[Mpls] Ryback Campaign Calls for Halt to Distortions

[BLACKSHAWJ at aol.com]

Contact:    John Blackshaw 
Phone:                 612-871-3044 
Mobile  :             612-816-0990 

News Release 
October 26,  2005 

Rybak Campaign Calls on Commissioner McLaughlin to  Halt Negative Attacks 
In a letter hand delivered today to Commissioner McLaughlin’s campaign  
office, Mayor Rybak’s campaign manager John Blackshaw called on Mr. McLaughlin  to 
publicly request his top supporter, the Police Federation, to curtail its  
expected distorted attack campaign directed at Mayor Rybak. 
“We’ve heard that Police Federation president John Delmonico is about to  
engage in a highly negative assault against Mayor Rybak,” said Blackshaw,   “I 
expect the attacks to be similar to the primary - full of distortions and  
attempting to scare people.  That’s politics at it worst. That’s why we’ve  
asked Commissioner McLaughlin to ask his top supporters to stop the attacks  
before they are launched.” 
“Commissioner McLaughlin can stop it if he wants to”, Blackshaw continued.  “
If he says or does nothing about this, then voters will have to ask 
themselves,  ‘What kind of leader is he?   He talks about being a strong leader but he  
can’t even get his top supporters to stop slinging the mud’.” 

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The letter follows below. 
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October 26, 2005 
Commissioner Peter McLaughlin 
McLaughlin for Mayor 
1097 10th Ave  SE 
Minneapolis, MN   55414 
Dear Commissioner McLaughlin: 
As you know, the Police Federation is planning a massive negative advertising 
 and direct mail assault of distortions directed a Mayor Rybak over the next 
two  weeks of the campaign.  We’ve been told that a full page ad in the Star  
Tribune is planned, as well as, radio and direct mail that distorts Mayor  
Rybak’s record and includes a “Where’s Waldo” theme will be launched in the 
next  few days.  
My hope is that you do not support this kind of negative campaign of  
distortions.   Negative_ attacks and distortions are old style politics that  have no 
place in this race.   The residents of  Minneapolis deserve  better.  
Because the president of the Police Federation, John Delmonico, is a key  
supporter of yours who spent thousands of dollars on your behalf during the  
primary distorting Mayor Rybak’s record, it is incumbent upon you to publicly  
request the Federation to curtail its plans.  I am asking you to do so. If  you 
do not, the residents of  Minneapolis can only conclude that  you embrace these 
negative attacks and condone the use of distortion and  misleading statements 
as legitimate campaign tactics. 
Respectfully yours, 
John Fox Blackshaw 
Campaign Manager 


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