Gary writes
This list is no longer a place to discuss policy. It has become a place
to trade rumors and insults. I'm sure even if I were to announce who I am
voting for for City Council President, someone here would start a rumor
that I have changed my mind a week from now and we would all be back to
square one. I'm bowing out of that game right now. My constituents are always
free to call or write me, but interestingly, no one in the Ninth Ward has
asked me about the mayor's or the council president race in the past week.
It's unfortunate that you feel this way. For the past eight years, the Council Member in your ward voted lock-step with CMs Cherryhomes & Campbell. I'll bet you would be hard pressed to find a varying vote. Since many of the votes taken by Council Members affect the whole City, not just your ward, I think the question is a reasonable one to be asked. I don't think the question is whether you support Rybak or SSB for Mayor, but rather it is one of what kind of a voting member will you be on the Council. Will you vote the issue on its merits, or will you vote the way "leadership" says you should vote. Just because you support one or the other for Mayor doesn't necessarily mean you cannot or will not support Ostrow over Cherryhomes. Therefore, if you would have said you would vote the issue, I guess that would be a reasonable response.
Karen Collier
Linden Hills
Gary writes
This list is no longer a place to discuss policy. It has become a place
to trade rumors and insults. I'm sure even if I were to announce who I am
voting for for City Council President, someone here would start a rumor
that I have changed my mind a week from now and we would all be back to
square one. I'm bowing out of that game right now. My constituents are always
free to call or write me, but interestingly, no one in the Ninth Ward has
asked me about the mayor's or the council president race in the past week.
It's unfortunate that you feel this way. For the past eight years, the Council Member in your ward voted lock-step with CMs Cherryhomes & Campbell. I'll bet you would be hard pressed to find a varying vote. Since many of the votes taken by Council Members affect the whole City, not just your ward, I think the question is a reasonable one to be asked. I don't think the question is whether you support Rybak or SSB for Mayor, but rather it is one of what kind of a voting member will you be on the Council. Will you vote the issue on its merits, or will you vote the way "leadership" says you should vote. Just because you support one or the other for Mayor doesn't necessarily mean you cannot or will not support Ostrow over Cherryhomes. Therefore, if you would have said you would vote the issue, I guess that would be a reasonable response.
Karen Collier
Linden Hills
