Michael Hohmann writes: > I agree with both David and Karen regarding the hasty > challenges and negative assumptions regarding the new CPED > hires, although I find it interesting that an Interim > Director is doing the hiring.
I too, am curious how an Interim Director of a not-yet-established city department can hire managers to direct yet-to-be-specified development. I'm not so much commenting on the qualifications of the choices (although several recent posts here are encouraging) but as to the sense that Rybak, Fey, Sheehy, and the City Council are building a power base that excludes outside participation *before* decisions are made as to the inclusion of NRP and the neighborhoods. The NRP discussion won't come before the council until Aug 4, too late to run a full Council cycle before the CPED decision on July 29, or Rybak's budget release in mid-Aug. Observation: Lately, Lee Sheehy has signed letters as "Executive Director, Minneapolis Community Development Agency." Does anyone know when and how he became director of the MCDA? To the best of my knowledge, he was only hired as an interim director of CPED. And wouldn't it have taken a vote from the MCDA's Board, A.K.A. the City Council, to approve his hiring as such? I seemed to have missed that action. Doug Walter Nokomis East 25-year resident of Minnehaha 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
