In a message dated 2/5/03 5:02:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> A number of groups with specific interests sought funds and > by lobbying people of like minds to attend the meeting > they were able to dominate which proposals were considered > and which were not. Keith says; I liked what David Brauer said in rebuttal to Mr. Atherton, yet I also agree with Mr. Atherton's view. A few years ago, I attended an NRP gathering to vote on funding some proposals. I felt that "packing" of the voting audience enabled the funding of a project to build a new Kitchen/training facility at our local Mosque. Was this people of like mind doing there civic duty and showing up at a neighborhood meeting; or getting all the people of a church to show up one evening and bring home the municipal bacon? By the way there was no handout available with drawings, projected costs, cooking skills class offerings, or who would qualify for access, nor anything else that I could examine. Simply...give us 1 or 2 hundred thousand...we do good stuff...motion carried...meeting adjourned. There were two or three other 'projects' that got cash, too. Keith Reitman NearNorth 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
