Am I back in grammer school, outside in the playground during recess? This "line" of "political" "discussion" sounds very much like the types of things that were said to resolve differnces of opinion at that time, in that place:
"Your mother wears combat boots!" "Your father is a drunk" "I'm going to beat you up after school" Are you looking for solutions to the political challenges that we face in the city of Minneapolis and the metropolitan region, or is this an opportunity to advertise your political position, wag your finger, and stand there trying to look superior to those who don't share your political beliefs? I think that Steve Cross and Bill Cullen started a discussion that can be useful for all of us to pursue. "How do we use scarce resources to meet competing demands in the city of Minneapolis?" There is more than enough room to discuss these issues and offer up alternative solutions, without demeaning the rest of us with ideology and polemics. David Wilson Loring Park On Sun, 16 Mar 2003, Craig Miller wrote: > > > > > Bill Cullen said: > > > > "We don't get either program in the burbs. I pay for my spring cleaning > > annually." > > > > My reply: > > > > Here we have what is the essence of the problem with Minnesota politics > > right now. > > ( CM) I call it differences of opinion settled on election day. > > It's the attitude "If we don't need it in the burbs, then nobody > > needs it." > > (CM) I would say the same but converse thinking has ruled the city for two > decades. I call it the Imperial Paris method thinking of your typical > Minneapolitan. "You must support our great things-programs inside of our > mother city boarders. You suburbanites have no desire, brainpower, or > cultural need to have these things in your ugly conformist bedroom > communities. Snif-Snif"". > > Until we get back to some kind of acceptance that we've got > > different needs (and living in the burbs doesn't make you a rugged > > individualist) and that we've all got to stick together to support those > > needs, > > (CM) Translation, suburbanites pay higher taxes to support your > entertainment, cultural pursuits,NRP's etc. > > then our society is just going to get more and more sick. > > (CM) Self inflicted? > > When that > > time comes, as it surely must with politics divided the way it is, then > > living in the central cities or the burbs will both be harrowing > > experiences. > > (CM) I'll bet you your wrong. The suburbanites will pay taxes to support > their basic needs. They already do and then pay some of Mpls's basic needs. > > Why can't the city of Mpls behave like the oldest child in this big > Minnesota family and take a LEAD roll in starting a new renisaince of > municipal governance and life. Show the rest of the state how a vibrant, > bustling, pounding city can pay for itself and kick the junk habit of > moaning in withdrawal pain of not having someone elses money to spend? > > Leadership is not crying about how the rest of your family won't help you in > your addiction of someone elses money. > > Craig Miller > Rogers, MN > Former Citizen and Future Citizen of the Minneapple > > > > > > 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 > 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
