Recently I suggested the idea that the Mayor meet
every four weeks in each of the city's 13 wards with
the individual CM in attendance.
Most people spoke of individual CM's who met with
neighborhood groups or state reps who met for
breakfasts, lunches, etc.
Only one person, Dean Lindberg, mentioned meeting with
the Mayor and its efficacy. Dean Lindberg spoke of the
Mayor's night in.
Someone alluded to the Mayor's busy schedule. Hah!
One person even went so far as to mock me with a
primer on neighborhood organizations which meet
regularly as town hall meetings. Why am I not
surprised that someone who owes his neo-conservative
life to his paid position in neighborhood
organizations would take such a tone.
Amid the whining and gnashing of teeth in this forum
regarding the Mayor's distance and unresponsiveness,
not to mention inaction on serious concerns to many of
the city's citizens, I would have thought my
suggestion might have been better recieved.
No matter.
To add further to my proposal, I envisioned meetings
that were not scripted by the mayor or councilperson's
office and that might take more people into the
process.
I even envisioned booing and hissing from the great
unwashed masses when the mayor was asked big fat
fastball down the center of the plate pitches
(questions) by her obvious supporters and backup
questions when the Mayor or councilpeople evaded
questions or talked gibberish.
As it is what we see are canned presentations, limited
question and answer periods, and time monopolized by
people with vested interests in seeing their points
prevail.
But then booing and hissing would be un-Minnesotan
wouldn't it?
Better to get screwed and whine all the way home like
the little piggy?
Tim Connolly
Ward 7
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