Hello Jim & Minneapolis Folks:
JB wrote:" so I am proposing to start that conversation - what do you think are the
advantages of a smaller city council and, how would a smaller city council lead to a
better/more effective/ city council process?
Jim Bernstein
Fulton
KB writes: Others have advocated for returning to a larger council of 26 (I believe).
They have argue that neighborhoods recieve better services because council members are
not spread so thin, and that 26 par-time council members could do a better job then 13
full-time. I do not necessarily support such an idea, but believe it is a worthy idea
of adding to the discussion.
Ken Bradley Corcoran Neighborhood
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