[Mpls] My Candidacy for Mayor

[gemgram]

Thank you Dean!

Speaking of special interests and such has jogged my old memory.

Wasn't the only veto of the entire four years of the RT Rybak administration 
the attempt by Rybak to veto the City Council NOT giving special 
consideration to Basim Sabri.  RT attempted to force the City Council to 
support a Criminal that the entire City saw on television bribing a 
Minneapolis City Council Member.  A person who admitted in Federal Court 
that he "had bribed Minneapolis City officials to overcome neighborhood 
opposition and gain access to land and NRP funds"  Now that is "Special 
Interest"!

Speaking of special interest and the "Law" brings up the memory of someone 
calling McLaughlin "Old Guard".  If my memory serves the kings of the "Old 
Guard" Walter Mondale and DFL "Kingmaker " Sam Kaplan are the only real 
"endorsements" that Rybak has for re-election.

My memory is getting bad so perhaps someone can remind me, besides RT's 
special interests, Sabri and powerful lawyers, who else supports RT?

Perhaps being supported by all the Stonewall Coalition, Homeless advocates, 
Public employees at the City, the Police and Firefighters, the Teachers, 
AFSME, and so much of the other labor groups is considered "special 
interests". But then those groups and poor people have always been "special" 
to Democrats. Oh that is right, all those delegates at the City Convention 
who gave McLaughlin a clear majority of support were also "Special" and they 
are "interested"!

Of course many of us in the poor neighborhoods of Minneapolis think we are 
also damn special, and that criminals like Sabri and powerful lawyers who 
support Rybak are not so special.  So I guess Peter McLaughlin does have 
more "special interest" support than Rybak.

Jim Graham,
Of "special interest" in Ventura Village



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