Listmembers,
I believe that if the school board members were voted in by wards much like
council members, that the voter turnout would be much greater than in any of
the other races. Education is a big issue, and parents want someone to be
accountable to them, which is not how a lot of them v
DRG> two. Otherwise, some areas have no voice, no recourse, no
DRG> power. Such as what was happening in our area the past couple
DRG> of years. Let someone be elected who will represent the area,
DRG> be accountable for what is happening, and keep us informed.
I simply don't see why t
Thanks to Derek for a very thoughtful response to my email and, even
better, one that brought some new facts to the discussion. He's gone
a long way to convincing me...
> "DBR" == Derek Burrows Reise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...snip...]
Derek points out that it would be hard to get the
While I understand and agree with the philosophical
point Robert makes, I don't know if that's really true
in practice. The idea of "rotten boroughs" with low
voter participation and inviting corruption would
require fairly small districts. (It's also not one
person, one vote; but one person, thr
>>>>> "DRG" == Dorie Rae Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DRG> - Original Message -
DRG> From: "Derek Burrows Reise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
DRG> To:
DRG> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 1:59 PM
DRG> Subj
- Original Message -
From: "Derek Burrows Reise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 1:59 PM
Subject: [Mpls] Restructuring Mpls School Board
Posted at
http://www.mplsobserver.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=108
, the Mpls Observer says that Rep.
Posted at
http://www.mplsobserver.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=108
, the Mpls Observer says that Rep. Davnie is pushing a
bill to restructure the Minneapolis Public School
Board.
According to the news story, the bill "would increase
the number of School Board members from six to nine.
Six of th
