>From my perspectvie being in two wards has been an advantage to the Seward neighborhood. It has never made us feel any less of a community and it has often made us feel that we had more (not less) influence or connections to city government.
We have always had 2 council members to appeal to and to reach out to, and felt that we had two voices for us in the council. We are (at least as of this moment still) pretty evenly divided between Wards 2 and 9 and we have consistently gotten both members to attend events, annual meetings and respond to mailings and requests. I can see how this might not always be the case, but in our neighborhood it has worked well for us and I have heard few, if any, complaints. Cam Gordon past co-chair and long term board member of the Seward Neighborhood Group In message <00c801c1dc5e$03118180$c70a1d41@daisy> "Dean Zimmermann" writes: > I continue to be amazed that anyone would think that it is a bad thing for a > neighborhood to have two or three city council members looking out for its > interests. Can someone please explain to me why it is bad for a > neighborhood to be in two or three wards? > > Dean Zimmermann > Mpls City Council Member - Ward 6 > 612-673-2206 > > > _______________________________________ 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
