Ald Joe Moore, The Power of Participation

[ILMediaProgressives]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHMz8_OGETM

Ald Joe Moore talks with Progressive Democrats of Chicago about his innovative participatory budgeting process that involves the people of the 49th Ward in the distribution of funds in their own community.

"Talk about transparency."

[mopinko]

1. it was an awesome process, but

i have to say that people did not do that great of a job of making the kind of grownup decisions that good leaders make. doggy parks and murals over street resurfacing. well, maybe a year of bumpy roads will be a good lesson.

love my alderman.