When the rumor, true of false, goes out that Kelly will spend a million dollars, it discourages competition. The Chamber of Commerce can back this threat in an attempt to steamroller Kelly back in, and clear away all opponents.
The other aspect is, as soon as a not-too-terrible DFLer announces, every other DFLer, and all other parties, concede. It is supposed to be political wisdom to go with someone "electable" rather than someone you'd like. So when it's Kelly vs corporate DFLer X, we know that no matter which wins, the Chamber of Commerce wins, and the city and the citizens lose. It takes 5 on the council to override the mayor's veto. Now there are 4, and the next council election is 3 years away. If Kelly is re-elected, or some corporate DFLer, we can expect deadlock, except where the mayor violates procedures and bypasses the council, usually to do some sleazy developer a favor at our expense. So here we are, looking ahead, and apparently allowing ourselves to be misgoverned for several more years. Look for more attempts to ram stadiums down our throats, more TIF for big developers, more freeways, more big boxes, etc, each of which will have to be fought individually with lots of time and energy. --David Shove Roseville On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Joelle wrote: > Thank you to all who responded that Sue is indead not running. > > I understand that Chris Coleman is still in. > > I find it sad that there are so few people looking into a mayoral bid. > > Joelle Tegwen > West Side > > > --- Joelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Someone told me that they saw in the Pioneer Press last week that > > Susan > > Haigh was not running for mayor. Did anyone see this or have reports > > to > > the contrary? > > ===== > Look for Missing: Code Blue Vol. 1, a CD compliation of Local Twin Cities > muscians including Epic Hero, Tim Mahoney, The Honey Dogs, Dazy Head Mazy and > many others. Available at Best Buy, Cheapo and many independent music > stores. All proceeds go to Missing Children Minnesota. You can donate > on-line to Missing Children Minnesota or purchase tickets for our events at > https://charitybox.com/mchildmn > > Big Media - "No News is Good News!" > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 250MB free storage. Do more. Manage less. > http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > _____________________________________________ > To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ____________________________________________ > 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/ > _____________________________________________ To Join: St. Paul Issues Forum Rules Discussion Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________ 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/
