Frankly, as I've watched the NRP frolics over the years, I've often thought that the quasi-official status of the citizen participation groups, the ones annointed MCDA on behalf of the City Council for the purpose of allowing the groups to receive $$$ - not just NRP $$$ - causes a lot of confusion and frustration by making some citizen participation appear to be more legit or valued that other participation. (I apologize for a really tortured sentence there!) I don't have a solution to propose, just the observation that - IMHO - the frustration and testiness of some "participants" is understandable and more a function of a complicated system than bad will. Although I'm sure that given enough frustration, bad will becomes a real possibility... Ann Berget Kingfield 10-10
