[Mpls] "...And Will My Right Honorable Friend Join Me..."

[Dennis Plante]

There's an old saying - "Be carefull of what you ask for it may come true".  
If I am not mistaken, the original urging for CM Samuels to run in the 3rd 
ward came from CM Johnson-Lee.  If he was a good enough choice for her to 
urge him to run then, what has changed?  The potential ward conflict existed 
at the time when CM Johnson-Lee approached CM Samuels.

Also, I recently have read where CM Johnson-Lee does not approve of the 
PEACE Foundation and views it as a "cash-drain" on other PNP's on the 
northside.  I guess I'd like to know whether any existing PNP actually 
received LESS funding from existing donors, or, if it as I suspect, that CM 
Samuels founded a new PNP that brought-in additional funding to help address 
the issues on the northside.  If it is nw NOT a good thing, then why was CM 
Johnson-Lee a backer and financial contributor when it was founded?  What 
has changed?

I find it perfectly normal that CM Samuels would choose to run for 
re-elction in the ward that has probably the highest concentration of 
minority constituents.  That is where his heart and his moral convictions 
are rooted.

dennis plante
lind-bohanon