In a recent interview (1/3/2005, http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5165197.html), Park Superintendent Jon Gurban said:
"I think my challenge is to figure out ways to communicate effectively with each of the park commissioners so we can have good discussions and debate amongst ourselves ... I do think there's a little too much emphasis placed on consensus." A good start would be for Mr. Gurban to share information with all of the Park Commissioners- not just those that hired him. It troubles me to see the growing list of projects which are the byproduct of one or two Commissioners' (or perhaps the Superintendent's) fancy and which have no community buy-in. As I am out talking with people, I hear concerns about the increasing costs of park services, but no public clamoring for Park Board subsidized banquet centers, restaurants, marinas, stadiums, miniature golf courses, sports complexes or yacht clubs. Jason Stone Diamond Lake Candidate for Park Board District 5, announcement forthcoming --- Annie Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote <in part>: > I must have missed the meeting where we identified our top > priorities that we will fight for over at the Capitol My biggest dismay at > all this is what happened to the fight for a new Community Center in East > Phillips Park that we fought so hard for last time around. > And we have not even discussed if we could get some money out of the > Legislature to take on our devastating Tree Emergency. <snip> > These are examples that we refer to often times as the backroom antics and > I am never sure how they get brought forward or get twisted around from > what I thought were our tip priority issues. These will be the types of > actions I will be fighting for in my re-election campaign to the Park Board > - Open up the dialogue, no more backroom deals, provide all the information > to all the Commissioners and more. And since I sit on the Legislative > Committee I would even love to know when we are going over to make requests > that I be included in the who, what, where and when info. I seem to never > know when they are going over to the Capitol. <snip> > Even though I have sat on this Legislative committee for a long time I seem > to be the last to know. 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
