Dec 20, 2007 6:30 pm US/Central
Email From R.T. Rybak
Mayor R.T. Rybak Writing That He Is "Pretty Shocked" By The Video
Saturday, December 15
12:52 p.m.
(WCCO)
-----Original Message-----
From: "Rybak, R.T."…
Subject: RE: Stanek Video
I was pretty shocked by this, too.
As I recall, Tim, you had to talk with the Governor,
and I had to reinforce the message, that Stanek was standing in the way of
getting the Navy divers here. We needed more expertise but he was stopping it
because, who knows, he wanted to be in control and go on TV. I remember that as
being a very complex situation where we were concerned that Stanek's actions
were hurting the rescue attempts when there were still bodies in the water. To
hear that in the video he's claiming credit for this is
mindblowing.
And I clearly remember him releasing death tolls before
it was appropriate, and they were wrong and had to be corrected...The video
story seemed to be either him rewriting history or him taking all the things he
did wrong and flip them around to make him the
hero.
I think we all kept our mouths shut during the time,
when day after day it seemed his ego got in the way of getting the job done. On
most levels I just let it go but this seems so outrageous.
There is an old saying: "We're all the stars
of our own movie.
Usually that doesn't mean taxpayers have to foot the
bill.
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