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0 <br /> 10 <br /> 1 Aye: Enrooth, Ranallo, Sundland, Makowske. • <br /> 2 Nay: Marks. <br /> 3 Motion carried. <br /> 4 Following the vote, Councilmember Makowske reiterated the concern she <br /> 5 had previously expressed that the community not allow charitable <br /> 6 gambling to take the place of what she considered to be a moral <br /> 7 obligation to give directly to charitable causes rather than through <br /> 8 charitable gambling. <br /> 9 REPORTS <br /> 10 COUNCIL <br /> 11 Councilmember Makowske Reports Attendance at October Meeting of the <br /> 12 Ramsey County League of Local Governments <br /> 13 The Councilmember indicated a number of candidates for public office <br /> 14 from around the area had appeared at the meeting and, unfortunately, <br /> 15 those who appeared seemed to have adopted the same style of campaign as <br /> 16 is being waged in the federal senatorial and presidential races where <br /> 17 candidates have chosen to tear their opponents down rather than to <br /> 18 concentrate on their own good qualities. She said she had been <br /> 19 personally edified that campaigns in which she'had been involved in the <br /> 20 past had been carried on in such a negative fashion, which she perceived • <br /> 21 only tended to turn off the voters. <br /> 22 Because the candidates' presentations had taken up so much time, <br /> 23 Councilmember Makowske reported there had been no time left for a vote <br /> 24 on the various resolutions offered by the Legislative Committee which <br /> 25 had been deferred to the next RCLLG meeting. This left more time for <br /> 26 the other- Councilmembers to study the information she had provided at <br /> 27 the last meeting and to give her direction on how she should vote on the <br /> 28 resolutions. <br /> 29 The Councilmember reported the RCLLG was going to give an award to the <br /> 30 agency the members perceived was doing the best job for their <br /> 31 communities she asked for suggestions for candidates for this award. <br /> 32 Historical Committee to Hold First Meeting Very Soon <br /> 33 Councilmember Makowske reported Ruth Harris would be joining her <br /> 34 committee. She also said she had recently met a man who had lived in <br /> 35 . St. Anthony from 1921 to 1936 and had attended school at the Silver <br /> 36 Lake School, which was once located across 33rd from what is now the St. <br /> 37 Anthony Community Center. He had told the Councilmember he and about <br /> 38 twenty other men who had attended the same school met every six months <br /> 39 and had what appeared could be a wealth of information related to the <br /> 40 City's history which he was willing to share with the Committee. When <br /> 41 Mayor Sundland suggested Robert Davies who was in his 70's and had lived <br />