Barbara Nelson wrote:
> I'd like to question Carol Becker's assumption that Minneapolitan's don't know
> that there is a Park Board (another government as so many have put it)
> operating.
> They are supposed to be the Fourth Estate.
Estate is the operative word here, what does it conger up?
> The reason we buy newspapers is for NEWS
> (and the comics and Ann Landers)
AND Ms. Manners, she cracks me up!
Carol Becker's assertion that there are duplicative services is the real issue. Is
it possible to combine the duplicative efforts without removing the Park Board? For
example, can payroll be handled by the city payroll office?
I'd hesitate about the police because the city police department is almost always
operating from a shortage of staff power, so were they to staff the parks, would
officers be pulled out of the parks for street duty?
Could public works take over the roadways and not cause a dysfunction in getting the
work done?
Annie, Dean, got any thoughts on this one?
WizardMarks, Central
>
>
> Barbara Nelson
> Seward
>
> >
> > I also would argue that many people in Minneapolis (the vast number of
> > people who don't do things like post to public policy lists) don't
> > understand that there is a second city government (the Park Board) making
> > policy on streets, police, garbage, etc. Accountability for the Park Board
> > is difficult when no one knows that the Park Board exists. Accountability
> > may actually increase if the City Council took over some of the Park's
> > functions because visibility of those actions would increase. I think that
> > the Star Tribune's decision to not spend a lot of time covering the Park
> > Board speaks volumes to this part of the question.
> >
> > Carol Becker
> > Longfellow
>
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