Shoppers, workers, residents, taxpayers, voters, volunteers, and those who show up at meetings are all different groups affected by city policy. Who has influence?
In Edina, it appears to be those who show up.
"To me, this plan does not reflect the majority opinion of this council. It is a document fashioned to satisfy the [comp plan supermajority voting ] requirements of the Met Council," Hovland said. "It doesn't reflect my vision, frankly, and I don't think it reflects the vision of many other people in this town. It just reflects the vision of those who chose to show up."
But Council Member Joni Bennett said the plan, while a compromise, reflected the voice of residents she heard at meeting after meeting saying they did not want more high-rises in Edina. While most people did not oppose change, she said, "an overwhelming majority" wanted to make sure the city remained the place they moved to -- "not be an urban environment, a suburban environment."
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