It seems simple to me that the media would send up some helicopters or aerial photographers of some sort to take some photos of the crowds in question. How can they patrol our skies watching traffic 10 times a week, but not for a once-a-few-months two to ten thousand citizens marching around our State's capitol in Saint Paul or 30K to half a million at our Nation's capitol? Why isn't the "crowd shot" a prize for our local newspapers? George Seldes answered that: http://www.brasscheck.com/seldes/
What is advertisment revenue's relationship to what is covered by the Star Tribune or our local TV stations? They do not want to know, if it doesn't help sell the consumer culture, it's not going to be featured. And if it displays civic mindedness, well, that could lead to democracy and that's just not going to make the final cut. Fortunately for Minneapolis, our local newspaper publications do a service to citizens by sponsoring forums and offering extensive candidate profiles. This is a model that should be adopted at higher levels of government and to other cities. Regarding Saturday's #, I heard there is a DC Police band recording with the police estimating 210,000. If I find the link, I'll pass it on. ~Stephen Eisenmenger Calhoun Area Resident ACTION Group (CARAG) http://www.carag.org/ ------------------------------------------------- Don't just tell them where you are. Tell them who you are. Free email at www.newcity.com. _______________________________________ 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
