One question I have about the "130 public comments" is how many people were there because they were objecting to the Equity Commission's stunt in the first place? As Svetlana said, there are plenty of places to air your opinions. And the city government is not really the appropriate forum. It would be like going to the UN to get them to condemn the Ryan Field zoning change.
Citizens could easily organize discussion forums at a variety of places around town (library, community centers, Northwestern, etc...) I would actually be surprised if such events have not happened.
My main objection is having these members of a city commission totally hijack the commission for self-serving reasons.
One question I have about the "130 public comments" is how many people were there because they were objecting to the Equity Commission's stunt in the first place? As Svetlana said, there are plenty of places to air your opinions. And the city government is not really the appropriate forum. It would be like going to the UN to get them to condemn the Ryan Field zoning change.
Citizens could easily organize discussion forums at a variety of places around town (library, community centers, Northwestern, etc...) I would actually be surprised if such events have not happened.
My main objection is having these members of a city commission totally hijack the commission for self-serving reasons.