[Mpls] Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Stenglein's conflict of interest on the Stadium

[Mark Snyder]

On 9/5/05 7:51 PM, "Eva Young" <lloydletta at yahoo.com> wrote:

> http://lloydletta.blogspot.com/2005/09/hennepin-county-commissioner-mark.html
> 
> Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Stenglein's conflict of interest on the
> Stadium
> 
> It's ironic that MPR's midday at the Fair on Friday had the ethically
> challenged Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Stenglein to push the Stadium
> boondoggle. Unfortunately no caller called Mark Stenglein on his conflict
> of interest.

That's probably because there IS no conflict of interest. Which was pointed
out when this item first came into the news.

Just because Stenglein is friends with somebody associated with a ballpark
proposal doesn't make for a conflict. Especially since Stenglein went to his
colleagues on the Hennepin County commission and sought their feedback on
whether they thought he should recuse himself and was told not to worry
about it. 

Additionally, it was made news that Penny Steele is also friends with the
same guy that purportedly poses a conflict of interest for Stenglein. Yet I
don't hear Eva or others calling for her to recuse herself. Why is that?

If that's the best Eva and the anti-stadium folks can come up with, I sure
hope that a special session gets called soon so construction can get
underway next spring.

Sheesh.

Mark Snyder
Windom Park