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

[jeanneharris]

   Bring It ON!

    I seriously doubt that Councilwoman NJL has ever made any financial
contributions to Don's foundation/  would someone in a position to know
please respond!

jh
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Plante" <dennisplante at hotmail.com>
To: <AnneM at mn.rr.com>; <jeanneharris at mn.rr.com>; <mpls at mnforum.org>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] "...And Will My Right Honorable Friend Join Me..."


> 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
>
>