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If' f MGP l�sk1 �, 5 �� iii ; Sf ;„,s,(�(� " ''--..�/ I 3024 County Road I. 4��t� � � i �`' 9 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55432 tO ?� r�Q (.-- I October 11, 1978 Judge Ronald Hachey Ramsey County District Court Office 1421 Court House St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 Dear Judge Hachey: I am sure you have spoken to many people about the appointments to the Mounds View Charter Commission since it became general knowledge October 10th at a Mounds View City Council meeting. I am also sure you are aware of what precipitated the petition to create a Charter Commission in Mounds View - if not, I want to reiterate it briefly for you. It was in opposition to a storm sewer proposal. An opposition group was organized and succeeded to defeat the $61 million proposal with' a City Council's 3-2 vote. Still unsatisfied, the group wanted a Recall option for the City to penalize the two who voted in favor of the proposal and a Referandum to prevent,`in the future, the Coucil having such authority to approve an unfavorable taxation or any other unfavorable decision they did not like. The petition for a Charter was birthedfrom such a narrow, tunnel line of vision - with no conception of its complexities. Fifteen people from this single minded group, plus more, submitted their names for consideration to the Charter Commission - 13 of whom were appointed. Some of these same people, when asked to submit their names to you, the judge, for consideration, said they were told the selection would be made in two weeks and that we could have a Charter ready for the November election. (The petition just came to you this summer; doesn't it seem unrealistic to you that anyone could draw up a complex Charter in such a short time - does not that indicate to you that some of these people were mislead and uninformed in the matter?) We were assured of your impartiality and I fear, we did not lobby hard enough to impress upon you the impact of the politics involved in this Charter Commission for the City of Mounds View. We have gone from a harmoniously run city of 13,000 to oneofchaos-in nine short months - - -- with accusations and falsehoods being thrown around with no thought or facts to back them up. A thorough investigation and an indepth discussion with each of the applicants for the Mounds View Charter Commission was so needed. Then your decision, based on your impartial observance of each of these individuals, would have given us a Charter Commission everyone in Mounds View could have lived with. My appeal to you would be to reconsider your list, re-examine