I tuned in to Channel 14 to watch the proceedings. Unfortunately, the live broadcast went off the air at 8:00 pm just as the discussion of this incident was to commence.
On 6/16/05, Dann Dobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > 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
