[Mpls] Re: Back room deals at the Park Board

[Svattheriver]

I went back to the list archives April 2002 to try to remember the details of the renting of the Theodore Wirth House. Isn't Jon Gruban the director of the organization that rented the Wirth house for 55 cents a square foot and wouldn't allow public access to even Theodore Wirth? ( The one that is still living).
The issue of ethics was raised about the appropriateness of gifts the organization gave to  Park Board Commissioners. I don't remember all the details or any resolution to the ethics question.

Jon Gruban may be the best candidate and if so he should go the kind of process our current Superintendent went through.
I also notice a lot of blame is being heaped on Vivian Mason.
What did she do? She asked publicly how committed the finalist was. It seems a reasonable and important question to me. It showed in retrospect how that candidate would handle public criticism.
>From what we have seen that is an important skill.

Thanks,
Scott Vreeland  Seward