Christine Viken wrote: "What can be done to break this cycle and just what is the Park Board staff's role in all this?" What can be done to break this cycle is to vote for the reform Park Board Candidates on November 8th and get the bad incumbents off the Park Board, including Walt Dzick, Bob Fine and Carol Kummer. Check out http://www.mplsparkwatch.org/ "Park Watch firmly believes the following candidates are capable of working together to identify and find solutions for the Park Boards existing problems:
District 1: LuAnn Wilcox District 3: Scott Vreeland District 4: Tracy Nordstrom District 5: Jason Stone District 6: Jim Bernstein At-large (city wide): Rochelle Berry Graves At-large (city wide): Tom Nordyke At-large (city wide): Annie Young No candidate is endorsed for district 2. The selection process involved analysis of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board operations and finances, examination of the candidates' qualifications, and careful deliberations over the past year. It is time for a change. It is time to end the conflict and the controversy associated with the Park Board and its dysfunctional majority clique, http://www.mplsparkwatch.org/node/359 Dann Dobson Summit Hill - Saint Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Christine Viken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:25:37 -0500, John Erwin wrote > Bottom line is that the Stone Arch Bridge will not be leased for any > private activity and Comm. Young, Dziedzic, Berry-Graves and myself, > among others, voiced concern about a lack of neighbor notification > and public hearing related to the Plank Rd. As a result, the plank > rd proposal was tabled for now as well. I'd pointed out in my original post that there is a history of difficulties that arise when Park Board proposals and even "done-deals" have lacked appropriate public notice and involvement. This has been repeated over and over in contravention of the Park Board's own policies. It certainly looks like having some of the Commissioners object after the fact is more like a band-aid. There's also a problem with a narrowly defining stakeholders as only those in the neighborhood. Certainly the historic designation of areas such as the Stone Arch Bridge and the regional park on Nicollet Island would indicate that the concerned parties should be much more broadly defined. And again, while I won't bore you with a quote, that's what the Park Board's own policies state. What can be done to break this cycle and just what is the Park Board staff's role in all this? Christine Viken Stevens Square/Loring Heights 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 --------------------------------- Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. 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
