I think it is safe to say, that most of the folks I have spoken with on the West Side, would not be voting for him. I think that the Ethanol Plant issue was the final straw.
Pam Ellison Como Park Saint Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Byrne & Blank To: St. Paul Forum Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [StPaul] Jan. 25 Mayoral Debate straw poll results I hope those straw polls don't reflect reality, and geez, I had hoped that Chris Coleman would have stayed out of St. Paul politics. The job must be going bad again. Here's a guy who the Pioneer Press (I guess I can selectively use them) noted had 'people problems' and needed to mature. The same guy, when our neighborhood group lined up the Dispute Resolution Center and our Community Council to handle a difference of opinion, and then after working to set up a meeting time for everyone involved, wanted everyone to change their plans so he could mediate (at that point he was the last person we wanted as a mediator), and when we couldn't drop everything for him decided to label us as people who couldn't keep a promise in front of the council. When asked why he choose to trash us, he noted 'I said what I said'. The same guy, in some sort of fit of pique, decided to falsely represent what City staff told him (later to be documented in sworn deposition) and to falsely represent what a letter signed by 19 of 20 neighbors involved said, again, to his colleagues on the council. Perhaps to continue to punish the upstarts in our neighborhood. Perhaps inexperience. This started during his second month on the council. And finally, when a constituent and his wife sent a letter to him noting these issues, and further suggesting the honorable thing to do was to resign, made sure the letter ended up in the hands of a City Department Director where the constituent worked for the sole purpose of intimidation. Do we really want a person with so little control of himself? Do we really want a person willing to sacrifice integrity to get his way? And do we really want a person with such lack of judgement and honor that would forward a private letter from a constituent to their boss, or to anyone else for that matter? What do you call a person like that? A couple of years ago I ran into Chris and asked him when he would come clean. His reply was that he wished to put all of that behind him. I would have been, have been, ok with that, but the guy has to go and decide to seek DFL endorsement for Mayor. How disappointing. And if the DFL endorses him, disregarding what he did with 4th Congressional endorsement process, and disregarding other more honorable and mature candidates, that will also be disappointing realization that the DFL continues to seek 'names' and not substance. Pat Byrne St. Clair and Lexington Neighborhood _____________________________________________ 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/
