[Mpls] Park Board Bares Machine Links/ "Process" Voided/ Something Stinks

[PennBroKeith@cs.com]

I attended the Park Board Meeting. I was given a moment to speak; and 
expressed my disappointment with the "back room deal" for selection of Park Board 
Superintendent. I watched the Machine do what a machine does; coldly pass out 
favors to favored insiders. I heard Walt D. somehow swear, to the crowd there, 
that, 'I am not a crook' and never had a sneaky/peaky meeting with other Board 
Members to bypass the system. The room lit up with chortle and guffaw when he 
hit that note.

The Counsel for the Board; Brian Rice's contract, was re-upped. He, a man who 
offers SUBSTANTIAL partisan assistance to incumbent Board Members reelection 
efforts. To me he is just another mechanic; keeping the Machine well oiled and 
running nice, and smooth. I note, he was supported by a near majority of the 
Board.

I was ready for the maneuvers of a machine, which I witnessed. What I was not 
prepared for was the LOOOONG Green Party Political Indoctrination Speech 
proffered to the captive audience of Board Members and citizens, alike, by Annie 
Young. No wonder some folks think she is in over her head as a Board Member. 
Why did she think it appropriate to teach us the four pillars of the Green 
Party, etc., at a Park Board Meeting? All I could think was "WELLSTONE, WELLSTONE, 
WELLSTONE!" For a moment I almost felt sorry for the Gang of Five, and almost 
understood why they had their meetings elsewhere, perhaps in a smoky back 
room. Next time Anniey, give me a heads up before you launch that scat, so I can 
take an acid blocker, and a Dramamine.

The Fab Four have to fight a Machine; offering Green Party speeches is not 
going to move nothin'. I now know why I do not like Anniey's Salutation "Stand 
up-Keep fighting". The political arena is more complicated and subtle. As I 
have said before "Hand in the air, ain't enough nowadays." This outcome is proof, 
again.

Keith Reitman  NearNorth

PS- Truth, my spellchecker offered "annoy" for Anniey, and I almost took it.