In a post on 21 Jan 05 titled, "Politicking and the NRP", I wrote:
>NRP has had 15 years to prove its worth. If it is so pacesetting, why >haven't other cities followed suit after 15 years of this experiment.
[Lickness responded on 22 Feb 05]
Other cities in the United States have adopted programs that are like NRP. They just don't call it NRP. The city of Los Angeles for instance credits the birth of it's Neighborhood Development Department to the NRP program in Minneapolis.
[Johnson] I am still waiting for the list of cities other than Los Angeles which have created NRPs or an analog.
And I repeat from my 21 Jan 05 post:
Felien believes "it's the best we have, so far."[Johnson responded]
Not so. 15 years of the NRP Experiment have not shown the system still in use in other American cities to be obsolete. What is that other system? It is that of really democratically elected representation, selected at the ballot box, of a City Manager/Mayor, and City Council authorized to prudently expend tax income - now that's real and verifiable citizen participation!
It looks like nobody on this List will defend the miserable situation called 'citizen participation' or 'citizen engagement' in this City.
Bob Johnson Cedar-Riverside West Bank
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