Jim Graham wrote: > The beauty of NRP is that it allows (or was intended to > allow) neighborhoods to make those priority decisions > themselves, in order to meet their particular needs and > priorities.
The scary thing about the NRP is that supporters claim that it is "neighborhoods" that make decisions, when in fact it is a small minority of people who "show up" and those who show up may have no expertise that qualifies them for making decisions allocating hundreds of thousands of dollars. In fact, much of the time they may use no common sense, curiosity, or sense of responsibility at all and in reality, the only requirement is that they do indeed "show up." Which leaves the rest of us who are too busy working and rising children at the mercy of their "decisions." Michael Atherton Prospect Park REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
