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	R.T. Rybak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rybak's election in 2001 was a shock to many political observers, as he defeated Sharon Sayles Belton, the first African-American and first female mayor of the city, without the help of campaign consultants or a vast war chest of funding.
		Rybak went to the same school when he was growing up because his mother had been given a job there during a difficult period, so he has said that sending his own children there is paying back a debt as much as anything else.
		Rybak is a skier himself and has participated in the race when it has been held — he is also known to post trail reports on the Twin Cities website Skinnyski.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/R.T._Rybak (811 words)

	Campaigns & Elections: Gale force win: How neighborhood activist R.T. Rybak's unconventional campaign toppled the mayor of Minneapolis - Case Study
		Rybak's victory, 65 percent to 35 percent, was the largest by a challenger in the city's history and marked the first defeat of an incumbent mayor since 1977.
		Rybak pointed to these diverse credentials to respond to critics who said he was untested and should not be taken seriously.
		Rybak's offbeat approach to these activities - he showed up at one rally in a swimsuit and held a pajama party at the airport to protest airplane noise- earned him name recognition among environmental and neighborhood groups.
	www.findarticles.com /cf_dls/m2519/1_23/82757253/p1/article.jhtml (1574 words)

	Rybak pleas for folks to pitch in
		Rybak said that the first area of focus is the most important and that he wants to duplicate the private-public partnerships that have created new housing and jobs in the Phillips neighborhood.
		Rybak asked those gathered to close their eyes and imagine a city with world-class schools, parks, libraries and cultural institutions, a city where residents can take a streetcar, ride a bike or walk to work and shops, a city where all children grow up knowing they can succeed.
		While Rybak started a second term, the day marked beginnings for four new council members and for Johnson, who was elevated to president unanimously by the council in the third-floor chambers shortly after the formal swearing-in.
	www.startribune.com /587/story/160834.html (871 words)

	MPR: Rybak's budget proposal focuses on public safety
		Rybak's budget proposes setting up a helpline were any citizen can dial 311 on their phone when they need help with sidewalk repairs, a downed tree or any other basic city service.
		Rybak initially said two weeks ago that he wanted to add 60 police officers to the force, but he has now expanded that number to 71.
		Rybak says additional government aid from the state, a plan to increase property taxes and a lower debt burden will allow the city to spend more.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/2005/07/29_scheckt_rybakbudget (864 words)

	MPR: Campaign Profile: R.T. Rybak
		R.T. Rybak appeared recently with Russ King, otherwise known as drag queen Miss Richfield 1981 at a Minneapolis gay bar, to court support from the city's gay and lesbian community.
		While Rybak likes to point to his business experience as training for political life, his organizing a group of pajama-wearing protestors at the airport is probably the signature event that propelled Rybak into the public eye.
		R.T. Rybak hopes to become the first challenger to unseat an incumbent Minneapolis mayor since 1977.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/200110/23_hughesa_rybak (1365 words)

	City Pages - Weighing In
		Rybak chats with a group from the Eastside Food Cooperative, a venture he deems to be "a really cool example of how far Central Avenue has come along." He reflects briefly on his campaign stint at this parade last year, lamenting that he was then an unknown stuck bringing up the rear.
		Rybak flatly denies seeking more power, though he does talk about "changing the infrastructure of the city" and creating "a real live city manager with real live authority." Mostly, though, in classic Rybak fashion, he praises city workers and his staff and council members, saying he wants to work with them.
		Rybak also admits that his and the city council's apparent ambivalence toward a new stadium, echoed by the likes of Lilligren, Goodman, and Sixth Ward council member Dean Zimmermann, may have sent the wrong message.
	www.citypages.com /databank/23/1127/article10544.asp (3401 words)

	City-State issues
		We're in the midst of our municipal election cycle here in Minneapolis, and the incumbent mayor R.T. Rybak is facing a challenge from another Democrat, Hennepin County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin.
		R.T. has, in so many words, asserted that Karl Rove and Peter McLaughlin are "allies." Only one of two thing are true: (a) either R.T. really means this; or (b) the statement is outrageously sloppy.
		And in the last four years we've learned R.T. is prone to over-the-top rhetoric which places him at the center of all that is good and light, and casts any opponent into the dark chasm of "politics-as-usual." This shopworn rhetorical device is now totally detached from reality.
	www.gregabbott.org /C1560597213 (625 words)

	Hizzoner - BCM - Winter 2003
		Rybak rushed to the hospital and announced the girl’s death to the press.
		Rybak says his mayoral training began decades ago, during trips from his childhood home in a bucolic south Minneapolis neighborhood to his father’s drugstore in the inner city.
		Outspent nearly two to one by his opponent, Rybak campaigned with an agenda focused on affordable housing, environmental planning, and the redesign of such basic services as snow removal and the issuing of city permits.
	www.bc.edu /publications/bcm/winter_2003/works.html (350 words)

	City Pages - Give me an R! Give me a T!
		Rybak's sunny view of labor relations is curious, considering that he was disciplined for conflict of interest in 1986 by Roger Parkinson, the same publisher he once met with monthly.
		Rybak's service on the council coincided with a period when the organization was deeply in debt and had a membership less than half of what it is today.
		According to Rybak, when he informed his editors of the potential conflict and asked to be put on a different beat, he was suspended--a punishment he still considers unfair.
	www.citypages.com /databank/22/1080/article9747.asp (3521 words)

	City Pages - Splitsville?
		Rybak's other reason for reaching out to a candidate capable of kicking ass and taking names was the state of the department and its public image.
		When R.T. Rybak picked William P. McManus to be Minneapolis police chief in December 2003, he had several pressing reasons to bring a reformer to town.
		Rybak, in response, essentially promised more cops now and more cops later, a pledge that included the December 2005 class of 13 and another 60 officers penciled into the 2006 budget.
	citypages.com /databank/27/1309/article14007.asp (2808 words)

	R.T. Sucks Less The Minneapolis Observer
		R.T. stated in his Democracy for Minnesota screening that there was no issue with a living wage, and we have a living wage policy.
		R.T. is clueless about the potential crisis we are heading towards.
		The Federal Mandate, the shooting of Abu Kassim Jelani (R.T. still can’t pronounce his name correctly), and the fact that only 1 of the 40 discipline recommendations which were given to Chief McManus by the Civilian Review Authority were acted upon, shows R.T. is completely incompetent in this area.
	www.mplsobserver.com /node/291 (986 words)

	MN Publius: McManus sets the record straight
		Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak said last night during his debate with Peter McLaughlin on KSTP that 70% of the people who committed a murder in Minneapolis in the past year were on parole from Hennepin County.
		Rybak, at a 10/30 debate: "70% of the people who committed homicide in Minneapolis last year were on Hennepin County probation.
		It wasn't too long ago that MDE made the ridiculous claim that R.T. Rybak took a shot at Amy Klobuchar in a mayoral debate.
	www.mnpublius.com /2005/11/mcmanus_sets_the_record_straig.html (457 words)

	Twin Cities primary election votes are counted - The Minnesota Daily
		Rybak, a lifelong resident of Minneapolis, said he wants to take City Hall and make this the “great city it deserves to be.
		Rybak entered his campaign headquarters among friends and family and a rowdy atmosphere created by supporters of all ages.
		Megan O’Hara, Rybak’s wife of nearly 15 years, said she is confident Rybak will be a good addition to the mayor’s office if he is elected in November.
	www.mndaily.com /printfriendly.php?id=3629&year=2001 (680 words)

	Rybak accepts the Guthrie's fate and gains an enemy
		Rybak's view is that the fight to save the Guthrie was lost in mid-November when the Minneapolis City Council voted to issue a demolition permit to the Walker Art Center to begin work on a publicly financed parking garage, the first part of the museum's massive expansion.
		Metsa is furious because, he says, Candidate Rybak indicated that he empathized with the group's mission to preserve the Guthrie Theater building from the wrecking ball after the theater company moves to a new site on the downtown riverfront.
		Rybak seemed hurt and surprised that he's upset Metsa and his organization.
	www.savetheguthrie.org /news/grow.htm (757 words)

	MPR: R.T. Rybak becomes mayor
		Rybak says because cities are so packed with people, they're the first to show problems in the way of crime and social decay.
		Rybak's inaugural message promised a time of better public access to government, and called on elected officials to work cooperatively.
		Rybak says he'll address such problems over time with a series of initiatives in the coming months, beginning with a plan to create more affordable housing.
	news.minnesota.publicradio.org /features/200201/02_hughesa_inauguration (679 words)

	City Pages - R.T.'s Change-Up
		The difference for Rybak is that he has thrown in his lot for a potentially expensive--politically and economically--spot on the roster.
		One of the most effective components of Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak's campaign to unseat incumbent Sharon Sayles Belton last year was his charge that Sayles Belton had spent too much public money on large corporate projects in Minneapolis.
		Hennepin County's $370 million proposal calls for raising $60 million through a tax on food, liquor, and hotels in the area where the ballpark would be built; another $60 million via a countywide tax on rental cars; and an additional $10 million to $30 million from a surcharge on parking garages in the vicinity.
	www.citypages.com /databank/23/1110/article10219.asp (1597 words)

	Archives
		Rybak faces a strong challenge from Peter McLaughlin, a fellow DFLer who is a Hennepin County Commissioner with a long political résumé, including a leadership role in creating light-rail transit (LRT) and the Midtown Greenway.
		The question is whether voters believe Rybak and the Council made the right mix of budget cuts to deal with the city's funding woes or whether they believe McLaughlin, who says they cut too many cops - and he can find alternative ways to pay for their return.
		She praised Rybak's work to create stronger partnerships with the county on transit, public health, and the upcoming smoking ban in bars and restaurants.
	www.swjournal.com /articles/2005/01/07/news/news02.txt (1223 words)

	WCCO-TV - Minnesota's Breaking News, Video, Weather, Traffic and Sports: Rybak Wins Second Term In Minneapolis
		Rybak and McLaughlin led a field of 12 mayoral candidates in the Sept. 13 primary.
		Rybak voted this morning with his wife and kids at his precinct polling station, St. Luke's Episcopal Church at 46th and Colfax.
		A majority of voters approved of the way Rybak was doing his job on issues including economic development and housing, according to the University of Minnesota poll.
	wcco.com /local/local_story_308142316.html (514 words)

	R.T. Rybak for Minneapolis mayor - Minnesota Daily
		Rybak’s approach to affordable housing is not only the most comprehensive, it also promises to attack the problem aggressively and quickly.
		R.T. Rybak’s experience and understanding of community development issues make him the better candidate for mayor of a city in the midst of a housing crisis.
		R.T. Rybak is the most qualified candidate to lead today’s Minneapolis.
	www.mndaily.com /articles/2001/11/05/4739 (577 words)

	FU Berlin Neurobiology
		Rybak, J. and R. Menzel (1993) Anatomy of the mushroom bodies in the honey bee brain: the neuronal connections of the alpha-lobe.
		Rybak, S. Schäfer and A. Scheidler (1994) The mushroom bodies in the honeybee: From molecules to behavior.
		Rybak, J. and S. Eichmüller (1993) Structural plasticity of an immunocytochemically identified set of honeybee olfactory interneurones.
	www.neurobiologie.fu-berlin.de /menzel/publications.html (10021 words)

	E-Democracy.Org: default
		To hear/see some of Mayor Rybaks comments on E-Democracy (recorded in Dec. 2004), visit the "E-Democracy Experience" at: http://e-democracy.org/experience Rybak should be very happy with how participation in an E Democracy forum worked for his campaign.
		Rybak does follow the list though, and will respond individually to list members.
		Despite the fact that many of his detractors and political opponents are in the forum and frequently use it to criticize him and his administration, he is sufficiently impressed with the value of the forum as a tool for citizen engagement in city issues, that he continues to actively participate.
	forums.e-democracy.org /stpaul/groups/stpaul-issues/messages/view_email?id=57278&show_thread=1 (1022 words)

	Archives
		Rybak's budget included $10 million in debt reduction, implementation of the city's long-promised 311 information line, and 10 safety cameras for neighborhoods that apply.
		Mayor R.T. Rybak delivered the last budget address of the term July 28, promising more cops and more debt reduction and setting minimum fire department staffing standards.
		While McLaughlin blamed the Rybak administration's police cuts for a recent 55 percent increase in homicides and delayed 911 response, Hakeem argued against hiring more officers, saying there is no proof that more police officers means less crime.
	www.swjournal.com /articles/2005/08/12/news/news07.txt (793 words)

	MPR: McManus confirmed as Minneapolis police chief
		Rybak's job was made easier by the connection McManus is able to conjure with those he meets.
		Rybak also noted that he's appointed a woman to another department head position, and supported female applicants to other positions.
		Four weeks after Mayor R.T. Rybak announced he would nominate McManus, the city council voted 9-4 in favor of the nomination.
	news.mpr.org /features/2004/01/16_hughesa_chiefconfirmed (926 words)

	Globeinvestor.com: Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak Promotes Summer Jobs, Welcomes STEP UP Interns at U.S. Bank Tuesday, June 14
		Rybak is promoting his summer jobs initiatives and the city's Close the Gap campaign by congratulating the interns at U.S. Bank on their first day of work.
		MINNEAPOLIS (Business Wire) -- Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak will visit U.S. Bank on Tuesday, June 14 to welcome interns from Minneapolis high schools who are starting their summer jobs at U.S. Bank as part of the STEP UP Summer Jobs program.
		He will also get a demonstration of some of the technology the students will be using this summer.
	www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/WireFeedRedirect?cf=GlobeInvestor/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20050614&archive=bwire&slug=20050614005829 (777 words)

	MPR: Sorting through allegations of brutality
		Rybak says the claims require an answer from city officials as early as possible, even if what they can say is limited.
		Mayor R.T. Rybak says it will probably take at least 90 days for the FBI to complete its investigation.
		A day after Porter's news conference, Mayor R.T. Rybak says he wants the public to know what he knows about the case.
	www.mainstreetradio.net /features/2003/10/16_williamsb_copassault (874 words)

	Blogumentary: MAYOR R.T. RYBAK'S BLOG
		Rybak said he hopes to use his blog as a platform not only to announce key policy positions, but to help draft them.
		Rybak will seek the DFL endorsement in May but said he hasn't decided whether he will stay in the race if the party chooses another candidate.
		To the surprise of few, Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak announced Sunday he is running for re-election.
	blogumentary.typepad.com /chuck/2005/01/mayor_rt_rybaks.html (1309 words)

	Mayoral races take shape
		Neither Rybak nor McLaughlin was able to gain the 60 percent support needed to win the DFL Party's endorsement.
		Rybak portrayed the contest as a "choice between the new Minneapolis and the old guard."
		In Minneapolis, Mayor R.T. Rybak filed Monday at City Hall, joining a field of nine other candidates.
	www.kstp.com /article/stories/S9397.html?cat=1 (271 words)

	Mpls. Mayor R.T. Rybak vows to get more students to vote - Minnesota Daily
		Though Rybak spoke at the same time she was studying in Coffman Union, Haase said she didn’t know the event was happening.
		Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak speaks to a crowd of students about the 2004 election during a forum Wednesday at Coffman Union.
		Despite the efforts of Rybak and several other politicians who have stressed students should vote in the election, only 53 students voted Tuesday in the University’s precinct.
	www.mndaily.com /articles/2004/09/16/10208 (520 words)

	[Mpls] MACs broken promises
		R.T. Rybak * (The 60 DNL refers to the neighborhoods on the noise maps that have the worst airport noise.
		Seeing how all this worked, or didn't, it's clear that it's time to consider legal action that will finally establish that the MAC made a promise and it needs to stick to it.
		These lines cover neighborhoods closest to the airport but it's important to note that even if the MAC agreed to do what it promised...to insulate to the 60 DNL--it wouldn't come close to providing relief to neighborhoods like Central, Kenny, Lynnhurst, King Field, etc. that also have very bad noise issues.
	www.mnforum.org /pipermail/mpls/2004-July/033960.html (536 words)

	Minneapolis Mayor.com - Tough Talk About Mayor R. T. Rybak and the City Council
		In any case, while Rybak has done a slightly better job than she did, he has failed to eliminate every wasteful program in the city, which is what the people had demanded.
		By the way, Ray Rybak had to get a new campaign site this year, because RTFORMAYOR.COM, his site in 2001, was apparently picked up by a porn site after the Mayor failed to pay his domain renewal fee (which can be as little as $10 a year).
		Hakeem opposes a Twins stadium...but she also is not in favor of spending all additional city funds on cops, which is a popular idea among scared residents in several neighborhoods, and is the subject of much grandstanding between Rybak and McLaughlin (although they seem to agree on the point).
	www.minneapolismayor.com (1864 words)

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