I think I have only two comments about this group. One is that the full
council wasn't rated on all the same votes so some CM's score higher by
virtue of not having taken the first three or four votes. Secondly David is
right when he says this group lessesns their legitimacy by not disclosing
their members. But I suspect it is my good pal CM Niland and his merry
little band at Progressive MN.
Lisa McDonald
Tenth Ward Council Member
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Brauer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 9:00 AM
> To: Mpls list
> Subject: RE: [Mpls] Re: A City for Neighbors
>
> Jordan K. argues:
>
> >The critics would do better to address the substantive merits of the
> >pamphlet. If the reporting of votes are inaccurate, that should be
> >exposed. If the votes were selectively chosen in a manner that misleads
> >readers about council member's positions, it is really important for
> >someone to provide information about the other votes.
>
> I agree with Jordan. We are losing the forest for the trees. That this has
> happened is proof of City for Neighbors' foolishness in not fully
> disclosing
> their size & interests.
>
> That said - and to mix my metaphors - we are throwing the baby out with
> the
> bathwater. Steve Cross is right - these scorecards can be manipulated. BUT
> City for Neighbors documented votes on many unarguably huge populist
> issues
> that have come up on Minneapolis-Issues in the past two years: Block E,
> Target Store, stadiums, affordable housing, the Guthrie versus Parade
> Stadium, etc. (I didn't see the issues Julie Mattson Ostrow mentioned,
> such
> as moving the Shubert Theater, 800 megahertz or remodeling the council
> chambers. Is that another group's scorecard?)
>
> I think City for Neighbors has added something very useful to the public
> debate. The scorecard is but a snapshot, but it is a detailed and
> considered
> one. We should critique the people doing the snapping, but not fail to
> look
> at the big picture.
>
> David Brauer
> King Field - Ward 10
>
>
>
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