[Mpls] Response to socialiost2001

[Tim Bonham]

>By the way, I was at the Democratic Convention and I, at no time, saw an
>assault on Council Person Don Samuels, as you stated in your letter. That 
>is a
>false statement to put out there.
>. . .
>Michelle Hill
>Cleveland Neighborhood-North Minneapolis
         On a rare break from the Teller Room, I went to the floor, and in 
passing saw someone yelling & screaming at Council Member Samuels.  I 
didn't recognize the person; and my thought was that the delegates were 
getting really testy up there, and that it was safer down in the Teller Room!
         But such verbal assault is, I believe, technically within the 
legal definition of "assault" -- or, at least, "creating a public 
disturbance".  He could have been charged with such a crime.  Instead, he 
was simply asked to leave.
         By the way, Mr. Flowers was not an elected DFL delegate entitled 
to be seated at this convention; he was a guest at the convention. (So, 
really, he shouldn't have been on the floor at all, he should have been in 
the visitor seating.)

Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson