http://lloydletta.blogspot.com/2005/10/scott-persons-and-lyndale-neighborhood.html
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Scott Persons and Lyndale Neighborhood Association's Missing 82K
I went fishing for more information on the allegations on Minneapolis
Upside Down and Stop Scott on the Minneapolis Issues list. Wendy Pareene
(better known as Wendy Wilde) was the board member of Lyndale Neighborhood
who wrote the letter according to one source.
I have contacted Wendy to get the scoop. Wendy Pareene has
<http://www.mnforum.org/pipermail/mpls/2003-May/024531.html>several
<http://www.mnforum.org/pipermail/mpls/2003-June/024614.html>posts about
this topic in May and June 2003 on the Minneapolis issues list.
[Mpls] Neighborhood associations - follow the money - uh...
Wendy Introwitz Pareene [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sat May 31 23:34:01 2003
This link is to the charities division of the Minnesota attorney general's
office for one Minneapolis neighborhood. I don't know about other
neighborhood assns... but this one is certainly an eye-opening example.
Let's follow the money down the yellow brick road to your tax bill... got
your ruby red slippers?
A 1 year budget of $450,000+ about $200,000 goes to staff salaries,
bennies, office space for the staff, phone bills ($8000 for 1 year?).
$82,000 gets written off because NRP refuses to cover these expenses for
whatever reason(?). That leaves... about $120,000 for actual
projects/programs for this neighborhood.
So... spend $300,000 to provide $120,000 in programs for the neighborhood.
This is a good thing?
Don't misunderstand... it is a GOOD thing for the city to let neighborhoods
decide how to spend municipal money in their area. BUT... why doesn't Mpls
just tell the neighborhoods... okay... here's $200,000 for your
neighborhood... hold one big meeting with all the neighbors, vote on what
you want to spend it on, and we'll cut the checks and send them out. Done.
No extra layers of beaurocracy. No office building... no staff... no
benefits... no $5000 in meeting expenses... no $8000 phone bills... and NO
$82,000 write off... and our property tax bills don't have to go up to pay
for such foolish waste.
How are the people running these orgs in any real way qualified to do so?
Are they successful business owners who know how to run a $450,000 dollar
per year business successfully? Or are they (in some cases I have seen)
career beaurocrats used to paychecks from government bodies who use
neighborhood assn as as a way to get their hands on more government money
and hire their friends and make themselves feel powerful?
What kind of business could operate this way for long?
Wendy Introwitz Pareene
South Minneapolis
[Mpls] neighborhood assn - 35w access - WHERE'S THE MONEY
Wendy Introwitz Pareene [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tue Jun 3 07:48:01 2003
Doug, I sat on the board, on the exec committee and on the project fund
committee at the time the $82,000 was written off. I've spoken to highest
officials at NRP and the atty gen's office about it... tried to convince
the board to look more closely into what was going on financially... to no
avail. You did a good job of trying to spin the numbers, though!
There really was only $127,000 spent on community projects... there really
was an $82,000 write off that NRP refused to pay for... there really was
$8000 spent on the phone bill for one year...
Even the $5000 meeting expense is ridiculous... when my boss calls a
meeting, he doesn't provide snacks and drinks... he doesn't rent a special
place or have a "candle lighting" and special, paid "mediators..." he just
calls a meeting... we sit there without snacks till it is done... and we go.
NO ADDED EXPENSE.
The same person who managed (?) this half-million dollar per year budget is
the same one who has been the most vocal about pushing through the Access
project.
Wendy Introwitz Pareene
South Minneapolis
This is another reason why I oppose NRP.
posted by lloydletta
Eva Young
Near North
Minneapolis
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