By: Shannon Gibney Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Originally posted 10/8/2003
Latest glitch involves $7 million in contested HUD funding If the fox is in the hen house, the farmer isn’t watching the brood. It’s a simple metaphor, but nevertheless it elegantly illustrates the current state of the Hollman/Heritage Park project — now in the eighth year of an uneasy marriage between the City, McCormac-Baron developers, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Legal Aid, the Metropolitan Council, low-income housing residents, and the Minneapolis NAACP. Although all this sounds like a mouthful, it pales in comparison to the complexity of each party’s role in the project. In fact, since the Decree’s inception in 1995, it has spurred more subplots than a Robert Ludlum novel. These problems include missed deadlines, mismanagement, and allegations of industrial contamination. Full story at http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=33134&sID=4 -Doug Mann, King Field Soon to publish a pamphlet entitled Flight from Equality: School reform in the US since 1983 - REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ 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
