[Peace] Milton Otto & the Resolution

Brian Hagy bhagy at urbana.indymedia.org
Fri Jan 31 17:45:26 CST 2003


i live in his ward.  i was disturbed by his comments, though think i
understood why he made them.

brian



On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Jamie McGowan wrote:

> I don't know if you live in his ward, Kimberlie, but if not, it might be
> worthwhile finding someone from his ward to address his comments/concerns,
> too.
> -Jamie
>
> At 06:11 PM 1/30/2003 -0600, Kranich, Kimberlie wrote:
> >FYI,
> >
> >I will be speaking on Monday and I will address Mr. Otto directly from the
> >public comment chair! I have been crafting my comments in my head to him
> >since last Monday.
> >
> >Kimberlie
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: paul michael king [mailto:pmking at students.uiuc.edu]
> >Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 3:06 PM
> >To: AWARE Peace
> >Subject: [Peace] Milton Otto & the Resolution
> >
> >
> >
> >Milton's remark in justifying his vote against the Urbana council's
> >resolution against war seems to me a bit misinformed. He stated that he
> >was unwilling to endorse a blanket statement that obviously does not
> >reflect everyone in the community since there are those who do not
> >support this resolution.
> >
> >I wholeheartedly agree with his sentiment; however, I'm not sure they are
> >appropriate to his position. This strategy is known as *consensus*. I may
> >be wrong, but isn't the city council a *democratic* body?
> >
> >Furthermore, why does he think that Al Gore lost the election?
> >
> >Will somebody please just supply some facts to this man? These are not
> >just matters of opinion. He seems to have good intentions. Maybe with the
> >correct information he can make better decisions in the future.
> >
> >There, I feel better now! I don't intend to be mean, but I needed to get
> >that off my chest =)
> >
> >..::Paul King
> >
> >    * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> >     "The longer I live, the more I read, the more patiently I think,
> >       and the more anxiously I inquire, the less I seem to know...
> >          Do justly. Love mercy. Walk humbly. This is enough..."
> >               -- John Adams, 2nd president of the US --
> >
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