Forwarded on behalf of list member Marnie Wells of Kingfield... A PUBLIC FORUM MINNEAPOLIS GOVERNMENT: A BALANCING ACT
The League of Women Voters of Minneapolis will present a public forum about city government structure on Thursday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. in the Howard Conn Theater, Plymouth Congregational Church, Nicollet and Franklin Avenues. Local experts will give their perspectives as elected officials, city staff, media, development, and academics in a lively dialogue about our present city government. Questions will be taken from the audience. The forum is in conjunction with a new study on Minneapolis city government the League has recently published. The event is free and open to the public. Moderator: Kathleen O'Brien, former City Coordinator and former 2nd Ward Council Member and Majority Leader. Panelists: Steve Berg, Minneapolis StarTribune editorial writer. Jan Hively, former Deputy Mayor, former Minneapolis Planning Director. Peter Hutchinson, Public Strategies, consultant for the City of Minneapolis, Former Superintendent of Minneapolis Public Schools. Thomas M. Scott, Director, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, Professor, Political Science, University of Minnesota. Responders: John Bergquist, former Assistant City Coordinator. Jackie Cherryhomes, former President of the Minneapolis City Council, Former 5th Ward Council Member. Kit Hadley, Director, Minneapolis Public Library. Chuck Leer, Minneapolis developer, North First Ventures. #### Forwarded by David Brauer, list manager 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
