[Mpls] Al McFarlane commentary on winning in Ward 5 and Ward 10

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In a message dated 11/19/2005 3:25:05 PM Central Standard Time,  
lewiss at email.com writes:

Yet, the  question remained whether 
predominantly white voters could look beyond  their own 
color issues to elect him.
 
This predominantly white voter had no color issue with Ralph  Remington.  I 
didn't vote for him because Ralph came up wrong on the big  issue, at least for 
me, in the campaign.  I thought the Ackerburg project  at Lagoon and Hennepin 
was exactly what Uptown and the city needed.  Ralph  opposed it for who knows 
what reason.  Size.  Too tall.  As if a  commercial node in a city cannot 
bear a 13  story building. 
 
And another thing.  Funny how the Strib, which endorsed Ralph, just  came out 
and admonished the citizens not to be afraid of height. Something about  a 
big city needs big buildings.  Who knows what they are really  thinking.
 
 
Mark Greenwald 
The Wedge