Carol Becker says: For folks who don't know, the library system is going through an extremely painful process of laying off about 25% of its staff, a much greater retrenchment than any of the other municipal services that have had to reduce staff. So this trend is not going in the way that we would like.
Peter responds: This makes Mayor Rybak's support of public funding for a sports stadium all the more disturbing. I guess, the late Flo Kennedy was right when she used the term "jockcocracy" to describe our system of government.--------Peter Schmitz CARAG 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. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ 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
