The ordinary citizen does not elect people anymore. Money does. Andy Driscoll Saint Paul ------ "He who knows the precepts by heart, but fails to practice them, Is like unto one who lights a lamp and then shuts his eyes." --Nagarjuna
> From: "Pamela Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:46:40 -0400 > To: "David Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "JIM GRAHAM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Mpls - Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Mpls] David Brauer's Prodigal House information on > Neighborhoodsfighting Supportive Housing > > List, > > It is statements and mindsets like the one brought forth from Mr. Wilson > that the city counts on. Why is it so impossible for people to believe the > ordinary citizen? Has it not been proven time and time again, with examples > mind you, that we citizens get messed over on a constant basis? > > I look at the posts of a lot of the list members, and I don't believe > everything I read. However, a lot of our members bring sound evidence and > advice into our midst, and one cannot help but believe it. I guess some > folks believe that if it has not happened directly to them it cannot > possibly be true. > > Must we be shot in the head with a bullet to know it's deadly effects? > > Pamela Taylor > (Clearwater, who will be visiting home - Minneapolis - next week) > > Jim Graham wrote: > > There were even attempts by Hennepin County funded Family & > Children's Services staff to have meetings to destabilize the neighborhood > organization because residents opposed the CVI project. Fortunately their > efforts at a secret meeting failed and all the people who showed up, who > were not someone's staff, were residents who overwhelmingly opposed both > the > CVI project and any attempt to destabilize the Neighborhood Organization. > > -------------------------------- > > David Wilson wrote: > Lighten up a little Jim. The City may bumble around with development > projects (and sometimes lose the public interest) but spending time to > undermind the neighborhood group? If they wanted to do that they would > get pack of bureaucrates and lawyers and gang-audit you. > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
