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

[Mike Mosedale]

Please elaborate. How does the fact that Britt Robson (disclosure: he is a co-worker of mine) doesn't live in the 5th ward "explain his initial response?" The Johnson Lee-Samuels contest is a product of gerrymandering. Do you mean to argue that candidates who are gerrymandered out of their original districts are under an ethical obligation to sell their homes? It seems to me that would just lead to accusations of carpetbagging. 

Mike Mosedale
Bottineau



-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of jeanneharris
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 12:47 PM
To: Britt Robson
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Subject: Re: [Mpls] "...And Will My Right Honorable Friend Join Me..."
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  The fact that you Don't live in the 5th Ward explains your initial
response.
jh
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Britt Robson" <brobson34 at earthlink.net>
To: "jeanneharris" <jeanneharris at mn.rr.com>
Cc: "Jerry Moore" <lamontmoore at hotmail.com>; <mpls at mnforum.org>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] "...And Will My Right Honorable Friend Join Me..."


> The more debates, the merrier. Not living in the district, I think I'll
pass
> on the hosting.
>
> Britt Robson
> Lyndale
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jeanneharris" <jeanneharris at mn.rr.com>
> To: "Britt Robson" <brobson34 at earthlink.net>
> Cc: "Jerry Moore" <lamontmoore at hotmail.com>; <mpls at mnforum.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 10:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mpls] "...And Will My Right Honorable Friend Join Me..."
>
>
> >       Will you host your home for a Debate between the candidates????Or
> call
> > for debates to be held at the Urban League, or North High School or the
> Bean
> > Scene,.......
> > jh
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Britt Robson" <brobson34 at earthlink.net>
> > To: "jeanneharris" <jeanneharris at mn.rr.com>; <mpls at mnforum.org>
> > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 9:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Mpls] "...And Will My Right Honorable Friend Join Me..."
> >
> >
> > > Councilmember Samuels did not "abandon his seat to challenge the only
> > other
> > > minority member on the council." If you really are consumed by the
> > contest,
> > > then you probably should have known that Councilmember Samuels had his
> > seat
> > > bumped out from beneath him by a redistricting process that somehow
> > managed
> > > to throw two incumbent Green Party councilmembers into districts where
a
> > > popular DFL incumbent also resides. For Councilmember Samuels not to
> > > challenge Councilmember Johnson Lee, he would have to move out of his
> home
> > > into another neighborhood, or simply not run for a second term. Those
> > > seemingly untenable options are also available to Councilmember
Johnson
> > Lee,
> > > of course.
> > >
> > > Britt Robson
> > > Lyndale
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "jeanneharris" <jeanneharris at mn.rr.com>
> > > To: <mpls at mnforum.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 10:16 AM
> > > Subject: [Mpls] "...And Will My Right Honorable Friend Join Me..."
> > >
> > >
> > > I would like to encourage All to watch "Making People Accountable" on
> MTN
> > > /Ch17 - Yes this is the program which was at the center of the
> hullabaloo
> > > which caused Don Samuels to declare that he felt his life had been
> > > threatened. In the end, no charges were filed/ or dismissed; and one
> > > Commentator- Al Flowers is back on and seems to have honed in and
> appears
> > to
> > > be right on target.
> > > I confess that as a resident of the 5th Ward, I am consumed with the
> > contest
> > > for the city council seat. I am simply unable to understand what would
> > > motivate an incumbent to abandon his seat to challenge the only other
> > > minority member on the council. I would hope and call for the
> > > community-at-large to demand that Debates between the candidates take
> > place,
> > > in order that WE the people can make informed choices! For I too agree
> > that
> > > :
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >>>" The price of apathy toward public affairs is to be ruled by evil
> men"
> > > Plato
> > > >>>" Everything secret degenerates,even the administration of justice;
> > > nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and
> > publicity"
> > > Lord Acton
> > >
> > >
> > > Jeanne Harris 5th Ward
> > >
> > >
> > > jh
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