I, Keith Reitman, am an undecided vote in the upcoming Mayoral election. I am not attracted to McLaughlin I have respect for RT's efforts to run this City in the midst of great fiscal challenges. He has also studied the Northside quite a bit during his tenure; bravo that. I wish he had met more with street level stakeholders, such as myself and many others, on development initiative brainstorming. I wish he had "brought us to the table" ; at least for conversation. I wish his administration had been less prescriptive and top down in problem solving West Broadway. I imagine J. Palmer will surrogate on this one; so giddy-up.
The request below was posted Dec. 2001, and is not a new issue I raise this year: In a message dated 12/7/01 11:21:09 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << As far as the coverage of my actions, this is true. But it's not the case. This afternoon I'm meeting with David Fey and our affordable housing task force, which has been working very hard over the past few weeks to lay out our proposed agenda. It's very strong work so far and I expect it to get better. We are going to refine it today, air it before council members and legislators early next week and then bring it forward probably late next week. I am also going to be talking about this when I meet with Gov. Ventura in about an hour. >> (KR says) Dear RT, Welcome to City Hall. Since the policies and prizes are being passed before Jan. 2, I wish to ask you a question about affordable housing initiatives you are formulating. Which people from the private sector, small businessmen called landlord, have you selected and appointed to this affordable housing roundtable so far? I have a fear that all nonprofit and no bottom line experience means spending more money with less thought. Our tax money is short, let the idea list grow long. Thank you. Keith Reitman Near North 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:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
