> David Piehl writes: > > Is this a suprise to anyone? Dozens of folks in > Central and Phillips have made similar allegations, > and some have put their concerns in writing in the > form of grievances to the MCDA and the NRP. To > date, > MCDA has essentially dismissed the grievances as > "concerns", and not followed up on them. Pretty > poor > stewardship of public resources if you ask me!! > > MCDA and NRP need to do an investigation into other > grants that Metoyer was involved with to ensure that > nothing is awry - for the sake of all involved > (including Metoyer). > > It's also interesting to note that a little over two > years ago when Jana Metge was still director of > CNIA, > Zack Metoyer was furious with her for requesting > that > those involved in writing the guidelines for grant > money not be eligable for the money when it was > available to avoid a conflict of interest situation. > > > Will the NRP and MCDA ever get their heads out of > the > sand?? > > David Piehl > Central > > > Pamela Taylor writes:
In defense of Zack Metoyer in this incidence, I sat on a sub-committee along with a few others which included Judy Paul, Karen Forbes, Pauline Thomas, etc. We were asked by the Business Committee to come up with draft guidelines for RFP to access those funds. The night before we met, a select few of the CNIA Board members, which PRE-DATED the election of the BLUE Crew, with then ED Jana Metge, put together a document that stated that we were not eligible to recieve funds because we were working on the draft document, and they wanted the sub-committee to sign it. Needless to say we were all quite FURIOUS at the audacity of the request, and none of us signed the document. It was done, in a lot of our opinions, to escalate some of the already bitter feelings amongst the then board members. None of us felt this to be fair, to exclude us simply because we took on a task no one else did. Once whatever RFP document was approved by the community, as members of the community, we felt entitled to be able to apply in the same manner as the rest of the community and take our chances. As long as we observed the conflict of interest clause in the bylaws, we were perfectly within our rights. I cannot speak for whatever else may have happened out of my presence, but that little insinuation by Mr. Piehl in regards to the conflict of interest needs to be put to rest NOW. Pamela Taylor (Tampa - Who believes in fighting fair!) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards� http://movies.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ 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
