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To access links, see Steven Clift's blog: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=226 Post: City of Saint Paul Budget Cruncher Check out the City of St. Paul's Budget Cruncher. It includes a great short video with the new Mayor outlining the $15 million dollar deficit with links to detailed budget documents, lets you balance the budget yourself with an online educational tool, then lists district council meetings across the city where you can find input. All they are missing is a link to St. Paul Issues Forum where people can discuss the budget two-way online. I figure if the city knows it is a good place to post theie press release, they should link to the forum as well. :-) I am guessing the city was inspired by Minnesota Public Radio's award winning state Budget Balancer exercise. Steven Clift P.S. Across the river, in Minneapolis the Mayor is using an online survey to gather input on what to look for in a new police chief. *** Democracies Online Newswire - http://DoWire.Org *** To comment/for links: http://dowire.org/notes/?p=226 To network: http://groups.dowire.org Submit posts: http://dowire.org/submit Member profile for Steven: http://groups.dowire.org/main/contacts/stevenclift ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail: http://groups.dowire.org/main/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/topic/113863 For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's blog posts by e-mail is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
