GREG - Not so. To use the example you cited, Walt Dziedzic will have to
stand for re-election in 2005 in his district (albeit a modestly
different one than he ran in previously) which has about the same number
of people as the other five districts.
Assuming he runs, the voters is his district
I am assuming that this is a letter to the Council Members as it refers to
telephone conversations, but, as with much of the conversation centering around
the McManus nomination, I think it misses a key point, supporting or not
supporting McManus really has nothing to do with Lubinski or Gerold
Just so you know that we are actually taking
care of some business regarding use and programs of the parks... feel
free to comment.
Annie Young
citywide Park Commissioner
From Skyway News - Jan. 5th, 2004 edition
Elliot Park could be skateboard site
Elliot Park is one of eight parks identified
On Jan 6, 2004, at 1:27 AM, Jim Bernstein wrote:
In
fact, at-large commissioners have much less vulnerability since they do
not represent well defined constituencies. A commissioner representing
a
specific district is much more likely to be held accountable on how
well
he/she represents the
From Skyway News - Jan. 5th, 2004 edition
Elliot Park could be skateboard site
Elliot Park is one of eight parks identified for a possible public
skateboard park.
There needs to be at least two skate board parks--the one you describe,
Annie, and one for kids who aren't quite ready for prime
That's the point. THE FORT out at Fort Snelling is a professional and
large, fancy park while the neighborhood parks are supposed to be much more
basic and simple for those newcomers. I agree - since I have a 5-yr old
grandson who got his first skateboard this Holiday season... just the
Alliance for Sustainability's Twin Cities Neighborhood Sustainability
Conference is coming up on Jan 17th at Augsburg College.
Its FREE and preregistion is advised. Get a hold of Sean Gosiewski with
Alliance for Sustainability at 612-331-1099 x 1 or register on line at
Bob Fine responds to all this:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/562/4302393.html
The Star Tribune editorial that followed this action said I sprang a
surprise on four of the board members. Yet I had spoken with one of the
dissenters days before about Gurban; two of the others admitted they
Greg Abbott writes suggesting that at large city wide park board seats might
be preferable to smaller districts. I disagree, and have sent him a separate
email. City wide elections are costly to wage, and except in the most
extreme cases, incumbents at the city level are thus insulated from the
What about some sort of instant runoff election so that those of us not in NE could
have an effect on unseating Walt D? When I lived in NE I voted against him as council
member and then park board. I knew I was bucking the trend to keep the old boy in
office, but one never knows when the old
I remember Houston getting their city council election system thrown out
because it was all at-large seats - such a system, the courts said,
disenfranchised minority voting blocks. (At the time, it was a very
effective way to keep Latinos off the council.)
It's always made me suspicious of
The open meeting section at 6:15 of tonight's Park Board meeting ( Wed.
Jan.7) is where the public is allowed to speak to the board for 3 minutes per
person. The address is 2117 West River Road. There is no dialogue intended in the
structure.
Thanks,
Scott Vreeland Seward
REMINDERS:
1. Think
I have been and active and passive observer of the Minneapolis Park Rec
Board over the last 25+ years. There were plenty of disagreements among
commissioners in the 80s, when I attended most every meeting for several
years, but there was clearly a mutual respect for each other that is sadly
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Please join 6th Ward Council Member Dean Zimmermann at Maria's Cafe, 1113 E
Franklin Ave, Wednesday, January 7. This month's meeting will begin at
approximately 8:15 a.m. following a small business forum with the Mayor's
nominee for Police Chief, William
Eva wrote:
Perhaps instead, there need to be good contested races in the
districts. The Park Board job - how much time does it take - gets pretty
high compensation - $20,000. I've always thought this to be excessive.
Excuse me --- each Commissioner works different hours depending on what
Because of the speed of the selection of Jon Gurban, the public was excluded
from the opportunity to meet or ask questions about what his vision is for our
Parks.
I believe that the preponderance of testimony from citizens about the
qualities they thought were important for a new superintendent
Starting with
something from Eva:
Back on the salary thing a moment. Not only do we provide
programs and services to all the kids - we take care of 6500 acres,
a few hundred thousand trees, and the dogs and more and more and more -
as was said several times last week we are a city within a city.
I believe the library board is $7,200
WizardMarks, Central
David Brauer wrote:
on 1/6/04 1:39 PM, Eva Young at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Perhaps instead, there need to be good contested races in the
districts. The Park Board job - how much time does it take - gets pretty
high compensation -
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