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<br /> y GEL o o pe o in city tions to an adverse audience. a should back him and go to the I.OEIMNG SAID:”The council
<br /> Staff Writer sldt 'Y _ '. "WEARE PROVIDING council and ask them to pay." hasn't taken an official positioi4
<br /> ONE PEI150N,a former city, on paying Mac eie .It'
<br /> $1,000 for payment of councilman,previously crib= ' But Dotysaid that would put P •y hm r sin the
<br /> ` A groupof concerned Mounds only$200 worth of work: :' Machmeler,"Dotysaid,• "to P a . big negataatm stage,But when it,',f,
<br /> ,. ., sized'him for not wanting to de Machmeler back into"the gg
<br /> • ?E Viecitizns saytheywill a a> t` ':` " : alleging „ comes back to the council
<br /> 1. *r,• pay The concerned i i e ;• ,,, 'spare a good man from attack in , fend his report, that .; headline situation that he is at-
<br /> •. consultant engineer'sbill to keep t ,,trieaa ;� a position lie can't defend.He. Machmeier's unwillaries to tempting tov there ll be more political hassle.
<br /> rin at irondale Iii h school in „ B P ,8 avoid.
<br /> + ., him from further political crib g g ias,this money coming. • • defend itproved it was of little •'; Machmeaen is going to get
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<br /> g y ed those present to sign smeared again.”
<br /> - clam. • -by Bill Dat and Nell Ltredittg a� ,° 4lachrne er'a unwillingness to value. a declaration :r
<br /> '- Doty Y:tigg t n saying the can- „
<br /> .*,, THE GROUP announced at a,, Theyhave been involved in local become involved in a li • , • I think it's reat card a
<br /> , '' •• >-' debate over his storm sewer tee . '..zeas "We as citizens can setthe :" Machmeler' at the meetin "that the citizens
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<br /> • pay$1,000 to R.E.Machmeler opposition to a multi-mil-on-dol-<;i ma'Mendations stems from his issue right."He asked for and • and they want to spare lum fur have taken it on tlaeanselves to
<br /> for a report he presented to the , lar city-wide storm sewer pro'i;:,,,_ p�osition as a professor and ex- obtained cash contributions from ther attacks that would damage ply the man who did this at the
<br /> nn city on drainage problems in the posal in x.978 i tension agricultural engineer many of those present. his career. risk of a political hassle."
<br /> Ardan Avenue area. {, 'k4 .With the niversity of Miimeso- -- �,
<br /> t.oeding told the meeting bE4
<br /> Cit. Council since Sep- about 50 residents the Ma= .,,; to ', Some people said the should`,
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<br /> tember has withheld payment of chmeier bill should be paid be, +,,,,;,```i: .•In presenting his report to the • urge the t'ty Council to pay the',
<br /> „ consultant's bill.
<br /> Machmeler s bill because of con-. , cause the report has seen used ' city he said he could not be- •""
<br /> fusion over authorization of the by the city.Copies of the engi-• ' come embroiled in a local con- . "The city is obligated to pay
<br /> report.The council said it had peer's report had been available: •, troversial issue"and would not for the report it used,"an wit-
<br /> contracted with the engineer for to the Planning Commission and want to defend his recommenda dentifled man said. "The citizens
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<br /> An information meeting on the Commission voted not to take a ,, K Int brieflyoutlined the pro- the meetingthat charter o a
<br /> .r proposed Mounds View city char- position for or against the pro- f nosed charter or those at Turs- vents are ttem ting to discreditp
<br /> r ter,to be voted on by residents posed charter,allowing mem- , P
<br /> + • Dec. 4,will be held at.the Bel hers freedom to support or op- day s meeting. the commission and its tework.hie
<br /> PPs referred them to twO letters that
<br /> � Rae Ballroom at 7:30 p.m.Nov. pose it individually. , „ Earlier Mayor Duane McCarty, ; had appeared that day in a local
<br /> 15. told the group the most contro- newspaper,one favoring the
<br /> • z (Doty is chairman of the sorb-, versial section of the.charter,,
<br /> • THE MEETING was set by ; mission,Loeding is vice-chair .,'"' that dealing with public im- s charter,another opposing it. •
<br /> the Charter Commission to in- man.) provements and special assess- "READ THEM both,"McCar-
<br /> form voters of the charter's pro- Dot said ifthe coiiimis§ion menta was approved by a mu- ty said,supporting the commis-
<br /> visions and the changes it wouldnisi al bondingattorney. Sion of which he too was a mem- '
<br /> 4 create in city government, published and promoted the ,y P ; Y
<br /> charter It could come'under fire , bet."Then separate for yourself
<br /> Rut before the meeting,aeon- for usingcity funds for some- 'He laid the attorney who re- ' the thinkers from the stinkers."
<br /> viewed the section said it might
<br /> cerned citizens group plans to thing not everyone agrees with. slow the bonding process,but The city will be able to sell its
<br /> ,,1 , distribute copies of the charter „ s • onlyas longas it takes for bond- bonds under the new charter, j
<br /> • w. to everyhome in the city. Obviously,the opposition
<br /> - in agents to become familiar , McCarty said. "We found the
<br /> could say you are using . g Y
<br /> : •-• The group,meeting in Iron- money to campaign for some- .;: with the new charter... same things in the Duluth char
<br /> AThursday, thing everybody McCarty also told citizens at there."
<br /> l-i re" they they've had no problems
<br /> • '' dale High School last not ever bod wat%ts," „
<br /> • .` decided to pay for the cost of Doty said.
<br /> printing the charter copies and l IE ASKED FOR contribtt ` '
<br /> the door-to-door distribution ex- ,
<br /> peeled to take piece next week- tions from concerned citizens to `
<br /> R end. help gay the$158 bill.for having
<br /> ?' about 3,000 cdpies of the charter' ?:'
<br /> NEIL LOBBING and Bill printed following its legally-re-
<br /> z Doty,leaders of the citizens quired publication in the New
<br /> • group,told the group thr Charter Brighton Bulletin. 1
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