RT Rybak on Fox9

[gearguy10]

Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak was just on Fox9 talking about a "gun summit" public leaders are about to have and he described black rifle sales as "a sick proliferation of assault rifle sales." When they asked him if gun related crime victims were actually asking him to do something about gun control his reply was "I don't care a whole hell of a lot what they think. This needs to stop." Clearly he has a personal agenda. So much for being a representative of the people. His constituents aren't asking for it, but by God he's going to give it to them.

Discuss.

[xd ED]

Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak was just on Fox9 talking about a "gun summit" public leaders are about to have and he described black rifle sales as "a sick proliferation of assault rifle sales." When they asked him if gun related crime victims were actually asking him to do something about gun control his reply was "I don't care a whole hell of a lot what they think. This needs to stop." Clearly he has a personal agenda. So much for being a representative of the people. His constituents aren't asking for it, but by God he's going to give it to them.

Discuss.

Not many people can make Sharon Sayles Belton look good, but arty certainly does.

[Mn01r6]

Doesn't he know they are already illegal in Minneapolis?!

/snark

[TJ]

Does Ryback feel guilty that 2 6 year olds were killed by stray bullets during his administration...and that because he's a DFL, he really can't address the problem of 'THUGS' so he has to blame 'THE GUNS' ???

[LePetomane]

Another "Public Servant" making a case for term limits.

[Evad]

Minnesota is a state of "at will" employment. I wonder why elected officials are not subject to performance reviews annually as many of us are by our private sector employers.

It would be nice if a panel coule evaluate how they are performing in our interests yearly. I'd rather get selected for that than jury duty.

[xd ED]

Minnesota is a state of "at will" employment. I wonder why elected officials are not subject to performance reviews annually as many of us are by our private sector employers.

It would be nice if a panel coule evaluate how they are performing in our interests yearly. I'd rather get selected for that than jury duty.

They are subject to review. 1st Tuesday in November.
You are free to review their performance anytime.
The problem is, the majority of those who live in the respected areas, approve of rybak, elision, mccollum, klobuchar etc.... note that franken is not subject to approval by majority of voters...

[Evad]

They are subject to review. 1st Tuesday in November.
You are free to review their performance anytime.

It's not a yearly election. And my review does nothing, where my boss's yearly review of me can have positive or negative outcomes.

[2in2out]

Here's a snippet that I found from KARE11. I couldn't find related video on KMSP's web site:

http://www.kare11.com/news/article/1005586/391/Gun-violence-topic-of-Minneapolis-Summit?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Cbc%7Clarge

[xd ED]

They are subject to review. 1st Tuesday in November.
You are free to review their performance anytime.

It's not a yearly election. And my review does nothing, where my boss's yearly review of me can have positive or negative outcomes.

Like obama, and most of those I mentioned earlier rybak has been reelected, in rybaks case several times. They have been critiqued, approved, and re-approved. He is but a symptom of the problem that is those who vote for such people.

[Erud]

At any rate, he's gone on the record to say he will not be running for re-election this time around. Probably someone even goofier waiting in the wings for the DFL nomination.

[tazdevil]

At any rate, he's gone on the record to say he will not be running for re-election this time around. Probably someone even goofier waiting in the wings for the DFL nomination.

Which makes him more dangerous to us. He doesn't care who he ticks off now, so he will approve anything he likes, regardless of what the rest of us think.

[xd ED]

I suspect he'll either be running for govenator, senator, or take a job in the federal dept of happy thoughts.

[ex-LT]

I suspect he'll either be running for govenator, senator, or take a job in the federal dept of happy thoughts.

I don't see him running for either position, as he would be running against a Dem incumbent (that is IF Governor Crazy Eyes doesn't have a meltdown before then). I think it's more likely that he moves into either the 3rd or 5th district and runs against either Paulsen or Bachmann.