Isn't the Mpls-Issues listserv a form of town meeting?
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, timothy connolly wrote:
> As I was walking to the library today, ruminating on
> NRP, city and regional planning, citizen activism,
> political accountability, communication etc,
> processing information from a book I just finished,
> this occurred to me.
>
> Why aren't town meetings a regular part of municipal
> politics and governance. Then I thought: There are
> thirteen wards in the city and one Mayor. It should be
> relatively easy to schedule a town meeting every four
> weeks in each ward with the Mayor and the
> councilperson.
>
> Maybe the candidates for Mayor and City Council could
> respond to this idea.
>
> If I say so myself, I think it's inspired. Wonder why
> nobody has suggested it before instead of making vague
> promises "to listen to the people"?
>
> Tim Connolly
> Ward 7
>
>
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