While I believe that HIV prevention is an extremely important issue that is worthy of my tax dollars, I am not convinced that it should be a "City Budget" responsibility. I would much rather see the HIV prevention dollars in the County or State budget. Again, not denying the need, just questioning the source.
Dean Carlson East Harriet Farmstead Ward 10 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terrell Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Minneapolis Issues Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 9:52 PM Subject: RE: [Mpls] 2004 City Budget Passed by Council > Laura Sether, Office of Mayor Rybak writes: > > > The Minneapolis City Council tonight passed Mayor Rybak's > > proposed 2004 City budget on an 11-2 vote. > > > > "This budget represents a significant investment ... > > What was left out was: > > City of Minneapolis Budget To Reduce HIV Prevention Funding > > The Minneapolis City Council voted today to reduce funding for HIV > prevention by 35% from $35,000 to $23,000 for 2004. A previous proposal > had eliminated the designated funding and instead directed all the money > that comes from the Community Development Block Grants, which includes > HIV prevention dollars, to other city boards for them to allocate the > funds. Instead, nearly all the public health and family support funding > received a 35% across the board cut. Since 45% of new infections in > 2002 in the state of Minnesota were in the city of Minneapolis. It is a > disappointment to see still more cuts in vital public services. With > all the restrictions being placed on prevention dollars at the federal > and state level, prevention workers were able to use these dollars to do > the effective and targeted work that gets at communities most at risk - > primarily gay/bisexual men and intravenous drug users. It is also > expected that changes will be made to the process for the 2005 budget. > > 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
