Controversy dogs Hollman/ Heritage Park project By: Isaac Peterson, III Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 7/23/2003
Johnson Lee bypassed in appointment of project head The words �Hollman Project� and �Heritage Park� have long been synonyms for �controversy.� Recent developments, however, appear to all but guarantee that that �controversy� is about to be elevated to new levels. The history of the project is well known and has been written about extensively, and it is not our intention to revisit the entire tortured history of a project that will almost without a doubt be remembered as one of the uglier moments in Minneapolis� memory. In addition to the issue of previous low-income residents who have been displaced and priced out of new units, more recent controversies surround the circumstances of the recently appointed head of the project, failure to meet deadlines, construction quality, and environmental concerns. Many are concerned that the current head of the Heritage Park project, Kim Havey, was appointed through a process they are calling blatant �cronyism.� Some cite Havey�s personal and professional associations with Minneapolis City Council Member Lisa Goodman as his primary qualification for appointment to the position, as well as �coziness� with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak. http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/default.asp Posted by Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers 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
