Scott Dier �I also primarily only work in Minneapolis, but I still have an interest in Minneapolis affairs and how things work. I am still a stakeholder in things, even if I don't happen to directly pay taxes. (except for those extra taxes on stuff I buy down there and food, right? .5 % or something?) I do commute through downtown Minneapolis every workday. � Interesting. Does commuting through Roseville make me an interested party in Roseville politics?
Yes it is quite true that MANY people have an �interest� in Minneapolis. For example, there seem to be a lot of surburbanites who have an �interest� in Minneapolis taxpayers footing a lot of costs for a stadium. We who have to PAY those costs figured that out and declined to volunteer. That�s the kind of thing that makes me very reluctant to take the advice of those exempt from our tax bills. Eva Young: �I agree that the police should be accountable. However, I do not agree that they are the only government workers who have authority, but have little accountability. � Eva, I�m an ex-employee of the Minneapolis city government. Take my word for it they ALL are unaccountable. In fact, you have an advantage with the cops because their mistakes get coverage. Similar mistakes in other city agencies never even get a glance. And every attempt on my part to get the politicians to pay some attention has been rebuffed. So though the cops aren�t really accountable, they are the most scrutinized of our public employees ( a fact even the Federation won�t dispute) �Cindy says-- check out this webpage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/travel/features/charging_andy.shtml and this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/travel/features/background.shtml Sounds like it's a done deal, to be implemented next year. It'll be interesting to see how it works. � I find it worthy of John Ashcroft. I think we should just have an extra endorsement on our plate that we pay extra for that makes us legal driving inside the �congestion area�. That wouldn�t open the Pandora�s box of state surveillance of cars. England has an Official Secrets Act and other Big Brother laws. The voters there obviously condone that sort of thing. America, hopefully, won�t. So if we want to clear up city-core congestion, we need to take a different route to that goal. Jim Mork, Ward 9 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.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
