Dennis, Please recheck the time-line in the article. Kelly was notified several months before the FBI started the investigation. To act on the information could not have interfered with an investigation that had not yet started. Dan's question is still unanswered.
Bruce Leier Aurora/St. Anthony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Tester > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:56 AM > To: Dan Dobson; mn-stpaul yahoogroups; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [StPaul] What did Mayor Kelly know and when did > he know it ? > > > > > "The question now becomes, why did Mayor Kelly act only after > the facts > became public? Why didn't he act before?" > > Well, maybe because unlike some people, he didn't want to > blow the FBI > investigation that had been underway for months. Duh. > > > Dennis Tester > Mac-Groveland > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Dobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "mn-stpaul yahoogroups" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 11:31 AM > Subject: [StPaul] What did Mayor Kelly know and when did he know it ? > > > > > > > > > > It now appears that Mayor Kelly had knowledge that Sia Lo may have > > been > > acting improprerly, but did nothing until the story became > public. The > > question now becomes, why did Mayor Kelly act only after > the facts became > > public? Why didn't he act before? > > > > Dann Dobson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/10909515.htm > > > > Posted on Wed, Feb. 16, 2005 _krdDartInc++;document.write(''); > > Official fretted about mayoral aide > > Memos reveal early concerns about Sia Lo's work on funeral home deal > > > > BY ROBERT INGRASSIA > > > > Pioneer Press > > > > > > > > A St. Paul city official raised concerns last summer about mayoral > > aide > > Sia Lo's motives and actions during the planning of a new > Hmong funeral > > home, a project that is now the focus of a federal bribery probe. > > > > The staffer questioned whether Sia Lo was serving Mayor > Randy Kelly's > > interests or those of Cha Vang, a Hmong community leader > organizing an > > effort to build a funeral home for the city's growing Hmong > population. > > > > "I believe Sia's role in all of this has been somewhat problematic > > since > > the beginning," Kurt Schultz, an economic development > official, wrote Aug. > > 12 to his supervisor, Amy Filice. "He often said he spoke > for the Mayor, > > but my perception is that he was usually advocating for Cha > and attempting > > to put together deals that were bad for the City (e.g. > large grants)." > > > > Even after Sia Lo apparently was told to back off, he "continued to > > have > > meetings and wheel and deal without me," Schultz wrote. > "Time and time > > again I see him acting in ways that I don't believe > demonstrate good > > judgement and that do a disservice to the City and the Mayor." > > > > The e-mail message was among the records Kelly's office released > > Tuesday > > in response to a request from the Pioneer Press under the Minnesota > > Government Data Practices Act. > > > > > > http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/10909515.htm > > _____________________________________________ > > 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/ > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 2/14/2005 > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.8 - Release Date: 2/14/2005 > > _____________________________________________ > 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/
