12/29/13
One reader asked about Mayor Zerby's upcoming trip to Washington, D.C. and the Mayors Innovation Project Meeting. Council approved the trip at the 12/9 meeting for a cost of about $1500.
Readers can see the agenda for this boondoggle at: http://weblink.ci.shorewood.mn.us/weblink8/0/doc/167344/Page1.aspx and pages 91/92. The only agenda item that appears to relate to needs of a city like Shorewood is the one about working with allies outside your city. Zerby is still trying to merge Shorewood with Excelsior, not very successfully. Of course, maybe Zerby wants to attend to lend support to St Paul Mayor Coleman who is a panelist talking about how every child can get a great education. Maybe Zerby plans to merge Shorewood with the Minnetonka School Board?
To the reader who asked about this trip: How do you suppose Hotvet will praise Zerby's report on his return?
Of note is that Zerby's travel priorities didn't include attending this year's League of Minnesota Cities meeting even though it would have required only travel to St Paul. One suspects that this meeting would have had more value for Shorewood at far less cost.
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The Insider
Insider, it is curious that this particular convention was chosen. But with Team Excelsior, the curious is to be expected. Is the Mayor going to Washington for this convention exclusively, or will he visit other conventions- perhaps related to his private business? Is the Excelsior Chamber of Commerce going to be chipping in any money? Hotvet seemed unusually enthusiastic about the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteI protest! He has local resources, including his membership in the Regional Council of Mayors that could provide him with way more help than he needs. See http://minnesota.uli.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Regional-Council-of-Mayors-Roster-May-2013.pdf.
ReplyDeleteAside from having his name on the Reg. Council roster, he could try attending a meeting.
Did anyone suggest he pay his own way to DC? Or the Chamber pay for it?
I want him to report on every speech and session at the conference. We'll know he actually went and we'll hear about all the useless stuff we helped pay for.
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