As one of the organizers of the budget discussion last night, I appreciate Mike's comments. I agree with much of what he said about how the seminar turned out - partisan in appearance, somewhat restricted in dialogue, and I will add that it veered from the topic of how the cuts will effect Minneapolis. This was partly an outcome of circumstance. We invited the legislators who serve SW Minneapolis and they are all DFL. We were also not aware on scheduling it that the Governors budget would be out that afternoon. I think this made it difficult for in depth conversation as the legislators didn't have full knowledge yet of what was being proposed.
We consider all of our efforts to be experimental and we are always evaluating what we do. I was happy to see there were 10 of the 50 in attendance who came from this list. For those who attended, please give me your feedback so we can shape our future seminars. Michelle Martin Armatage Getting to the Bottom of the Ballot Project Coordinator 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
