Actually Greg's response to my using "Disreputable lawyer" in Phillips is very amusing. If Greg had been around for any length of time he would know I was referring to another lawyer who the old POP group tried to get a restraining order against. No Greg, it is humorous that you saw those words and just assumed I meant you, but I did mean someone else. Others from the neighborhood reading or hearing of this will get quite a laugh. We have had more than one "disbarred" or kicked out of law school "lawyer" attempting to "Takeover" the neighborhood organization before you happened along. Perhaps you should talk to Brother Paul Weir in private, he will if he wishes give you, at the minimum, several good stories about another such lawyer.
If Mr. Luce wishes to create a voting category of "Disreputable Lawyer" he can propose that at a Ventura Village committee meeting and if passed it will be considered by the Board of Ventura Village. Mr. Luce knows quite well that he gave an interpretation of the law at that public meeting that was incorrect. Mr. Luce also knows he has attempted many more than one motion at Ventura Village. If he does not know these things possibly his memory or mine is bad. Mr. Luce knows quite well that anyone can participate at committee meetings including all businesses, rental residents, property owners or any homeowner resident. Ventura Village even allows disreputable lawyers vote in committee's as long as they maintain their principal office in Ventura Village. For Fred Markus: Fred, Ventura Village Neighborhood differs from most organizations in only one way. In order to be more inclusive Ventura Village allows ALL residents and property owners to vote at Board Meetings with exactly the same voting power as an elected Board Director. Whittier for example allows ONLY elected Board Members to vote at Board meetings. ALL businesses, (which includes non-profits), residents and property owners are allowed to vote and participate at all committee meetings. This is exactly as it is done in most neighborhoods. The old Phillips neighborhoods use the method of allowing all attending members to vote at "Board Meetings". I am sure this came about because of the experience of the POP organization. Fred, please come and observe a meeting in person. You are very welcome. We were told this was a concern to NRP officials, because they wanted a "limited" board making decisions. Ventura Village refused to be less inclusive, stating that the purpose of NRP was to be as inclusive as possible, and the greater the number of people able to vote at Board meetings the better. Ventura Village continues that practice as does East Phillips, Mid Town Phillips, and West Phillips. It is a practice that more neighborhoods should adopt. At any board meeting the possible number of votes on an important issue includes every resident of that neighborhood. Not that many show up, but neither does the total number of board members at most other Neighborhood's meetings. Readers should probably ask Dean Zimmerman or Karen Clark, or Linda Berglin, or Robert Miller, or the NRP representative Barb Lickness about which person's "memory" is faulty here. Each has attended Ventura Village meetings. Or perhaps the reader should call John Bohnsack, the Minister who runs Augustana's CES program. Pastor John is the Secretary of the Ventura Village Neighborhood Organization, and a quite reputable minister. As such he will know how voting is conducted and who is included voting in Ventura Village Board Meetings, and probably give a honest answer. Jim Graham, Ventura Village _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
