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I have heard nothing in any discussion or
publication about this issue that says the City Council and Mayor trying to
get rid of the park board, as Annie Young states in her message below.
Where are you getting your information about this?
If you're extrapolating from the Mayor and
Council's efforts to control the spending of the park board to mean they
are trying to get rid of the park board, then you may want to be more careful
about how you word your statements. I believe the Mayor and Council
are acting in good faith in their efforts. It seems to me that elected
officials on the park board should be acting in good faith also, even if they
disagree with the city's actions, by at least representing the facts
accurately. There is a big difference between trying to abolish the park
board and stepping in to set spending limits on them.
Michelle Mensing
Armatage
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 11:23
AM
Subject: [Mpls] Enjoy our parks and
lakes!
Finally - a plus and positive editorial about the Minneapolis
Parks. As you all enjoy this gorgeous weather and a true Minnesota
summer in our Parks thank our lucky stars that for 130 years an Independent
Park Board has developed and maintained the extensive park system of our
city.
While it looks like the City Council and Mayor are ready to take
another stab at getting rid of the Park Board let them be the 100th Council
that has tried to do that. And each time they try citizens of
Minneapolis rally and say, "Are you crazy? If it's a Department
our land would be gone in just a matter of years - it is so tasty and sensuous
to think about selling off some of those little pieces of land for oh, so much
that could build our city coffers with $'2 again.
But on this beautiful
summer day let us remember why we all love Minnesota and love Minneapolis and
love our parks and lakes.
Enjoy!
Annie Young
citywide Park
Commissioner
Our natural beauty
Thank you, Minneapolis Parks and
Recreation Board, for planting the field of beautiful prairie flowers (my
mother called them black-eyed Susans) at the southwest entry to the Stone Arch
Bridge.
It's about time that Minnesotans begin appreciating the prairie
grasses and flowers that thrive here in their native climate.
--
Kathleen Clarke Anderson,
Minneapolis.
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