Minneapolis Park commissioner Walt Dziedzic threatens other commissioners at public meeting

• On Tuesday, August 26, 1975, Jack Mason was physically attacked at a
  School Board meeting by a school employee. The Interim School Superintendent,
  Donald D. Bevis, was quoted in the September 3, 1975 Minneapolis Tribune
  saying, "There was no question that the attack was one sided--there was no
  attack by Mason." The official who attacked Jack was suspended without pay
  for 30 days as a result.
• Jack Mason is the late husband of park commissioner Vivian Mason.
• In 1975, park commissioner Walt Dziedzic was a Minneapolis police officer
  heavily involved in politics, receiving the patronage of Mayor Al Hofstede
  after helping him get elected in 1972.
• On August 18, 2004, at the public meeting of the Minneapolis Park and
  Recreation Board, Walt Dziedzic made the following statements in response to
  questions posed in a civil manner by Vivian Mason and Annie Young: (this video clip starts at the asterisk * in transcipt below)

Commissioner Walt Dziedzic: I have been [an] elected official since 1977,
and in all that time, been through a lot of holy hell. I've never seen
elected officials treat the staff as bad as I saw * them being treated this
evening. And I think that BS gotta stop! Because from now on, when I see
elected officials pick on staff, I'll tell you what, I'm gonna get loud.
[reaches forward and deliberately turns off his microphone] I'll tell you
right now, I'm gonna get real loud! [shouting] Because I remember a
fistfight that occurred at a Park Board...at a School
Board meeting, and that could happen [bangs fist twice on the table]
right here!

Commissioner Berry Graves: Are you threatening people, Walter?

Commissioner Dziedzic: [shouting] I'm not threatening anybody!

Berry Graves: Well then why are you raising ...[unintelligible]

Dziedzic: [shouting] I'm stating a fact! ...

President John Olson: All right, all right...

Dziedzic: [shouting louder] I'm stating a fact! ...

Olson: That's enough! ...

Dziedzic: Because I'm sick and tired of being ... [unintelligible]