I agree with you Kevin and we are working toward that now. The volunteer time to do all of these things is very intensive and quite frankly we need help.
The old saying that 20% of the people do 80% of the work certainly applies here. I recently met with yet another group of people to talk about some crime issues. Conglomerately between only three people they clocked over 100 volunteer hours in a month just working on crime issues. It's hard to ask them to put in even more hours. I am also getting sick of the trend that requires citizens to watch everyone do their jobs at every juncture. Volunteers work as the eyes and ears of the police, organize block clubs with CCP/SAFE, watch criminals pick up trash and work in their neighborhoods with restorative justice, go to court and watch how judges sentence people, go to planning commission, City Council Committee meetings, and City Council meetings to watch what these people do and get things done or keep them from screwing something up. Volunteers meet with legislators and senators. They have also met with the Mayor, Governor, U.S. Senators and Representatives and at one time Janet Reno the U.S. Attorney General. Maybe we need every single one of them in a room at the same time. I am not sure what that would accomplish but at least there wouldn't be as many meetings. Barb Lickness Whittier ===== "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.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
