David & List, You couldn't be MORE ON TARGET! More space means more space to maintain. ONGOING costs that the County can ill-afford to take on.
Hennepin County already has an ongoing project in the area: Powderhorn Partnership. Perhaps they are looking to pull up the stakes there and move into the Sears building. Outreach into the communities is VERY important. However, Hennepin is facing a $34 million shortfall in their budget. The Commissioners should spend more time in the communities themselves rather than simply making gestures or creating new projects as their outreach. The reason most folks ignore what's happening in County government is that the Commissioners have done a poor job in communicating all they do; we hear more about stadiums (boo!) and roads than the vital social services that they provide. Let's hope for some new blood up on the 24th floor this fall, eh? Bob Velez Shingle Creek Ward 4 Green Party endorsed candidate for Hennepin County Commissioner, District 1 \> Dick Saunders, and the good folks at the BizJournal, write: > > �>3) Hennepin County wants to buy three floors of the old 1928 tower for > 120,000 SF of offices and a service center; > > Interesting. Here we are in tight budget times (witness the Park Board > HQ brou-ha-ha). Why does Hennepin County, which also must cut its > budget, need more office space here in our fair city? > > We so often pay less attention to county government than any other. But > it's all part of the same property tax bill. > > David Brauer > King Field _______________________________________ 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
