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--- Mary Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Post news and information from your neighborhood: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > As long as we're talking about this, a friend of > mine who reads this list > was speculating that you must be a paid lobbyist for > the stadium issue or at > least have lobbyist experience. In the interest of > full disclosure, is any > of that true? I think it's possible for someone to > be articulate and > underhanded about an issue they support without ever > having been a > professional lobbyist, but this recent spate of > attempting to crush > opposition by you seems quite the "standard > operating procedure" for those > in the business. > > (and for the record, yes, I've served as a flunkie > on a political campaign > and have my own share of communications training - > even if I don't always > put it to good use) > > Mary Baker > East Side > Incredible. It's been my reading that its just the opposite. Those who have expressed an openess to listening to the idea of stadium, have been outposted and damn-near shamed into saying anything to do with a stadium. Online and OFF. I've got the emails to prove it. While the opposition to a stadium is loud and clear, there really has not been supporters posting here at all. I posted on two aspects, 1. being on the fence and not really one way or another at this point and 2. apparently a lot of people support the idea if you look at the number from the last time around. You'd think that I was overtly lobbying for it. I have been a small-time lobbyist in the past and I do have some campaign experience. I have yet to see a professional push on this list for a stadium. I'll know it when I see it, believe you me. I know Renee well enough. I have debated and discussed opposition views to many of the positions she take. Many. Trust me, when she gets on an issue, its hers and pushing her will only result in her pushing back. That's what's happening. She's not, as far as I know, a lobbyist for the stadium. It's probably a little early to have someone trying to sway public opinion on this yet. Depending on the legislative session, look for that in the Spring. Can't someone disagree or mention there may be a another popular view floating around without being attacked? Or discredited? Or should lurkers and infrequent posters take note, that if they do not go along with the majority of posters on here, they are subject to the above? Is this the kind of list we want? Eric Mitchell Payne Phalen-East Side __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ _____________________________________________ For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract
