A new 30-member Minneapolis Upper Mississippi River Citizens Advisory
Committee is now forming. Please click on the link or scroll down to read a
news release describing the committee, its selection process and contact
information to apply to be on the committee.
BRAVO!!!
Let's stop the overanalysis and get on with the business of running and improving the
city as a whole. We have much to do and many things to undo that the last council and
mayor had set in motion.
Valdis Rozentals
SAW
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Minneapolis Issues Forum - A
In passing, I thought list members would be interested in this service, which is
administered the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches. This is from their most
recent e-mail newsletter:
Gregory Luce
North Phillips (work)
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HANDYWORKS RECRUITING WORKERS
With winter in full
I attendedRT'shousing summit on Saturday morning and came away very impressed with howthe housing transition team is approaching the issue. The Mayor was passionate about the issue, as well as candid and approachable in thesummit's Q and A session at the beginning of the forum. There were
Greetings to all:
Trash Lady here, hoping to add to understanding of Solid Waste Management in
Minneapolis. Warning, this is a little long, and unless you're really into
trash, somewhat gross.
1. It is important that ALL trash be bagged before you put it into EITHER a
large or small cart.
We read in Saturday's StarTribune that the Mayor's
campaign is returning a contribution to Linda Houden
from Dor and Associates.
Does anyone else think the proper response would have
been for the Mayor to keep the contribution, minus the
$125, and disqualify DOR and Associates from acting as
Charity for pedestrians is nice , but parity is better...if the city
plows the streets for motorists , they should also plow the sidewalks
for people who cannot or choose not to drive...
Ken Avidor
Slippery Kingfield
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Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil
Posted on behalf of Parks commissioner Marie Hauser, responding to Alan
Shilepsky's critique of her comments about the council leadership issue
at last month's DFL Central Committee meeting. -- David Brauer, list
manager, Minneapolis-Issues
Thank you for giving me an opportunity to see this and
The moneysniffers were out in full force.
One of them who I spotted was George Sherman, but I couldn't tell if he was
angling for new money, or doing damage control in case the new
Councilmembers find out how much of the city's treasury he's already gotten.
I'm preparing a mini-series for the
This was my first attendence to a political ball for
city politics. I went to Jesse's inauguration but
that was a rock concert and I didn't get to flash any
velvet or rhinestones.
Annie Young was right. Black seemed to be the color of
choice for many women including me.
I thought it was
Are you suggesting that Mpls parks take on the role of settlement houses?
That would be nice, but settlement houses were governed by the particular
immigrant groups that they served. In fact they were successful because
they were institutions of the various communities that they served.
Your
Alan Shilepsky writes:
But the real disturbing part of Brian's presentation was when he
rebutted an email that CM Ostrow had earlier quoted from, from a
public employee union representative. This poor Jill or Joan someone
had emailed that she regretted the strong-arming that was going on
over
MPRAC-Mpls. Property Rights Action Comm.- Will convene their monthly meeting
Wednesday Jan. 9 at the Eagles Club 2507 East 25th St. Mpls. Come at around
6:30 PM so we can all say high and shmooze a bit before the camera rolls at
7: PM. No landlord experience required to visit and sit in at our
Apts Condos - Minneapolis (Monday's Star Tribune Classifieds)
I just randomly clipped a few..
* LORING PK STEVENS SQ * Studios $435-$510 1BR's $550-$650 Hwd flrs,
quiet bldg, professional landlord ref's req'd 612-871-2155 www.copenet.com
Published 07-Jan-2002
GREEN ARCHITECTURE 101
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PUBLIC MEETING TO LEARN ABOUT GREEN ARCHITECTURE
Ever heard of Green Architecture and wondered what it is? When you think of
sustainable design do you only think of solar panels? Did you know that
environmental stewardship is more than just
I'd like to publicly apologize to those I may have offended in my City Ball
analysis. I am not CJ but thought I was trying to be cute with my
remarks. Apparently my German Lutheran non-humor was over the line in some
of my comments and are not considered funny at all. Sorry.
Sorry,
Annie
A note from staff after sending them the Ice Skating info - so be careful
folks - the ice may not be aas safe as it looks,
Annie Young
citywide Park Commissioner
From: Schmidt, Michael P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Young, Annie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Mpls] Magical skating Happy New Year
Greetings!
Last week Lynnell Mickelson wrote about the amazing skating on Lake
Harriet. Then today Annie warned us about Lake Harriet and safety. (See below)
I am writing to invite you to a magic Mpls-Issues activity. Since last
Thursday when the Warming Room at the Lake Harriet Bandstand
In a message dated 1/7/02 2:30:35 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The moneysniffers were out in full force.
One of them who I spotted was George Sherman, but I couldn't tell if he was
angling for new money, or doing damage control in case the new
Councilmembers find
I would agree with Steve Cross (Respectful
discourse in 2002, 12/31/01, Mpls digest,
Vol 1 #605 -- 7th message) that progressive,
intermediate, temporary banishment would be
a more effective deterrent to disrespectful
behavior than our present policy. However, I
would not want the
I'm not certain of what Ms. Heller is implying in her post below. My guess is that
she is implying that there really is affordable housing in the city, if we'd just look
for it. If I'm mistaken, please accept my apologies and I ask for a correction.
That said, I would respectfully offer some
Oooh, oooh, I hope Susan will forgive me for jumping in, but I think I know the
answer to this one!
Your friend would be incorrect Diane, although there's a lot more to it than
just recycle or send to the garbage burner.
The first and best option, like Susan says, is to not make the waste
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