Fewer council persons means bigger districts, less responsiveness, less democracy. A bad idea.
--David Shove Roseville On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Allen wrote: > > > For sources of funding for the trail system, I would suggest to start with > trimming the city council back to a reasonable number, 7. This would have > several other advantages better left for another conversation. Also, we seem > to have a civil rights department that seems to receive 2 to 3 times the > funding that other CR dept's in other comparable cities receive. Between > those two we'd have another $2+ million to make use of. > > Or we could enact a city fuel tax to help pay for city streets and trails. > > Allen Graetz > Lowry Hill > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Bob GUSTAFSON > Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 9:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Mpls] Clic report on some funding ..Libraries verus bike > trails > > The city's investment is highly leveraged. > There are however growing concerns about how we will absorb the ongoing > maintenance and capital costs of the bikeway system we are developing, but > that is little different then our concerns for a library sytem that is > committed to keeping all libraries open when they don't have the funding to > keep the doors open once the facilites are improved. > > > > > 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 > 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
