As attention has been drawn to the problems associated with the I35W / Lake Street Access Project sponsored by Phillips Partnership and the taxpayer, there seems to be increasing pressure by staff of the Access Project to conform, presumably to the opinions of the Phillips Partnership leadership.
Yesterday, Tom Johnson, Access Project Staff (political lobyist too, I believe) harassed dissenting member Dave Harstad to the point that Dave, a resident representative for the Whittier neighborhood, resigned from the PAC. This was in response to Dave's well-founded concern about Phillips Partnership getting MNDoT funding WITHOUT the approval or review of our elected state legislators. This is not the first time such harassment has occurred, I was the subject of the same treatment at the beginning of the process four years ago, and I am aware of other PAC members (still on board) who have undergone the same treatment. How can the process be considered a "citizen participatory" process when those with different opinions (and brave enough to speak their mind) are so strongly "encouraged" to resign? In summary, I believe that the "Input Process" is filtering out dissent, rather than addressing it constructively. David Piehl Central __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.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
