Draft MTP/SCS Comments Received - sacog

Lincoln Community Meeting Comments from January 9, 2012
Cynthia Atkinson
It is dishonest to plan meeting to take place during the holidays because you get
the smallest outcome of input from the smallest number of people and therefore
go forward. Meeting should have been scheduled during a time when the
majority of people would be able to attend.
Believes that the suggestions and guidelines for the disabled in the MTP were
developed before being given to the disabled. Difficult for an elderly person to
take the bus to a meeting or service. When you are disabled, how will you feel
about going out yourself in that fashion and looking for your public
transportation and then waiting and trying to get on as an older man? Lots and
lots of people use the scooters for mobility. Most of the elderly are projected to
need more help than to be dropped off at a bus.
As a social worker, believes that there is a misappropriation of funds to whatever
small group at the top decides is the priority for funds. Generally concerned that
government is deciding what to spend money on and believes it is the people
who should decide how money is spent.
The comments here are summaries of the oral testimonies provided at this public meeting.