Jean Ann Abel led the reporting from the group discussions. Dean Abel indicated that the conversation was intended to be a conscious raising effort to identify issues, come back to those issues in the future and come to some conclusions. Use community rooms to teach personal finance, build a down payment, etc. Family self-sufficiency program is a linkage. Why aren't more tax dollars going to better the educational process.
Dollars go to prisons.
Once people understood the format they were very involved and attentive. People were willing to participate and give us feedback. Topics were interesting to the community. Some of the board members did not participate by moving from group to group. Noise level was too high.