Council delay will cost taxpayers By: Pauline Thomas Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 3/12/2003
Minneapolis city leaders have an obligation to uphold the law. Yet, when it comes to federal mediation, I�ve often wondered exactly what the mayor and the city council are trying to accomplish. Is the City really interested in discussing problems with the police department and bringing forth meaningful solutions? Do they even understand what mediation is all about? They pass a resolution desiring to mediate but then stall when it is time to come to the table. Or they say, �We want to choose who will sit on the community�s side of the table.� Now, to top it all off, some city leaders are also trying to pick the lawyers for the community team. How much more ridiculous can this get? Like other members of the community, I had a strange notion that our new city council members would be guardians of the people�s interests. Boy, were we wrong. We are learning a very powerful lesson � that certain people who run for office advocating for real change forget about it once they get in and, instead, try to secure political positions for themselves. Decisions made by the city council should be based solely on facts and not on political aspirations. But for some of these folks, that�s not how it�s done. http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/News/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=23822&sID=16 http://www.spokesman-recorder.com Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup 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
