[Mpls] RE: New 5th Ward election. . . Question.

[Anne McC]

D.Z. states:

>Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think Don Samuels was the first 
>minority AND the first Northsider to be elected from that river straddling 
>ward.<

I've heard this alot lately.  Don is, to the best of my knowledge , the 
first minority.  However, has everyone forgotten Sandra Hilary?

Redistricting, for several reasons, removed alot of power from North Mpls. 
Equally important is the loss of prime development property and replacing it 
with some of the most impoverished. In the meantime, the prime property was 
given to a ward which was already one of, if not the richest in the city. 
Money is power.  No money, no power.

Anne McCandless
Jordan