Conflict of interest is the name of the ruling class game. It doesn't matter how you get it, as long as you get it.
We have for some time noticed a remarkable community of interest between the PP, CC and BT (Pioneer Press, Chamber of Commerce, and Building Trades union). A common front in the last city council election where they ran and lost two of the three open seats, changing the council from 4-3 their way to 4-3 against them. So of course they are going ballistic about the 4 - who do they think they are, to get in the way of the rich getting richer at our expense, the way it has always been done here and so many other places for so many years decades centuries. It is convenient that the PP has so clearly re-articulated this "community of interest". It is up to us who worked for the new better city council to keep this unholy alliance in front of the voters. Eg "A vote for Kelly is a vote for the PP, CC and BT", for the rich carpetbagger developers from the suburbs that raid StPaul resources and cart them back to their gated communities. On the other hand... Who are we to ruin the PP American Dream of even more wealth taken from tens of thousands of StPaul residents? Who are we to imply that ordinary people have any rights as against the honorable rich-wannabe-richer? We could just sign over all our wealth and property to them, and be done with it. Tnen we could jump in the river so as no longer to trouble the rich with their precious lives and our worthless ones. Or we could recognize our opponents, take them on, and win. --David Shove Roseville On Sun, 23 Jan 2005, erin stojan wrote: > Well, this certainly sheds light on the Pioneer Press's decidedly one-sided > reporting/editorializing in support of the Holman Field levee... > > Erin Stojan > Dayton's Bluff > > http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/10705195.htm > > Posted on Sat, Jan. 22, 2005 > Lantry says paper has conflict of interest > Levee called beneficial to Pioneer Press > > BY ROBERT INGRASSIA > > Pioneer Press > > > > An opponent of a proposed levee at the St. Paul Downtown Airport criticized > the Pioneer Press editorial board Friday for failing to disclose that the > newspaper may benefit from the project. > > City Council President Kathy Lantry, portrayed negatively in Pioneer Press > editorials in recent weeks for voting against city levee funding, said > editorial writers should have noted the dike would protect a road and > railroad line serving the paper's printing plant. > > "Conflict of interest is a perception issue," said Lantry, whose 7th Ward > includes neighborhoods that have been critical of airport expansion plans > that the levee would make possible. "If it's not a conflict, then get the > facts out there and let people decide for themselves." > > [snip] > > > > ------------------------------------------ > Erin Stojan > Dayton's Bluff, Ward 7 > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Search presents - Jib Jab's 'Second Term' > _____________________________________________ > 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/
