[Mpls] Disappointed with Doug Grow on Spike Moss

[Pamela Taylor]

List Members,
 
I find it very interesting that not a one of you has any comment regarding my queries to Mr. Spike Moss.  It is as if everyone, especially the African-Americans, are afraid to speak on the subject.  If someone were to say that the subject matter simply was not interesting enough to respond, I would be personally inclined to believe that they were being less than truthful.
 
I have read time and again about Mr. Moss on this forum as a community leader, what he has and has not done.  But no one (that I can recall, anyway) ever questioned his actions in regards to his job performance.  As an African-American myself, I would like to know the answers.  
 
I asked them openly as I don't believe there's any reason for beating around the bush.  We talk about improving race relations in Minneapolis, yet we cannot even talk freely in this setting which is created to do so.  White folks should not fear speaking thier thoughts lest a person of color think them a tad too critical.  A person of color should not fear speaking thier thoughts for being targeted for scorn by their own.  The questions are valid.  And IMHO if they are not being asked AND answered of entities and individuals claiming to work on behalf of underserved, albeit, any community, I see no reason to believe in them.
 
Pamela Taylor
(Florida - Where we question everything since the last presidential election.)

Pamela Taylor <thirteenroses at yahoo.com> wrote:

I may be viewed strangely for asking the following questions, but I am going to ask it anyway.

Spike Moss,

I know you are an active community voice. My queries: How much of what you do publicly is out of your responsibility to your employer and its programs, as opposed to just being who you are as a private citizen concerned about your community?

IF what you do publicly keeps you active and in the public light, but neglectful of your everyday job responsibilites, what do you feel should be the way it should be dealt with?
What should be done to strike a workable balance, if any is to be found?

List Members,

If the aforementioned questions should prove to be what tipped the scale (and I am NOT saying that they are), why would one accuse the community of "turning on its own?" It is not always a case of not enough funding to go around, sometimes it is a matter of ethics. It would seem, then, that a community organization is trying to be responsible to its clients and the job for which it was created, which is unlike what a lot of nonprofits and big companies are doing these days. IF that is the case, I fail to see the problem with that. Linnea Anderson was right on target. Before funders will give up their money, they want to see how responsible one is with what they have.

Potential Funders,

Those of you out there who have money to save Mr. Moss' job, consider whether you are funding his The City Inc. job or his job personal one as a community consultant/liaison. And please, make sure the public knows the difference.


		
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