Transparency in politics, what a wonderful idea.
I have a dog in this hunt. I have been a candidate for Park Board and I ran against
Marie Hauser as the Green Party endorsed candidate in the last election. If that makes
me a stalking horse, so be it.
Tony Scallon also has a dog in this hunt
According to today's Star Tribune, Mayor Rybak's choice for police
chief, William McManus, has across-the-board support among leaders from
minority communities in Minneapolis. Needless to say, the Police
Federation is not as enthusiastic.
Natalie Johnson Lee and Don Samuels (our only two
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Eva again: Also - moderates often don't feel
welcome at Democratic caucuses
either. I've heard similar criticism of the DFL.
Oh boy are you right about this. My ex-wife was a
DFL activist, and I
attended a lot of DFL functions, and man, the hate
was
The announcement about Rybak's police chief selection is little more than a
day old and I'm disturbed to see any council members announcing whether they
will choose to support him or not.
This should be a time where council members do their own review of the
candidate's background and experience
Speaking only from my own experience.
I know quite a few democrats that got pushed out of the party because of one
stance or another. They became Republicans, and some decided to run have
received our endorsement. They enjoy a good deal of friendship and respect
among the other party members
I agree with Mark's statement that the issue before
the council should be about whether or not McManus
will make a good chief or not. To me, the glaringly
obvious issue os that there are some council members
who SUPPORT and APPROVE OF police brutality.
There is no other reason to push so hard
At 10:24 AM 12/19/2003 -0600, Erik Hare wrote:
Maybe the real unspoken question the committee
asked was are you willing to be the Mayor's boy?
No African-American man will permit such a thing.
Lubinski and Gerold have never been boys.
Erik's hit the nail on the head here.
What's also
Right here in River City (good old Minneapolis) our City Council passed as
a consent item the sale of an entire city block of land to a person under
indictment for bribing a City Councilperson to access NRP funds and City
owned land. The bribed City Council Member has served his time in
On Dec 21, 2003, at 10:56 AM, Eva Young wrote:
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The women on the Minneapolis City Council all expressed the concern
about the message this sends to women employees in the City who want
to advance.
Feminist identity politics.
Today's Strib says the minority communities are supportive of
Steve Sumner wrote:
Speaking only from my own experience.
I know quite a few democrats that got pushed out of the party because of one
stance or another.
WM: From what I recall of various members leaving the DFL, some of whom
I sorely miss, they left of their own accord. Most of those I know
The location for the Mayor's New Years fundraiser seems to be a metaphor
for his inaccessibility regarding the topic of the bridge rods.
Wanting to know where I would be spending my time from 6p.m. to 6a.m on
New Year's Eve, I took a Sunday drive to the Kaplan's.
I was not suprised to
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, WizardMarks wrote:
Steve Sumner wrote:
Speaking only from my own experience.
I know quite a few democrats that got pushed out of the party because of one
stance or another.
WM: From what I recall of various members leaving the DFL, some of whom
I sorely miss,
Eva Young: Today's Strib says the minority communities are supportive of
the McManus choice - though most of the supporters were members of the
African American Community - Spike Moss and others. What's interesting
is that it seems that there weren't any prominent members of the GLBT
community
In one of the posts I read today someone asked about chief candidates and the patriot
act. I told all five finalists that Minneapolis is a city that protects free speech,
I have opposed the Patriot Act, have marched in anti war protests and Chief Olson and
I have met with hundreds of
Mayor Rybak: In one of the posts I read today someone asked about chief
candidates and the patriot act. I told all five finalists that
Minneapolis is a city that protects free speech, I have opposed the
Patriot Act, have marched in anti war protests and Chief Olson and I have
met with hundreds
As our list manager is on vacation and may not be accessible -- let me
say this comment is totally out of bounds.
On Dec 21, 2003, at 10:19 AM, Tamir Nolley wrote:
At least Barb Johnson has actually made this statement
point blank. You can almost see the smile on her face
every time someone
In a message dated 12/21/03 9:08:37 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Mayor Rybak's choice for police
chief, William McManus, has across-the-board support among leaders from
minority communities in Minneapolis. Needless to say, the Police
Federation is not as enthusiastic.
I have copied this to Mayor Rybak and now am posting to the forum in plain
text:
Seems that Mayor Rybak still reads the forum..so once again...
I would like to hear the Mayor's feelings about the bridge rods that are
installed under some of our Mpls city bridges.
I have just
Can I add that I have actually been to crime scenes with Barb Johnson and I can assure
you she cares as deeply as anyone.
-Original Message-
From: Greg Abbott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2003 3:44 PM
To: Tamir Nolley
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Mpls] re:
I have made it clear that I would be just as happy with a post to the forum
just as much as a filmed interview with the Mayor.
I do think this question deserves an answer.
What also deserves an answer is what exactly do you want Margaret and what is
your agenda? I posed the the question on
Peter T Schmitz wrote:
Also, Ms. Young and Ms. Marks have yet to inform this forum what Lubinski
and Gerold have done to counter discrimination among their colleagues
against racial minorities.
WM: I cannot say much of anything about Lucy. I've been in the room with
Lubinski and bunches of
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