Yesterday in the Rotunda at City Hall the Mayor held up a wooden box and implored city workers to stuff it with their budget suggestions.
She quoted him as saying "you know better than we do what we should be doing to take these actions." Then the Mayor announced that independent councilman Barret Lane would lead his task force on long term financial reform. Presumably Councilman Lane was given the key to the box and one of his duties will be to empty it daily and chortle over the missives. How long will this City Council allow themselves to be a backdrop for the Mayor. Perhaps this is a topic for discussion in their next get-together with the Mayor's handpicked facilitator. The reporter for the Strib actually used 'implore' to characterize the Mayor's calling-to-arms to the 150 city employees attending. Either the editors at the Strib really detest this guy or his performance was mighty dismal. I'm guessing it was some of both. So much for symbols. Tim Connolly Ward 7 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ _______________________________________ 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
