How can an all clear be given in light of what happened with the preceding council... It's the people that will keep government honest or not. Same with a City Manager...who says he would not be corrupted. This corruption has been in City Government for a long time ...*business as usual* I hope the US Attorneys do some deep cleaning in Minneapolis. Then maybe work on something easier... Haliburton! dorie gallagher nokomis > > What struck me most from the Strib article was this comment by the U.S. > Assistant Attorney Ward: > > "Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael Ward and Nicole Engisch were the > victorious prosecutors. But Ward wasn't willing to give Minneapolis the > all-clear. 'The structure of city government revealed some > vulnerabilities to corruption.' > > The ward system -- with 13 council members who all have access to > inspectors and constituent services programs -- presents corruption > opportunities, he said." > > With all the talk of restructuring our municipal infrastructure (and a > healthy one at that), I'm wondering if there's a hint in here to make > the case for a City Manager as a filter between CMs and inspectors and > constituent services programs therefore reducing the possibility of > Heron/Sabri-type fiascoes from reoccurring. Or will a City Manager > centralize and possibly increase the opportunity for corruption? > > Aaron Neumann > Holland Neighborhood, NE > > 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
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