I've been out of town (Mom's 90th birthday), so I'm sorry if this has run its course. But I saw Dennis Plante had written that Natalie Johnson Lee had gotten $1200 in donations from the Hafiz family, the family who owns Deja Vu and Dream Girls, two of the most notorious skin clubs in town. I don't remember seeing any responses.
I see that Dean Zimmermann has taken $600 from two Hafiz family members too. Here's one of the Green Party guiding principles: "7. FEMINISM AND GENDER EQUITY We have inherited a social system based on male domination of politics and economics. We call for the replacement of the cultural ethics of domination and control with more cooperative ways of interacting that respect differences of opinion and gender. Human values such as equity between the sexes, interpersonal responsibility, and honesty must be developed with moral conscience. We should remember that the process that determines our decisions and actions is just as important as achieving the outcome we want." That doesn't mesh very well with our two Green Party members taking these very large donations from owners of two of the biggest skin clubs in town. Then I see that Mayor RT Rybak has taken $500 from Peter Hafiz, owner of Deja Vu Inc, too. That doesn't send a good message either, from our clean government mayor, our "I don't take donations from people who do business at city hall" mayor. By the way, one of my favorite donations on RT's list is a donation from Cafe Brenda. It's listed as first name Cafe, last name Brenda, with "information requested" where the employer name goes. I admit I laughed out loud. I heard RT on Almanac this morning saying he has sent back "thousands" of dollars of donations. I think RT, Dean and Natalie need to send all of these donations back. Or what are principles for, after all? Linda Higgins Old Highland glad that election day is less than 48 hours away 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
