"Brown, Terrell" wrote: > Whatever mechanism is used to give neighborhoods more of a > say in city planning I hope that the mechanism is representative > of the residents and not the neighborhood associations; a factor > noted by the report. > > [Terrell] I'm curious on that one. Are there some examples of there > the actions of the neighborhood association went against the wishes of > the residents? What are they?
Street lights in Prospect Park is the example that I'm best aquatinted with. Not only did it go against the wishes of residents it cost all of us money. Personally it cost me $1200 and I know of those it cost more than $4000. Barb Lickness wrote: > The NRP encourages broad neighborhood support when a > neighborhood establishes its goals and objectives for > the plan as well as defines the strategies to > accomplish the goals and objectives. > Encouraging broad neighborhood support and receiving it are two different things, as McKenzie pointed out. Government by those who show up is not representative democracy. I want tax dollar decisions made by the people I elect, not a group civil servant wantabes who think they are God's gift to volunteerism (Just speaking from local experience. I am sure there were some well informed, well meaning, ethical, and intelligent individuals involved in the NRP, I just haven't meet them yet.) Michael Atherton Prospect Park _______________________________________ 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
