I promise not to spam people with more emails....and I'm about to go back into a cave for a few days... but wanted to also pick up on this point from Eva:
"What bothers me is RT seems to be spending much more of his time and energy on the Twins stadium that he has on the issues he ran on -- namely affordable housing." As far as the coverage of my actions, this is true. But it's not the case. This afternoon I'm meeting with David Fey and our affordable housing task force, which has been working very hard over the past few weeks to lay out our proposed agenda. It's very strong work so far and I expect it to get better. We are going to refine it today, air it before council members and legislators early next week and then bring it forward probably late next week. I am also going to be talking about this when I meet with Gov. Ventura in about an hour. This is coupled with our plans for MCDA, NRP and Planning reorganization....when are also being defined. This work, plus organizing my office, is where I'm spending my time. The stadium issue was put on my plate, and not the other way around. I'm not sure I've done the best job with that, or at least with communicating what I'm doing. That's harder in a transition period when we are trying to do this work without a skeleton staff or office...(remind me to think about transition funds for the person who beats me in the next election....) Also wish there was 24-7 news coverage and interest in affordable housing, as there is in baseball. Sorry for making excuses but I quite openly acknowledge that the news about stadiums,etc. has overwhelmed the work on housing...I hope to change that when we come forward with our report next week. Eva's right: I should be spending my time on affordable housing. I am and I hope that will become more clear soon. _______________________________________ 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
