WM: Pauline Thomas, along with me and some 20 other people were among the "noble opposition" which resulted in the difficult times at CNIA (which is not dead, by the way). You, Karen, were part of the status quo. Also among the opposition were Rev. Maxie Turner, former President of CNIA, Elmer Childress, elder of the neighborhood and long term board member of CNIA. Both Mr. Childress and I were given a very nice recognition by Robert Lilligren last summer. Should Lilligren be required to justify those awards as well?Why is Robert Lilligren stroking Pauline Thomas? Robert recognized Pauline for her efforts in the community through a resolution of a city committee.
I have to say that I am asking the same question regarding Robert's support
of Pauline. When I think of Pauline I associate her with the demise of CNIA,
as she was an outspoken board member at the time.
WM: Attaching Pauline to the missing funds is truly egregious. David Piehl was there too, as was I. My understanding from NRP was that no funds were actually missing and what is being contested--if it's still being contested, was the use of the funds; the claim being that the use of funds was outside the parameters of what NRP funds can do.What also happened at the time was the missing NRP funds.
I have been mulling over this issue for quite some time. I have questionsWM: This may be the reason why you cannot accord Pauline the courtesy of being given any recognition.
that I hope Robert will answer in this forum. ... I have yet
to hear the reasoning for choosing her. This Community Collaborative is not
an organization I have much knowledge of.
WM: As I did, when it fell apart. As Vickie Brock did. And Val Wurster and Julie DelGado O'Neil and Sheryl Kabat and Sue Perkins. We have a Weed & Seed program because of the long hours put in by a lot of people, not just Mel and Phil.I hope I can be enlightened as to what they do that improves our neighborhood. Is what she did better than what some other Central residents have done? Who comes to mind is the hard work of Mel North and Philip Miller who have helped Central Neighborhood with their ongoing efforts in Weed and Seed.
WM: The tone of this post is bile. Council members and Aldermen before them have all given awards to people for reasons most of us will only learn of if we go to the presenting ceremonies, unless it should happen to get covered by the Strib or TV news.Another question I have for Robert is what award is this that Pauline and V.J. received? Is this award a yearly thing or is it new? Were there other people considered for the award? What is the criteria for this award?
Furthermore, this CNIA stuff is several years old now. How is hanging onto that anger helping the neighborhood now? We could easily lose the gains we have made if everyone is going to continue some Hatfields and McCoys routine into the next millennia. (BTW: the Hatfields and McCoys have entered into a true. Bout damn time.)
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