The NorthSide Blog is a companion blog to STL Rising. The proposed Northside project brings promise and hope to the city of St. Louis, but it also brings very real challenges. This blog is dedicated to the issues, possibilities, and challenges represented by the proposed NorthSide plan
Sunday, May 24, 2009
PD editorial board suggests keys to NorthSide success
Rick, my big question (perhaps a future question for this blog?) is what is meant by accountability. What the Post-Dispatch suggests does not seem like accountability at all to me. Once you have cleared the land and started building, what power does the city (or anyone else) have to fix problems? The Post-Dispatch suggests we should have "regular reporting during the project;" but merely reporting any potential problems won't accomplish anything on its own, especially if the city is too invested in the project to opt out. So I'd really be interested to see some concrete suggestions of how this project could be done in a way where McKee really is accountable to the people, and where the city and residents have some kind of leverage to make changes even after the project has gotten started.
Rick, my big question (perhaps a future question for this blog?) is what is meant by accountability. What the Post-Dispatch suggests does not seem like accountability at all to me. Once you have cleared the land and started building, what power does the city (or anyone else) have to fix problems? The Post-Dispatch suggests we should have "regular reporting during the project;" but merely reporting any potential problems won't accomplish anything on its own, especially if the city is too invested in the project to opt out. So I'd really be interested to see some concrete suggestions of how this project could be done in a way where McKee really is accountable to the people, and where the city and residents have some kind of leverage to make changes even after the project has gotten started.
ReplyDeleteThanks Laurie for your comment. You are right on with your observation. The next post we will make here will address "Public Involvement".
ReplyDeleteQuestions and discussion about accountability and oversight will be part of the post.