[Mpls] Smoking Ban and anonymous attacks

[Terrell Brown]

>  Dan McGrath
> 
> My my, Terrell, it's so amazing and impressive that you were 
> able to find that (public) information on my site, and 
> myself, and post it here. Is that supposed to be some sort of 
> threat? 

I took a look at the web site for Smoke Out Gary dot org.  It's an
attack piece, an anonymous attack piece.  A quick look didn't find Smoke
Out Gary registered as a political committee.

Anonymous attack pieces are ugly.  You bet, if I see an anonymous attack
piece and find out who put it out, I'm going to disclose that.  

For the most part political campaigns in this city are relatively clean.
I hope they stay that way.

When I look at the downloadable window sign, at this point it doesn't
contain a disclaimer telling who prepared it (see
http://www.smokeoutgary.org/images/smoke-out-gary.jpg )  

Given that the Council vote was 12-1 and that Schiff wasn't the origial
proposer of the ordinance, this appears to be a personal attack on this
particular Councilmember.  I hope this is not a sign of what to expect
in next year's election campaign.


Terrell Brown
Loring Park