[Mpls] Strib plays at being informed

[Christine Viken]

After years of sitting on the sidelines and not paying attention as affairs at the Minneapolis Park Board went from bad to worse, the Strib editorial staff has tried to sound knowledgeable in putting out their endorsements.

In their inability to grasp how bad things have become, they attack the messengers, CM Vivian Mason and those working for park reform. Then, in a maneuver akin to blaming the troops when the war is lost, they scorn the efforts of CM Berry Graves and Young.

With their erroneous circular misstatements and vague assertions, they remind me of a student trying to bluff through a book report on an unread assignment. 

I don't think it's going to fly, however. Too many out there know the details of the real plot.

Christine Viken
Stevens Square/Loring Heights