Jul 2, 2008
Seriously, is it still like this?
I’m doing research at work on governmental digital inclusion policies. One of the cities that I am looking at is Chaska, Mn. Chaska is cool because they have low-cost wi-fi that they offer to their citizens (cheaper than Time Warner, Comcast or any of those guys)
What I’m bothered by is the make-up of the city council. Now, I’m from the South and I have worked with local governments and I’ve NEVER seen a local government board that looks like this. Maybe I have been really spoiled by all the diversity in the cities where I have worked and lived.
Not there is anything wrong with the people that make up this board…maybe everyone in the city looks just like them, maybe they should recruit more diverse groups of people to run for office or maybe these are the best that Chaska has to offer. Sure looks funny to me, though!
Can you guess what the problem is?
Wait Monica, I think you missed the diversity…one of them is wearing a gray suit. You must have glanced over it since the other suits are black and gray is kinda like black, but not exactly. Yeah, it was definitely gray….so there not all the same. There’s some diversity there…
oops, i meant “they’re” and not there. and then i meant there…
(ok, i need to go….)
I’m giggling in my cube right now…..
I was trying to pull up my hometown, but they didn’t have pictures…they would probably be 1. old 2. white 3. over-weight There was very little diversity in my hometown growing up…cornbread straight through…. I mean the only diversity we had started after the toyota plant came into the county.