--- Jay Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They have told me that if there is a community meeting, and a police > officer is making a presentation or answering questions from > neighbors, > the police officer would probably feel as free now as before to talk, > even if there are reporters present.
I love this move by the Mayor to consolidate as much communication as posible through one representative. That's what corporations do. Reduce potential damage control. Let one person (more trained, not necessarily more knowledgeable about some topic) to handle the questions. There is one problem which might make this path less desireable. It's not very personable to the tax payers paying their wages. They could speak volumns come next election. Corporations can get away with it because it's business as usualy and Joe Tax Payer doesn't have much to say except when his tax dollar is given to the corporation via corporate subsidies. I'm curious to see if it would work here like it did in other cities. > Let's say there is a community meeting on some moderately hot topic. > A > police officer is taking questions from neighbors in the room. There > are reporters present, and they start raising their hands and > directing > questions to the police officer. Maybe police will get proper training in the art of "answer the question without answering it." > Would the police officer feel as free as before to answer the > questions coming from the reporters? See above. Mr. Officer will probably answer, but it may not be the answer with any depth. > Or would the police officer feel she had to refer the questions to > someone else? See above. I can't imagine an officer always referring people to the "communication coordinator." That would make not only the officer look incompetent, but his department, and the city. > Does anybody in City Hall know? The "communication coordinator." > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. David Brauer is our Issues List Bodhisattva > 2. His words light up the List the way the stars light up the heavens Sarcasm? Speech tone is difficult to detect on here. Administering a list is hard work. -- Thomas T. Thai / Whittier __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com 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
