I think we
should have a council in charge of all finances in the city, including that
for schools, libraries, parks, and all other Mpls government spending. Only
that way can one body weigh decisions as to what areas to cut and add
spending. And then we'll know who to keep accountable
Wizard Marks wrote:
Here's a little known secret. On the whole, our city council
members, our county commissioners, and our state and federal
representatives are generally not enthusiastic public library users.
There are, of course, exceptions to that rule of thumb. (I am not
implying that
Anderson Turpin wrote:
Mark Anderson responds:
The cost of the Library Board is a whole lot more than what we pay them.
There's the entire budget of the Library Board to consider. One of my
problems with the Library Board is just what Wizard implies above: anyone
who runs for the Board in
/As stated many time before - after 120 years of rent it's about time WE
OWN IT. And it is not the same pot of money as our programming funds.
It's time you own it? Why, just because you say so? Is there something
inherently immoral about leasing? The vast majority of corporations
lease
There's been a lot of discussion lately about the financial problems
facing not just the city of Minneapolis, but the three separately
chartered entities that act as quasi-city units: the school system, the
park board and the library board.
The library board wants to know which of three
Annie Young wrote:
Wish folks would get their facts straight before they start ranting and
raving at us.
And I wish folks, especially elected government officials like yourself,
would learn to read for comprehension. No where are my facts wrong, not
even where you seem to attack them, except
Chris Johnson wrote:
The library system appears to have an annual operating budget of about
$22 million. Given that they are building a new building, clearly
there's a bunch of capital program money not mentioned on their web
site budget page.
WM: The library successfully floated a
The library system appears to have an annual operating budget of about
$22 million. Given that they are building a new building, clearly
there's a bunch of capital program money not mentioned on their website
budget page. The library executive gets paid about $130,000 a year.
The
