At 10:21 AM 3/11/02 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a message dated 3/11/02 8:51:19 AM Central Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > ><< > Broadly based access to information improves our sense of community and > civic engagement and that lesson is already being taught throughout the > educational system. It's the learning curve for adults that needs > attention and Mpls-Issues is a great tool for this. Information doesn't > just come to us, we send information back - opinions, helpful hints, > announcements, you name it! No point in being grumpy about this because > the trend is irresistible and fun besides. > > Fred Markus Horn Terrace Ward Ten > > __ >> > Keith Says; What some may dismiss as a gripe from a grump toward the >"List" was more CM Barb Johnson being real. The Park Board had turned down >her and other Northside leaders' pleas for ice cream concessions up north >with the explanation that it would not be profitable. We all subsequently >learn that Southside concessions have, in fact, been huge money losers. It is >the fairness issue that must upset her. It does me. > Keith Reitman, NearNorth
Well then why doesn't she recruit more northside folks to post on this list, rather than whine about list influence? She didn't say that she was upset by the hypocrisy of not having Northside icecream concession stands because they were going to lose money, only to learn that the Lake Harriet stand is losing money. I guess this type of whining torks me off, because at least participation in this list is free. I'm much more concerned about the lobbyists downtown, getting constant access to the city council. This list is one of the only ways the average person can compete with that. Eva Eva Young Central _______________________________________ 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
