At 08:08 PM 2/8/02 -0600, Tim Bonham wrote: Now it's much harder to distinguish the groups. I've heard the Parks & Recreation Board referred to as the "park'ers" (environmentalist/gardens/land preservation) vs. the "recreation'ers" (sports & group activities), but I don't know if that is accurate. Annie?
Annie says... Actually any one of the nine on any given day at any given time will tell you they are an environmentalist (even Walter has raised his level of awareness on these issues a lot); and any given day at any given time each commissioner will tell you they support sports, especially youth sports and programs and activities especially for our youth. I actually think we've gotten over that hump in theory. Our biggest issues when all is said and done is still about the money - how much there is and what we can spend it on. How we operate and maintain what we have and yet meet the wants and needs of our very diverse community. We even need to pay more attention to the sports of our immigrant groups and new "fangled" sports as they become popular. And this year like everyone else we are hurting and we are going to bleed a little bit I am afraid around May. As usual it's finding a balance. I think I have said enough on all this and need a little "cooling off" time. Looking forward to folks comments, Annie Young citywide Park Commissioner >P.S. I'm trusting that identifying the players by name would not violate >our list rules regarding personal attacks, right? After all, they are all >elected officials and their votes are public record. > >Tim Bonham, Ward 12 > >_______________________________________ >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
