[Mpls] Gang bangers of Linden Hills / suite gang terrorism

[Kayla Smith]

I am in total agreement that this is not only bad taste - but it is totally 
useless information - what was the point of it? Why was the PEACE Foundation 
the only non-profit that this man singled out.  I am sure there are other 
non-profits with board members that are all doing good things and perhaps 
doing things that are a possible conflict of interest.

I had heard through other community members that this email list was one way 
to 'tune' in to what was going on in our local community - more specifically 
the upcoming elections- so that's what I did since I am interested in 
following the Samuels vs Johnson-Lee campaigns closely to decide for myself 
and share with my people what is real and what is the mud-slinging.

But the only thing I have learned so far is that there are several  people 
that are taking any avenue possible to discredit and bash Don Samuels as 
well as the DFL party.  Has anyone else picked up on this?  I wish the 
actual candidates or campaign representatives would come forward to present 
real facts and issues instead of what I see as 'planted' postings that I am 
sure all posters will say they have no affiliation with the campaigns, some 
will be true, some will not be true.

No response needed, but all are welcome.

-Kayla Smith
Willard Hay



>From: "Anne McC" <AnneM at mn.rr.com>
>To: "Dennis Plante" <dennisplante at hotmail.com>,<Socialist2001 at cs.com>, 
><mpls at mnforum.org>
>Subject: Re: [Mpls] Gang bangers of Linden Hills / suite gang terrorism
>Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 17:36:01 -0500
>
>I don't find this laughable, I find it offensive.  The people and
>organizations listed here are trying to make a difference in our city.  
>They
>are doing more than just complaining and to compare them to people who
>commit murder and sell drugs is the epitome of bad taste. While the writer
>may not agree with these people, it does not justify him slandering them.
>Perhaps he would feel differently if the PEACE Foundation or General Mills
>threw some money his way.  Whatever his motives for writing this, it
>definitely
>does not meet the guide lines of being civil that this Forum supposedly
>adheres to.  Shame on the writer.
>
>Anne McCandless
>Jordan
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dennis Plante" <dennisplante at hotmail.com>
>To: <Socialist2001 at cs.com>; <mpls at mnforum.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 1:39 PM
>Subject: RE: [Mpls] Gang bangers of Linden Hills / suite gang terrorism
>
>
> > Dog Mann Writes:
> >
> > You might have seen them at city hall, attired in Armani suits, white
> > collars, silk ties, and soft leather shoes accessorized by $1,000 
>leather
> > briefcases. They peddle Twins stadium proposals & corporate welfare 
>dust.
> > They are...the suite gangs of Linden Hills.
> >
> > Dennis Plante responds:
> >
> > This is absolutely laughable to me.  I remember CM Samuels calling me-up
> > and asking me to drop what I was doing and come show him how to tie a
> > neck-tie during his campaign.  I doubt seriously that he'd know what an
> > Armani suit looked like even if you asked him.....  As for a briefcase-
> > last time I checked, he was fighting his youngest dauther (oddly-enough)
> > named for her "Barney" lunch-bucket.
> >
> > Yup, he's getting rich for the 70+ hours/week he's putting-in for his
> > community on a council-members pay.
> >
> > dennis plante
> > lind-bohanon
> >
> >
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