Margaret Hastings wrote: > As citizens we are not required to do legislator's jobs for them. They > were elected and paid to come up with solutions and respond to > constituents who put forth what the priorities should be. > > As constituents we can lobby to insist on what we feel needs priority--- > we do not need to do legislators jobs for them. > > So the same would hold true for the Mayor (and city council)--- it is > their job to put forth a committment, a plan and set time lines to end > homelessness in Mpls.
I agree with Margaret that it is the responsibility of our elected representatives to come up with solutions. However, if want a particular solution implemented, we have a responsibility to offer that solution to them. To be clear on this, we are not off the hook just because we elected someone to represent us. [snip] > So, I expect Mayor Rybak to respond to his constituents, and place a > priority on ending homelessness and putting in place a concrete plan. Possibly Mayor Rybak is responding to his constituents. Before he was elected, I expressed my opinion to him that the focus of NRP ought to not to be on homelessness and affordable housing. At the time of his campaigning, there were calls for spending a greater percentage of NRP funds on affordable housing. The calls have changed from more NRP money to greater City involvement, but, I still believe that homelessness is a regional problem that is too large for the City of Minneapolis to handle by itself. Instead, the City of Minneapolis should focus on providing basic services to its citizens (which does not include funding a stadium for the Twins or Vikings) Scott McGerik Minneapolis 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
