HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 01-02 Councilmen Defend Mayor on 'Conflict of Interest" DISPATCH Councilmen Defend Mayor
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Mayor Les Axdahl was ':; .::,,. e.:,< "'__:>. : :.:;.7.347,45Z7-.....!i:. ed. "You were elected "
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,hree Maplewood village . F'` people of this village. I without being affected
councilmen when a cite netrealize you are a 3M ern-
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m by them (3M) in some
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Greavu said it was
easy for someone to lev-
tonflict of interest in is _
el the accusation of con'
nes dealing with Minne- flirt of interest.
wota Mining & Manufac But the °accuser, he in-j
ring Co. (3M). sisted, should "Stand up
and be heard and do it in
C h a r l e s Brady, 597 court or sit down and
Kingston St., an unsuc- shut up.”
cessful candidate for the k� • "I have pretty well the
council in the last Ma- same feeling," Council-
plewood election, ques- x man Don Wiegert inter-
boned in a letter to the jected.
editor of the St. Paul MAYOR LES AXDAHL "If there is a conflict
Dispatch the m a y o r 's Abstains From Vote of i n t e r e s t apparent
past practie of voting on there, I don't know how
3M-related issues. to persuade him to re- far it goes," he contin-
The mayor is a 3M em- c o n s i d e r and take a ued. "my company sells
ploye. stand for or a g a i n s t items for 3M and sells
failed. items to 3M. I suppose
A few hours after the "I made this decision someone could say
letter appeared, Axdahl there's a conflict there.
abstained from the vote long before . . . tonight's Councilman H a r a I d
on a rezone request that letter,"he stated. . Haugan said his firm
opens the door for ex- "I have sat with you at also deals with 3M.
pansion fo the 3M Center this table for about Sev-
in Maplewood, en years," Councilman
Efforts by councilmen John Greavu comment