Re: [Mpls] Rybak vs McLaughlin

2005-05-12 Thread wmmarks
Chris Johnson wrote: wmmarks wrote: Yes, the budget changes RT made did negatively impact police service (and library services, and park services, and etc.). Each of which contributed to the current and endlessly on-going crime problem. Yes, clearly you are a McLaughlin partisan -- one would

Re: [Mpls] Rybak vs McLaughlin

2005-05-12 Thread Becca Vargo Daggett
They're the Old Guard who were spendthrift with our tax dollars, especially when it came to developers, labor unions, cronies and pension funds. They left us a huge mess. Did they leave a mess or did they begin the long process of cleaning up the mess the city had gotten into? I think SSB,

Re: [Mpls] Rybak vs McLaughlin

2005-05-12 Thread Mark Snyder
On 5/12/05 1:26 AM, wmmarks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He's also presided over the unpleasant task of belt tightening required to fix our financial mess, bequeathed to us by the Sharon Sayles Belton / Jackie Cherryhomes crowd -- which interestingly enough, happens to include Peter McLaughlin.

[Mpls] Rybak vs McLaughlin

2005-05-11 Thread Chris Johnson
wmmarks wrote: Yes, the budget changes RT made did negatively impact police service (and library services, and park services, and etc.). Each of which contributed to the current and endlessly on-going crime problem. Admittedly, of the two, I think McLaughlin is the better choice. RT's

[Mpls] Rybak vs. McLaughlin: Round One

2005-02-12 Thread Craig Cox
Rybak vs. McLaughlin: Round One In the first round of what promises to be a bruising contest for the DFL mayoral endorsement, Mayor R.T. Rybak and Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin tonight each addressed about 75 people at a forum hosted by the DFL Progressive Caucus at the