MTN & Portals
From:
cheryl luger
Date:
2007 Nov 09 18:34 UTC
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There isn't any question that this is a GREAT program.
The question is the funding. Why is this being taken fromMTN..already suffering
from years of cuts. What other funding sources were investigated?
I would like to see an impact study from MTN...what services will MTN have to
cut to fund the portal initiative?
What will be the impact of those cuts on the communities being served by MTN? I
would guess many in these communities depend on TV communication as much as
they do onlaptops.
Has the city done a cost:benefit analysis to justify funding from the MTN
budget versus funding from other, larger budgets?
$100,000 (on top of a budget reduction of $50K) may not seem like much in a
large city budget...but for MTN it is a huge amount.
I want to thank Peter who first brought this to our attention with the City
Pages article.
best wishes,
cheryl luger
Nokomis east
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