Eva, I was one of the organizers of that event and am indeed currently employed by a neighborhood organization. You are incorrect as to who was in attendance at that meeting. As a neighborhood staff person, I pretty much know who works for which neighborhood and your assessment is just wrong. In fact, I still have the sign in sheets so I can even prove it :-)
These assertation that neighborhood staff who did participate in the forum you refer to and in other ways on behalf of NRP are "just trying to save our jobs" or what have you is just silly. Everyone knows that most people stay in their neighborhood jobs no more than 1-4 years and then people move on. I also challenge those of you to back up your claim that NRP is unaccountable and wasteful. In my experience, in more cases than not( i.e NOT ALWAYS I'm sure you all can come up with the bad examples and so can I), residents are extremely careful to use public resources wisely and apply them toward the common good. Most also strive to be sure that for every NRP dollar spent, other dollars are leveraged. The information to back my assertion up is readily available. I am also pretty sure that NRP spending measured against any other City Department would prove to be significantly more accountable and efficient. I won't waste space talking about the tons of wasteful, unaccountable, inefficient decisions our City ( City Council) has made over the years. As for the NRP adminstration, I don't think any City Department comes close to being as leanly and efficiently operated. I do agree that residents and organizations could use a better frame work in which to make sure their decisions meet the aforementioned goals. I think that better guidance and technical assistance is part of how our City will restructure MCDA/Planning/NRP. This is good. That's all I have to say at this point. Sheila Delaney Neighborhood staffer AND resident of the beautiful Lyndale Neighborhood, home of the Award winning Lyndale Neighborhood Association Ward 10 Eva Young wrote: > > > --- Barbara Lickness wrote: > > > > "The biggest collaborative effort was the one where > > all > > the neighborhood folks joined forces to save the NRP." > > > > > > > > >> > > Keith says; A different description: All the neighborhood nonprofiteers > >swarmed to save their meal ticket/paychecks as the government tit went dry > >from oversuck. The activists were extremely active and want their money. > > Keith Reitman, Capitalism works better when it is not covert, NearNorth > > I'd agree -- when I went to the Candidates Forum sponsored by the adhoc > group in favor of complete NRP funding, the attendees at the forum were > predominantly people who were employed by Neighborhood Organizations. I'm > also not convinced that the Mayor's race result was a mandate on continued > complete funding for NRP. I think the mayor and council races were at > least as much a "throw the bums out" because of Herrongate. > > I still have this feeling that NRP is an incredibly wasteful and > unaccountable way to spend alot of money. As a constituent, I would rather > know that I just contact my Council Member regarding concerns, rather than > having to attend neighborhood meetings on subjects first. It's alot of the > same way I feel like putting an excessive amount of time on party > platforms. That's a bit of a waste of time. Party platforms aren't > legislation -- and putting time into that, means I'm not putting time into > directly communicating with legislators. > > Eva > Eva Young > Central > ----------------------------------------------------- > Click here for Free Video!! > http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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
