[Mpls] Minneapolis neighborhood entrepreneur makes the Strib
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1069/3365526.html David Brauer List manager ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis neighborhood entrepreneur makes the Strib
I found St. Anthony's article somewhat uplifting but generally a downer. The red tape and asinine behavior put forth by the city bureaucracy shines through when you read the daughter's battles with the city. Could you imagine lack of greenspace in back of an existing structure could cost her a license? I am sure the city employees are just doing their job as issued from their higher ups. Now's the time when some good local Greens should step up to the plate and say this kind of regulation has to end. How bout it Zimmerman and NJL? RT if your reading, don't bother streamlining. Open a mayors appeal desk. When someone had done all that is sensible in their app, let them come to your office for the quick overrule of a bureaucrat. Then keep track of what office or employee is leading the league in overules. Then get move the city employee somewhere else or find out which reg is being bumped into the most. Craig Miller Former Fultonite [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 5:05 PM Subject: [Mpls] Minneapolis neighborhood entrepreneur makes the Strib http://www.startribune.com/stories/1069/3365526.html David Brauer List manager ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis neighborhood entrepreneur makes the Strib
RT if your reading, don't bother streamlining. Open a mayors appeal desk. When someone had done all that is sensible in their app, let them come to your office for the quick overrule of a bureaucrat. Then keep track of what office or employee is leading the league in overules. Then get move the city employee somewhere else or find out which reg is being bumped into the most. I think that the general idea is a good one. In a bureaucracy, which by nature will trample special cases, you have to have some method to go outside the system. The specifics of how it would work would have to be worked out, but I think a mayor's appeal desk is a great format. Make it non-threatening and inviting so that the person who's already been kicked around by the city can feel welcome. I think using it as a tool to find problems in the machine is also a great idea! A healthy government NEEDS to have a variety of self-checks in the system. - Jason Goray, Sheridan, NE __ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos More http://faith.yahoo.com ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
