Dana Bacon wrote: > I'm not convinced that our NRP associations and > council members are part of an "overgoverning" > problem. Under any future scenario (and most past > scenarios), NRP's portion of the city budget will be > small. Giving neighborhoods (including their business > residents) locally determined control over one percent > of the city budget does not overgovernment make.
It's not giving neighborhoods control, it's giving neighborhood organizations and the people who run them control. Let's not forget that it's the people who show up that run the NRP programs and that participation and representation have been and still are an ongoing problem (or in my opinion an inherent flaw of the NRP). Michael Atherton Prospect Park TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ 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
