Mr. Barisonzi wrote: >all I am saying is that neither the amount raised by the MPS or FMPL are enough to justify the >statement "a strong history of fundraising and grantwriting"
I think the library does a great job of fundraising given they are a governmental entity primarily supported by taxes. Raising money for governmental functions is very hard as most people feel like they have already given through their taxes. To give another example, we have had very little success with people voluntarily agreeing to pay for alleyway repaving even though we have many alleys which are desperately in need of repaving. I used alleys also point out how we seem to assume that services that deal with people, like libraries and parks, should raise money though voluntary donations while we don't expect services like street paving or sewer to raise money. Which seems to say something about the priorities we put on people. Carol Becker Longfellow _______________________________________ 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
