Crown Hydro News - A Park Watch Commentary: Time is Money
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 12:52PMBy Arlene Fried
A PARK WATCH COMMENTARY: TIME IS MONEY
Later today, Crown Hydro is on the Park Board's agenda. And so far, they have not provided the commissioners or the public with any supporting documents as requested. It is expected, when companies/organizations are on the Park Board's agenda, that there be supporting documents provided for the commissioners and the public to review the Friday before the meeting, especially if there is to be a vote.
The commissioners are expected to vote on something Crown Hydro-related, but who knows what? How can any responsible government official vote on anything it--or the public--has not carefully reviewed? This is not the first time that Crown has waited until the last minute to produce documents. So are the commissioners going to be asked to vote on something they've not adequately reviewed or are they going to be asked to postpone the vote and allow Crown Hydro to return at a later time?
This leads to another question, and that is: How much time should a governmental entity spend on evaluating a project? What is reasonable and what is unreasonable? Seems that an unreasonable amount of staff time has already been allocated to this project. Why do we continue to waste our limited staff resources on this project?! Shouldn't the MPRB have a policy on how much time and staff dollars can go to evaluating one project?
It would seem that the MPRB has already reached any such reasonable time and dollar figure by now that should be allocated to the Crown Hydro project. It is time NOW for our Park Board to protect our tax dollars and stop wasting public funds on this ill-conceived project. It is time to take a stand for responsible government and say no to the Crown Hydro project.
Arlene Fried Co-Founder of Park Watch
Reposted with Permission of Minneapolis Park Watch
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