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

[jeanneharris]

  Different parts of the City! It is highly possible that he could move a
couple of blocks away or across the street! Jordan neighborhood is the only
area of his 3rd Ward that shifted to the Fifth Ward. And he way he has
maligned the people of Jordan - I would think he would relish the
possibility of escaping-
Consider- "my wife  and I moved into Jordan about eight yrs ago because we
realize that there is a brain drain from our community.. they don't know how
much homework their children need to do , they don't know what good manners
look like. Whose gonna teach teach them? I believe that my family has the
resiliency to raise good children a bad neighborhood...." *

*   See Spokesman Recorder newspaper/ April20,2005- pg.5

There is ample documented evidence that Samuels has absolutely no respect
for the people of the Northside and Jordan in particular!
And an elected representative has a duty to serve all of the people in his
ward  / not just those with  whom he shares
an ethnic or cultural identity ! He has gone on record as saying that he had
no interest in representing
ethnic immigrants,et al- I personally find that reprehensible!

jh
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Plante" <dennisplante at hotmail.com>
To: <jeanneharris at mn.rr.com>; <mpls at mnforum.org>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 12:05 PM
Subject: RE: [Mpls] "...And Will My Right Honorable Friend Join Me..."


> Jeanne Harris Writes:
> 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.
>
> Dennis Plante Responds:
> If the show has yet to air, how is it you know that Al Flowers is honed-in
> and right on-target?  What target is he aiming for?
>
> Jeanne Harris Writes:
> 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
> :
>
> Dennis Plante Responds:
> I don't believe CM Samuels is abandoning anything.  Quite the contrary.
To
> pull-up roots and move his family into a different part of our city would
be
> abadoning that which he feels most strongly about.
>
> Dennis Plante
> Lind-Bohanon
>
>