Re: [Mpls] Proposed NRP Referendum and Levy

2001-07-04 Thread Fredric Markus
This is a great list dicussion to be having on Independence Day! George Garnett, a former NRP Policy Board member and an old hand in these matters posts elsewhere: RE: Is a Referendum the Best Alternative? It seems to me that a few points need to be made. First, the City Council has the

[Mpls] Proposed NRP referendum and levy

2001-07-03 Thread ABerget
A few thoughts on this proposal: If this is a City Charter amendment and the levy floats under the City banner and flows directly into the City coffers, how would this work? Several times along the way, the only thing that prevented m-a-j-o-r $$$ grabs by the City was the joint powers