Regarding my opposition to the Access Project Scott Persons (the guy who accuses STRIDE of character assassination) wrote:
You only make these charges because it affects your tiny little silo, your house on the Healy Block (which I'm guessing was subsidized by NRP in some way) David Piehl writes: Perhaps in the spirit of the Access Project PAC, Scott appears to be attempting to marginalize me and my warnings about the Access Project by stating something he doesn't know, then compounding that with an "accusation" of using NRP funds (i.e. I couldn't possibly have done it by myself?). I oppose the Access Project for all the reasons I have repeatedly stated; that has little if anything to do with where my house is located, with the exception that my proximity to the freeway causes me to think about the issue more than the average resident. For your information, the historic Healy homes (14 national register properties) will survive with or without the Excess Project due to several contingency plans that have been developed, no thanks to those who are so willing to make one-sided "compromises" in their lust for so-called amenities. What in the world does NRP funding have to do with the Excess Project debate? For your information: though NRP has helped some great projects in the city, I did not receive any NRP funding. Did you? To date, the PAC has spent well over $2 million of taxpayer dollars to come up with their plan. Scott Persons wrote: Now if the anonymous creators of raucous caucus would have the courage to put their names on their material I'm sure we would find more than a little cross pollination with STRIDE. (snip) I'd also love to hear if STRIDE really has the numbers it claims David Piehl writes: Suddenly STRIDE is responsible for Raucous Caucus? (www.raucouscaucus.com) Give me a break! Perhaps STRIDE is also responsible for the budget cuts! Regarding numbers, it depends on how you define "member". There is a core group of "founding" members, there are folks who attend the meetings, and there are folks who have signed up to be on STRIDE's mailing list (which you can do on the website, www.stride-mn.org). I think the number of people who have signed up to be on the mailing list is around 500, give or take a few; that's significantly more than are on the mailing list of the PAC, isn't it? David Piehl Central __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.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
