Ron Werner wrote:
I am still waiting for a response from Chris Johnsons' allegation that Bob
Fine is responsible for the lack of a Lake Harriet concert.[Sat. Nov. 5th
post] Clearly, when these types of accusations are brought forth, the
issues readers deserve to hear the facts that Chris must know about.
On an earlier post Chris lamented about the Star Tribunes endorsements of
the park board candidates and the lack of good investigative reporting by
the Star.[Tue. Nov.1st] Investigative reporting / allegations need to be
substantiated by facts. Lacking substantiation, slinging inflamatory
material out equates more to demagogary. So I lay out the challenge to
Chris--show us the facts to back up the claim that we have Bob Fine to
blame for the absence of the Lake Harriet Live concert this year.
Need I remind Chris that the platform for ParkWatch is openness and
transperency. Let's have it!
Read it again, Ron! Chris simply laid out what facts he had been able to
glean about what happened to Lake Harriet Live and it all seemed to land in
the lap of Bob Fine so it was Chris who laid out the challenge for an answer
and no one--not even Bob Fine, has responded to Chris's inquiry to what
actually happened to the event. Here is what Chris said in full:
***Many people have asked what happened, why was there no Lake Harriet Live
this
year?
In his own district, park commissioner Bob Fine helped torpedo the Lake
Harriet Preservation Fund. Fine helped prevent the Lake Harriet Live
celebration from being the annual event the Park Board promised that it
would
be. On September 19, 2004 at the Lake Harriet Live celebration, at which
Bob
Fine was present, Fine refused repeated invitations by Mark McGowan and Mick
Sterling to come up to the stage and acknowledge the 50 business partners
and
150 individuals who contributed to the half-million dollar, unprecedented
restoration project.
So if you wonder why there was no Lake Harriet Live celebration and why the
Lake Harriet Preservation Fund is dead in the water, ask Bob Fine. Demand
a straight answer, although it's a sure thing you won't get one.***
Steve Nelson
Willard Hay
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