Joe Barisonzi wrote: > Why is the choice in your mind between NRP and MPS?
Because I feel that the NRP funds superfluous projects and the MPS funds the education of children. If the NRP were to go away, which projects that it created could not be funded by the city council? > The MPS is one of the > partners of the NRP program, in fact it was NRP dollars allocated in > partnerships with neighborhoods and the MPS that helped to defray a > significant portion of the infastructure costs associated with moving to > community schools. Above and beyond that investment, many neighborhoods > invested significiant percentages of their non-school NRP money for > school-related infastrucutre. From computer centers, to enhanced gyms; from > curricullum programs, to a new school. Cam Gordon also used this argument. I never responded to him because I thought that the argument is so weak that it does not require a response. First and foremost, what percentage of Phase I funds were used to finance education? Just because the NRP throws a few dollars in the educational pot does not negate the fact that it squanders millions of other dollars on the pet projects of neighborhood activists. Michael Atherton Prospect Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
