[Mpls] In Ballot Box: Fifth Ward fireworks

[Michellehill64 at aol.com]

TAMIR NOLLEY WROTE:
The Samuels campaign has developed a real mean streak, using derogatory words 
about lower income people of color (Samuels is a former corporate executive 
who has publicly said that he wants to replace current residents with "Middle 
Class" residents) and younger people who may choose to dress differently.  
Samuels has also used the terms "Alpha Male" and living in the "Big House" to 
describe himself, something which at worst is an offensive gauntlet thrown at 
certain people and at best is an insensitive, misguided statement which with most 
of us can't really identify.

MICHELLE HILL RESPONDS:
It is so nice to hear someone else speak about the things CP Samuels said at 
the debate last month at the Urban League. I think CP Samuels may believe that 
White Americans would support that mentality, but I do not believe they are 
fooled either. You have to remember, during slavery "House Slave" weren't 
loyalty to anyone. They snitched on field slaves and reported things happening in 
the big house, to the field slaves. My mother would have said he had a face 
like a tree, one side for Blacks and one side for Whites. A man that neither side 
could trust.

TAMIR NOLLEY WROTE:
Bringing NJ L's husband in to the debate and calling him a pornographer adds 
a nasty, disgusting personal tone to this debate.  

MICHELLE HILL RESPONDS:
I requested a copy of yesterday's debate, after reading Startribune. I 
watched it earlier today, and I was not surprised to see CP Samuels still doing his 
soft shoe routine. When he held up a copy of the Trendsetter magazine and 
attacked Mr.Travis Lee, CP NJL's husband, I nearly feel off the chair. I didn't 
get the point. He made the debate about her husband and her "alleged" 
supporters, verses about the issues. My son's and daughter-in-law loves the Trendsetter. 
Where did the allegation of a "porn magazine come from?" 

In this debate CP Samuels again talked about the things he did to get Cub 
Foods, Merwin Drugs, and Kemps to do to improve their image in the community. 
Today I had my daughter-in-law drove me down West Broadway to see what he alleged 
is an accomplishment of his. All superficial things. Kemps painted the 
outside of their building white, Cub foods put a TCF and Cub Food sign facing W. 
Broadway, and Merwin Drugs put a window in. The drug dealers are still on the 
corner of Lyndale/Broadway-21st and in the Cub Food lot. 


TAMIR NOLLEY WROTE:
Megan Goodmunson (who works on Samuels' campaign) repeatedly accuses Michelle 
Hill of actually being NJL (she is not).

MICHELLE HILL RESPONDS:
Thank you, but if that's the best Megan has she's in the wrong battle. My 
issues with CP Samuels goes to an article he interviewed for in June, where he 
stated, "And I have been guilty as a white man for looking down on black people. 
Me, Don Samuels, I can tell you that, I grew up being taught that kinky hair 
was bad, that thick lips were ugly, we teased my brother who has the thickest 
lips and the widest nose. The kids in my school teased the darker skinned 
kids. The darkest girls were the ugliest ones and the light skinned girls were the 
cutest ones. I am saying these things. Can I say that? Can I admit that my 
great-great grandfather was a house slave and that he was light-skinned and got 
perks for it and that it happened all across the colonial black world? Can I 
say that? I am admitting that." I carry that article in my purse.

Perhaps that is why he dislikes CP Johnson-Lee so much, while she is 
beautiful, she looks like everything he despised. And yes, I know he is married to a 
Black woman. That's the Flip-Flopper in him.   

At the debate, last month at the Urban League. CP Samuels threw his support 
to Mayor Rybak, however he said he had spoken to McLaughlin and told him, "Hey, 
I love you man, and if you win we can work together." Now while I put that 
statement in quotes, I may not have the words in the right order, but he did say 
that he told McLaughlin that he loved him and would work with him. He flip 
flops so much and neither Mayor Rybak or McLaughlin should trust him. I do not 
think he has White Americans anymore fooled than he does African Americans. HE 
HAS A FACE LIKE A TREE!




Michelle Hill


Cleveland