Connie:
I've sen your hair and it is quite nice. Don't pull it
out.
I'm confused about what Ventura Village actually is?
Is it a neighborhood? A 501(c)3 corporation? i don't
get it.
The thought there was actually a sign that said
"Members only" is makes my skin crawl. This all sounds
pretty discriminatory.
It proves the point that snobbishness is not the sole
province of the rich. Apparently, even in a depressed
neighborhood such as Phillips(isn't V.V. still a part
of Phillips?) there can be cliques that take it upon
themselves to dictate to others. It sounds like
tyranny of the active minority. But then I'm not an
active participant just someone from the outside
trying to understand.
I also don't get what Bob Miller has to do with all
this. Isn't the NRP involved with neighborhood
organizations and not an adviser to non-profit
organizations? Is this a conflict of interest?
I do not want to diss the work that V.V. may be doing.
i just don't understand how a non-profit developer can
also be a neighborhood organization.
As to PPL allowing drug sales and prostitution on the
corner where Franklin Crossing exists I though that
was the purview of MPD. Am I wrong?
Does this then mean that we can look forward to V.V.
having its own paramilitary police force?
Frankly I'm almost more alarmed by the preponderance
of private security firms employing poorly trained
people to police corners like Chicago-Franklin than I
am with the ways in which MPD seem to ignore civil
liberties. i will point out that Abuka Sanders was
first spotted by a Spartan Security officer who
followed him throughout south Minneapolis until he had
a chance to block him into an alley where MPD could
pepper his vehicle with 34 rounds of ammo.
Something is seriously wrong here.
The ends, however well meaning they may be, never
justify using means that ignore the rule of law.
As near as I can tell the people in V.V., at least the
real hijackers at this last meeting, would not agree.
Tim Connolly
Ward 7
--- Constance Sheppard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Now I know everyone's sick of butterfly ballots,
> pregnant chads, etc, but I really would like some
> commentary on last night's election "irregularities"
> in Ventura Village's neighborhood meeting. I need
> help in figuring this out.
>
> First of all, I should say that in my experience,
> we've always allowed ANYONE to vote, provided they
> live in V.V., own property in V.V., or are the
> designated representative of a company or non-profit
> in V.V. We have never asked for identification -
> only
> that people sign in with the address from which they
> derive their voting right. It's been this way since
> inception.
>
> Now, last night's agenda had some HOT issues, which
> I
> will not get into now because they're more suited to
> an adventure novel. When I arrived at the meeting
> place, there was easily five times as many folk in
> attendance as can be found when there's a hum-drum
> agenda. Microphones had to be set up for the first
> time in my experience.
>
> I noticed also that there were two resident sign-in
> sheets. One marked "Members Only" and the other
> "First-Time Attendees." (Or something to that
> effect.) We were told that some NRP officials had
> noticed that we were "out of compliance" with a
> state
> statute that said members had to be such for THIRTY
> DAYS before they were eligible to vote. (So all the
> folks who showed up for these hot issues were out of
> luck.)
>
> A handful of state statutes were quoted to prove
> this
> 30-day rule. One member, an attorney with a
> practice
> in the area, went to his office to look them up.
> There was no such rule in any of those statutes.
> (I've since looked myself, and he's totally right.)
>
> Now some V.V. folks are saying that we simply had
> the
> wrong statute numbers. Apparently Bob Miller told
> them about this rule, and we're expected to accept
> it
> without proof.
>
> I have put in a call to Rep. Karen Clark, in whose
> district V.V. falls, but haven't heard from her yet.
>
> Does anyone have ANY info about voting procedures
> for
> 501(c)3 non-profits? I'm tearing my hair out!
>
> BTW: I should mention that I'm a member of the V.V.
> board, but knew NOTHING of this matter until I
> walked
> into last night's meeting.
>
> Connie Sheppard
> Ward 6 - Ventura Village
>
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