Waking the Sleeping Giant

Leafy Spurge?

We wonder why this is surfacing this way now?  Seems like we talked about this a year ago.
Must have been a slow news day on Monday, February 4th, 2008.

Here are the minutes from our last meeting and you can see we are focusing on a sustainable fund for Health care access.  See--http://ipepp.org/pipermail/organizenow/2008-February/000490.html

The Forum - 02/04/2008
LEAFY SPURGE: To some Fargo city officials and advocates for social programs who want to derail a plan to use Fargodome funds for Fargodome improvements, specifically an addition for basketball. The advocates want something called a stewardship fund, which would be used to pay for needed social programs in the city, such as serving homeless people. Great idea. But the dome funds generated by the dome sales tax are earmarked exclusively for dome projects, unless otherwise changed by a vote. Such changes were approved by voters to use a portion of the dome tax for streets and water works, for example. If the stewardship fund is a good idea, why not put it to a vote of the people? If it flies, fine. But trying to appropriate the dome improvements fund for other than dome improvements is misguided.

http://www.in-forum.com/Opinion/articles/190730

 
Join Us for the Next Waking the Sleeping Giant Meeting 

You Are Invited to the January 23 Meeting of the Waking the Sleeping Giant.  The meeting is scheduled for:
Wednesday, February 27, Noon to 1:30 ---Brown-Bag Lunch
Where: Friendship Inc. at 801 Page Drive in Fargo in the Heritage Room
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~All Nonprofits, interested persons, Organizers and Advocates are Invited!~

Bring your Lunch and your thoughts about Developing a Sustainable Funding Source for Healthcare in our region!

Mission of Waking the Sleeping Giant:
To influence local, state and federal health and human service policy by 
strengthening community and uniting Cass and Clay County nonprofits.