Robert P. Goldman wrote: > The result of these two processes, in my opinion, is that no one is > trying to present the details of the plan to the community or to > engage the community and convince us that they are making decisions in > the best interests of the population of the city. This seems like a > badly mis-functioning democracy.
When school board members are elected via blind party loyalty rather than an evaluation of the candidates' potential to improve educational quality, then democracy is not functioning as well as it might. I think it will be a long time coming before we see any real improvements in the Minneapolis Public Schools. Michael Atherton Prospect Park 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
