Unfortunately, I was detained elsewhere yesterday and could not attend yesterday's Park Board meeting, but I am eagerly awaiting to hear what occured in the Gurbin - Stone matter, particularly in light of Chris Johnson's post. What did the Park Board do about Mr. Gurbin's actions, if anything? Were some people prevented from speaking, who signed up "Late"?
I await with baited breath. Dann Dobson Saint Paul Chris Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've been told that a number of people from Nicollet Island who thought they had signed up for "Open Time" at tonight's Park Board meeting have learned that the Park Board does not have them on the list to speak, as their sign ups were considered to be "not timely." This is peculiar, because existing policy is that one must sign up by 4:00pm on the Wednesday of the meeting. Since 4:00pm has not yet arrived (as of the time of writing -- this was actually posted later), it seems, well, completely impossible to call those sign ups not timely. Oh no, one might exclaim! Sign up must be done by Monday before, maybe even by Noon! I was wrong on that point in my earlier post, just as anyone now believing that, including staff and commissioners at the Park Board, are wrong. I just researched the issue. Lo and behold, the board never officially changed the sign up time, although there was plenty of discussion and a motion passed out of committee on it. On February 16, a motion (3.3) before the board to move sign up for Open Time to Monday actually FAILED to pass. This motion was passed out of committee at the February 2 meeting. I just checked the official minutes on the Park Board web site for the Feb. 16 meeting and they agree with own report: the official change to the prior Monday from the existing policy of Wednesday of the meeting sign up for open time FAILED to pass. The former policy was to sign up by 4pm on the day of the meeting. In other words, the sign up time never changed officially! The policy for signing up to speak at Public Open Time should still be 4:00pm on Wednesdays prior to the meeting. It looks like someone decided that the time was going to change regardless of the commissioners explicit vote against changing it. Inquiring minds want to know who made the decision and who wrongly implemented it. -- Chris Johnson Fulton 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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
