicated any change in his determination to trash Prospect Park by running a LRT route through our neighborhood. Me: I am only going to respond to part of your post again Neal. The part where you stated the response to your post was ineffective. Using words like this serve to marginalize and demean the responder. That is a good tactic. People who live in inner-city neighborhoods are used to being marginalized by our government. It has been happening for years. However, I don't agree with you and many who responded to me off-list don't agree either. I do not believe my response to your post was ineffective. I had concrete examples of actual occurances that I have personally experienced during the Rybak administration. Whether you care to hear or listen to the truth is up to you, it doesn't negate the fact that these things happened and continue to happen. They were all concrete examples of how R.T. Rybak has not been honest with the people who work for the city and more importantly the constituent base of the city. I still say if a person wants "honest government" then my hope is that they will vote for Peter McLaughlin. I have worked with Peter on a large variety of issues over the past decade and a half. I may not agree with him on everything he does and says but I can say with all certainty that he has never lied to me. That is called integrity. That is the type of person I want leading this fine city. Barb Lickness Whittier Ward 6 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It seems that only part of my original posting (please see below) has been commented on and then only ineffectively. I should add that Commissioner McLaughlin, to my knowledge, has not indicated any change in his determination to trash Prospect Park by running a LRT route through our neighborhood. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The opposition campaign against Mayor Rybak might appear to have been influenced by Bush/Cheney campaign strategy: - false inferences through a second party with disclaimers that exempt their candidate from responsibility for the content - derogatory, incorrect information about security (crime) matters - flip-flop accusations Indeed, during last night's televised debate summations, Rybak's opponent seemed to be pandering to Republican voters by blaming Rybak for problems that have obviously been caused by Bush and Pawlenty. One of the reasons that R. T. Rybak will get my vote is that he has taken the high road with his campaign strategy. If I can trust him to campaign fairly, I feel that I can trust him as mayor. Also, Mayor Rybak has been endorsed by the Sierra Club. I hope that fellow progressives who identify with nontraditional political parties will rally with me behind all candidates who want honest government and want to put the people's interests before special interests. Neal E. Simons Prospect Park REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
