Thankfully, Dave Thune isn't my city councilman, his ward borders mine. I doubt this liberal blowhard will do anything about his staffer, but Barb Benson clearly should be fired. (It would be nice to see Thune do the honorable thing, but I'm not holding my breath.)
From Minnesota Democrats Exposed
Kudos to KSTP for breaking the story out of St. Paul [Friday] when the assistant to St. Paul City Councilman Dave Thune, Barb Benson, sent a nasty response to a local business man looking to honor a local legend.
Thune’s assistant sent an email accidentally replying to the businessman, and not her office gossip buddy: “A statue of Bill Bowell?????? Gag. Barf. This is the gay guy that always runs against Dave for City Council”
http://kstp.com/news/stories/S2088916.shtml?cat=1
From the story:
Businessman Bill Hosko sent the Mayor and Council a letter suggesting that a statue be placed on Harriet Island to honor long time boat captain Bill Bowell. The assistant reacted to the idea by sending back an inflammatory email denouncing the idea. The email was not intended to be sent to Hosko, but was by mistake.
An internal investigation into the matter is underway at City Hall.
This is far from Thune’s first run-in with shameful behavior. In 2008, Thune joked about the World War II bombing of Nagasaki during a visit from a Japanese delegation to St. Paul. In 2008 as well, Thune sent a profane email from his official city account to a constituent (from MDE).
Here’s one of the stories from 2010 when Thune told someone through email “F*** You”.
The time has come for City Councilman Dave Thune and his partisan staff to step down before he makes another deranged and inappropriate comment on behalf of the city of St. Paul.
Cross-posted at MN Democrats Exposed - comments welcome.
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