Margaret, I read your posts on the subject of homelessness over the last year with great interest and I think it is an important issue. While this may sound coy, it is meant as a serious question, and that is what do you want to be done? Granted that if it was possible, we'd want everyone not to be homeless, but barring that, do you have an agenda of things you'd like to see accomplished? And how it can be financed?(e.g. a list of the top 5 things that you'd like or some short term goals and long term goals)
I'm asking because it's very clear that you're passionate about this issue, and it's very clear that it's an important issue, and while I understand that you're holding protests to bring attention to things that need to be done, I'm not sure what those things are. Nor how, in the budget crisis that we have, we should find funding for it (i.e. are there creative ways of doing this, are there things that should be dropped from the City's budget?) And maybe I'm the only one, but if not, putting out a concise and specific agenda or list would probably get you a lot more support from people such as myself who think that homelessness is an important issue, but don't know what activists with experience in the area such as yourself want to see done. So is it something you can put out or refer people to see online so we have a better understanding? Jonathan Palmer Victory This post sent to you in brand spankin' new AOL 9.0 "Compose-As-Plain-Text-o-Vision" 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
