[Vision2020] Moscow City Council

John Dickinson johnd@moscow.com
Tue, 3 Feb 2004 15:40:20 -0800


I knew someone would find of way of getting this discussion back to sports!
Thanks.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: thansen@moscow.com [mailto:thansen@moscow.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 3:43 PM
To: Dan Carscallen; DonovArn@aol.com; ppalmer@moscow.com; johnd@moscow.com;
vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Moscow City Council

So.  The dream answer to the city's problems is:

Instead of having one indecisive city council, we can have multiple
indecisive
subcommittees?

We may need some help in structuring this.  How about contacting the
collegiate
BCS Structuring Committee?

Tom Hansen

> Donovan
>
> You can have all the subcommittees you want, it still has to go before
> the council to make the final decision, right?  If I'm wrong, slap me
> upside the head and call me Shirley.  Anyhow, when it comes before the
> entire council, wouldn't it be prudent of the other council members to
> research what the subcommittee researched to make an informed decision?
> Seems a lot of time researching could be saved if everyone was in the
> loop at all times.
>
> It also seems to me that the less government the better, but maybe I'm
> in the minority on that around here.
>
> DC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DonovArn@aol.com [mailto:DonovArn@aol.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 1:28 PM
> To: predator75@moscow.com; ppalmer@moscow.com; johnd@moscow.com;
> vision2020@moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Moscow City Council
>
>
> Dan,
>
> Do you mind explaining to us how having just one subcommittee of
> everyone makes sense?
>
> You need to have committees in Government to divide up the work load,
> unless you want a bunch of people voting on things without researching
> the facts.
>
> I also think committees provide an opportunity for the public to engage
> their elected officials on a personal level about specific issues
> concerning them. Or are you against this in local government?
>
> Donovan J Arnold
>
>


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