A victim of funding I was profoundly disappointed by Doug Grow's May 28 column about Spike Moss' relationship with The City Inc. As a former City Inc. employee and a current nonprofit employee, I take offense at the portrayal of Fred Easter's decision as cowardly.
Most likely, Easter's decision is reflective of the current funding climate, where programs and employees of nonprofits that aren't clearly accountable simply aren't funded. Easter's decision, given the inevitable community response, was anything but cowardly. As Grow acknowledged, Moss is loved and loathed in about equal numbers. He is valued by some in his community, by the media and by the police chief, but scrutiny of the funders of The City Inc. would most likely reveal that none value him enough to pay for him. It is sad that the community turns on its own in these situations when the real villain, if there is one, is a much more restrictive and conservative funding climate. Linnea Anderson, St. Paul. http://www.startribune.com/stories/563/4801000.html Posted by Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- ___________________________________________________________ Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm 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
