[Mpls] Budget Address...Good Tidings

[Dennis Plante]

Personally, I find it kind of a tough sell to expect a mayor to diversify 
the police force, and more police, or create additional summer jobs for 
disadvantaged youths when we ALL recognize that we've been in the middle of 
a budget crisis durng his entire tenure as mayor...  I don't suspect that 
his solicitation (of funding) from the private sector has changed much the 
4-years he's been in office.  I do suspect however, that the amount of money 
he's successfully been able to obtain from the private community has changed 
in the last year....

RT took-over a VERY challenging set of circumstances from the former 
administration and, through no fault of his own, has been faced with 
managing a City that was not in a financially sound position when he 
inherited it.  He's done a good job...

dennis plante
lind-bohanon