In a message dated 5/31/03 9:34:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > This link is to the charities division of the Minnesota attorney general's > office for one Minneapolis neighborhood. I don't know about other > neighborhood assns... but this one is certainly an eye-opening example. > Let's follow the money down the yellow brick road to your tax bill... got > your ruby red slippers? > > A 1 year budget of $450,000+ > about $200,000 goes to staff salaries, bennies, office space for the staff, > phone bills ($8000 for 1 year?). > $82,000 gets written off because NRP refuses to cover these expenses for > whatever reason(?). > That leaves... about $120,000 for actual projects/programs for this > neighborhood. > > So... spend $300,000 to provide $120,000 in programs for the neighborhood. > This is a good thing? > Keith says; Point well taken. Further, I doubt the director, nor the staff, are reaching in pocket for the $82, 000 NRP refused to cover. I imagine that was paid with government money; from some other trough. So please add it back to the lopsided equasion. OK? Keith Reitman NearNorth TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) ________________________________ 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
