The Problems With Mary Merrill Anderson
Steve Nelson recently clearly outlined just some of the reasons that Mary Merrill Anderson is a very bad choice as a Park Board commissioner. On the Minneapolis Issues List, he wrote the following in response to Tim Bonham's clarification about City DFL mailing lists:
> Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson (and the maintainer of the City DFL lists) wrote:
> Regarding the specific complaint, Councilmember Barb Johnson did not ever get this list from the City DFL Party. Mary Merrill Anderson did, she bought the city-wide list, about 8 months ago.
»I, too, was wondering where they got my name and now it seems we have Mary Merrill Anderson to thank for it. The same Mary Merrill Anderson their literature touts as being able to "Garner the necessary financial, capital and human resources to effectively and efficiently manage the system."
Are we talking about the same Mary Merrill Anderson who negotiated a lease for the Wirth House for the Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association giving them use of the house for a whopping rent of $750 a month INCLUDING utilities but then failed to hold then MRPA executive director Jon Gurban to his promise to share the house with the public?
The same Mary Merrill Anderson who cut David Fisher out of the loop in the development of his plans for the Neiman Fields at Fort Snelling and then got the Park Board embroiled in lawsuit with contractors when Robert Naegle failed to fulfill his obligation to them leaving the Park Board with a $2 million albatross?
The same MMA who was Superintendent when the Park Board found it could no longer manage its park concession stands and even posted losses of $125,000 in 2001 forcing the park board to outsource with independent contractors and giving up control of the onsite jobs for kids at these locations to private contractors?
I guess I just don't understand what "Garnering the necessary financial, capital and human resources to effectively and efficiently manage the system" entails if she is their choice for commissioner.
Steve Nelson proud charter member of Park Watch Willard Hay«