On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Tim Bonham wrote:
Vicky's idea here is as senseless as Jesse Ventura's unicameral plan.
Reducing the number of elected representatives just makes it much
harder to reach them. .
Three reps are cheaper than 13. My plan reduces the number to zero(0).
We
Here's an idea!
Our sister city, Austin, Texas, has a population of 685,000 and only 7 City
Council Members.
Since we insist that everything in Minneapolis be proportionate - we only
need 3, plus the Mayor.
Minneapolis is clearly over-governed, especially if you consider the 60+
mini-councils
I'm not convinced that our NRP associations and
council members are part of an overgoverning
problem. Under any future scenario (and most past
scenarios), NRP's portion of the city budget will be
small. Giving neighborhoods (including their business
residents) locally determined control over one
Ms. Heller likely advances her modest proposal merely as a rhetorical
device. However, at the risk of taking the proposal at face value, it
should be noted that reducing the number of Council Members to 7 or 3
would certainly result in an all-DFL Council.
Certainly this would be an unintended
Dana Bacon wrote:
I'm not convinced that our NRP associations and
council members are part of an overgoverning
problem. Under any future scenario (and most past
scenarios), NRP's portion of the city budget will be
small. Giving neighborhoods (including their business
residents) locally
Vicky's idea here is as senseless as Jesse Ventura's unicameral plan.
Reducing the number of elected representatives just makes it much
harder to reach them. Here
in Minneapolis, you can call your city council member, and speak directly
to them, or get a call back within a couple of
