I shall remain stifled no longer! I'm neither a neighborhood activist nor a politician. A hack possibly, but only when I'm weeding or trimming the schnauzers, neither of which is a particularly political venture. I imagine we'll get to see how apolitical the process is when McKinsey's recommendations are implemented and city employees, members of the some 12 labor unions involved, are given their new assignments or in some cases, the boot. Surprising there's been no discussion of the fact that many of the current council and the mayor were DFL endorsed. I can just hear the battle cry of "Remember McKinsey!!" during the next election... The good news is that if we're all as prehistoric, uneducated and difficult to work with as folks claim, MCDA staff will likely remain verbal punching bags for every angry citizen, mediocre developer and disgruntled politician for decades to come -regardless of McKinsey's glowing recommendations. I am struck, but have empathy to some extent, for the folks that really are counting on municipal government suddenly becoming a smooth-running, well-oiled machine by merely adopting someone else's idea of business acumen. Especially a former consultant to KMart (eew) and Enron (blech!)I guess the devil's in the details. It's been my personal experience that free advice is worth pretty much what you pay for it. JHarmon Cleveland
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