----- Original Message ----- From: "WizardMarks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Mpls] A Suggestion on Budget cuts, for City Council Members > WM: There is a good side to the boards having honoraria or stipends: > People who have to take off work or hire baby sitters so that they can > attend can participate. It helped Charlotte Anderson, who sat on the > library board for several years, be able to get compensation for time > lost at work. Had I been elected last election (losing has turned out to > be a blessing), that little bit of money would have allowed me to serve. > The question is not why do they pay that sum, or that the sum is > excessive, it usually ain't, but who is getting that fee and does that > person have a positive or negative effect on getting anything accomplished.
MN: So, what is the going rate for a library board member, $600 a month? add in catered meals at the meetings costing thousands of dollars per year. Free indoor parking (at the old library, I don't know if they have the same arrangement at CLM.) And who knows what else the taxpayers are spending for them and how many other boards, commissions, etc. are out there spending our money for luxuries and conveniences? Hell, that "little bit of money" that would have allowed you to serve is half a months wages for some library employees. S'cuse me while I go get another piece of cake. Mike Nelson Down In Central, Kvetching 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
