Here's a question: Why is there this presumption that Mayor Rybak is obligated to respond to everything posted to the Issues Forum? Or any other local office holder, for that matter? I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure there's nothing in the oath of office that requires a Minneapolis politician to answer every question that comes across this forum. If they did, I think they'd be working even more than the 10-12 hour days that I've heard several of them do. What makes the several hundred of us so special?
I've found I usually get answers to my questions for either the Mayor or my CM by asking them directly (politely helps too) and not by trying to shame them through a public forum. Last week, I saw several people ask the Mayor pretty tough questions at the community meeting held in Bottineau Park for the Minneapolis budget. He answered all of them or brought up members of his staff to do so when appropriate. Although I don't agree with Mayor Rybak on every issue, I'm damned impressed with how much emphasis his office has placed on community outreach and providing information compared to previous administrations. And I think anyone who truly believes Mayor Rybak only responds to the feel-good stuff needs to pull their head out of the sand. He's shown a great deal of leadership on tackling a lot of tough issues related to crime, the city budget and long-overdue efforts to revamp city government in the past year and a half. Cut the guy a little slack, OK? Mark Snyder Windom Park On 8/8/03 12:59 PM, "Tom Welling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, he responds when he likes the question enough to respond anyway. RT > STILL hasn't responded to the conflict of interest accusations surrounding > CPED, Smith Parker, and the Access Project. RT has displayed no leadership > whatsoever surrounding these issues, seemingly preferring easy fluffy feel > good issues to the real ones. > > Tom Welling > CARAG 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, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
