[Mpls] Jessie saysAlways Cheat/NorthSide Author Cites Deceit

2002-04-29 Thread PennBroKeith
Always Cheat, part of a quote from Gov. Jessie Ventura, and the title of a new book by North Mpls. researcher and author Leslie Davis. This book is a wild ride and an easy read as Mr. Davis outlines and documents his contention that Jessie'' and company (a huge cast of top current political

Re: [Mpls] Re: Border Battle between Ventura Village and Seward

2002-04-29 Thread Barbara Lickness
Gary- The border issue surrounding Hiawatha Avenue versus the Soo Line Rail lines impacts far more neighborhoods than just Seward and Ventura Village. It impacts, East Phillips, Longfellow, Corcoran, Howe, Hiawatha, Standish, Ericcson, and Minnehaha. As I stated in my earlier post, the border

[Mpls] Fwd: Gubernatorial Forum

2002-04-29 Thread M Smith
REMINDER MINNESOTABLACK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE GUBERNATORIAL FORUM TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2002 MINNEAPOLIS URBAN LEAGUE Penn and Plymouth Avenue North 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. FFI: 612-724-4333 The Minnesota Black Political Action Committee is a non unaffiliated, non- partisan political action

[Mpls] DFL Party Executive Committee Director Screening

2002-04-29 Thread M Smith
We need more people of color on the DFL Executive Committee!! I am on the Nominations Committee for the 12 Director positions on the Executive Committee of the DFL. So far we only have one woman of color that is scheduled to screen. Please call Jan at the DFL at 651-293-1200 if you are

Re: [Mpls] Re: Critical Mass

2002-04-29 Thread robinson . cook
I was actualy going West on Franklin Friday Afternoon after they had passed my house 45 minutes earlier. Anyway I ran into the CMs coming back and they weaved around my car, but they really posed no threat as I was had slowed way down from when we saw this mass fo bikers coming towards us. I

RE: [Mpls] Failing Schools, Total Quality Reviews, reaction

2002-04-29 Thread W. Brandon Lacy Campos
Allright, I am going to try and keep this Minneapolis focused with a little bit out of parameter discussion. School Vouchers are a cop-out. Period. The post below is definately a representation of the overall Republican Party line that each person should pull him or herself up by the bootstraps

[Mpls] Our map, so far.

2002-04-29 Thread Conor Donnelly
Happy Monday, Thanks to all the list members who took a moment over the weekend to fill out the address and survey. I set this up to help us visualize the spatial distribution of list membership in the city. When I checked the page this morning, 82 people had responded so far. 78 of them

[Mpls] Doug Grow: Double Cinco de Mayo not quite twice the fun

2002-04-29 Thread Eva Young
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/2261691.html The funniest part of this is: Sabri emphatically believes there should be just one Cinco de Mayo celebration this year -- the one promoted by him. He's furious with City Council Vice President Robert Lilligren, whom Sabri calls King Tut and

[Mpls] The Minneapolis School District does not partner with Urban Ventures

2002-04-29 Thread Eva Young
Recall several weeks ago, I posted about a meeting of the community that Urban Ventures Hosted to promote the Colin Powell Youth Center. Well I've talked to Craig Vanna at the district, who manages the partnership programs for the district. Urban Ventures has no official partnership with the

Re: [Mpls] Doug Grow: Double Cinco de Mayo not quite twice the fun

2002-04-29 Thread John Goodman
On 4/29/02 11:35 AM, Eva Young wrote: http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/2261691.html The funniest part of this is: Sabri emphatically believes there should be just one Cinco de Mayo celebration this year -- the one promoted by him. He's furious with City Council Vice President

[Mpls] Border Battle

2002-04-29 Thread talltom
The Seward Neighborhood Group agrees that there is no battle. At their recent board meeting, there was a general consensus that they are open to sharing the Frnaklin Ave. LRT station w/ Franklin as the border. This makes the most sense; even if the border were Hiawatha, the 1/4 zone would

[Mpls] Zimmermann and Critical Mass

2002-04-29 Thread Emilie Quast
The Minnesota Daily reported Dean Zimmermann's participation in the Critical Mass ride, which is very nice of him to do, but quoted Mr. Zimmermann as saying that he wants to look at converting a few streets to bike-only thoroughfares, similar to 19th Avenue on the West Bank. (That's a quotation

[Mpls] FW: To those of you in the Gypsy Moth Quarantine area:

2002-04-29 Thread Young, Susan A
For those correspondents to the Issues Forum that have City yard waste collection services, and who live in the Gypsy Moth Quarantine areaand I believe that you know who you are... There will be a ONE TIME collection, Tuesday, April 30, of yard wastes from the quarantined area. We will

RE: [Mpls] FW: To those of you in the Gypsy Moth Quarantine area:

2002-04-29 Thread Young, Susan A
Darn itI'm sorry, I forgot to sign, again. And I had made such great Promises to Mr. Brauer. The below came from Susan Young, Director, Division of Solid Waste and Recycling of the Public Works Department of the City of Minneapolis. For those correspondents to the Issues Forum that

Re: [Mpls] Zimmermann and Critical Mass

2002-04-29 Thread Conor Donnelly
I bet he's referring to that part of 19th that is south of Riverside. That street is closed to automobile traffic for a couple blocks between the freeway and the Viking Bar. I love walking along there, a streetscape similar to Milwaukee Ave in Seward. Conor Donnelly Waitepark

Re: [Mpls] FW: To those of you in the Gypsy Moth Quarantine area:

2002-04-29 Thread Fredlud
What is the pesticide used when spraying is done for the Gypsy Moth? Thanks, Tom Taylor Lovely Lover NE MPLS ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest

[Mpls] Housing programs?

2002-04-29 Thread Jaydean2
Does Minneapolis have any programs or assistance for first time buyers? I have a young friend that just got turned down for a commercial loan even though she had enough money to put 25% down. The problem was the bank only looked at her adjusted gross income which was low for her this year

[Mpls] FW: To those of you in the Gypsy Moth Quarantine area

2002-04-29 Thread Dave Stack
From: Tom Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Apr 29 2002 What is the pesticide used when spraying is done for the Gypsy Moth? Thanks, Tom Taylor Lovely Lover NE MPLS The main pesticide for controlling the Gypsy Moth is a naturally occurring bacterium called BT or Bacillus

Re: [Mpls] Dog Parks in Southwest

2002-04-29 Thread Lisa McDonald
I'm ready at this point to accept the archery site. But their needs to be parking adjacent to the site (the area where the Park Board currently stages maintanance and construction projects). It's impossible to get across the street with the amount of traffic. So for everyone's safety this needs to

Re: [Mpls] Council Vote on Precinct Lines

2002-04-29 Thread Lisa McDonald
Just wanted to weigh in on this redistricting thing. I'm the person who attending the meetings (and tried to shape a fair commission) where the redistricting commission was created. Other than an occasional visit by Jim Niland or Steve Minn, I didn't see any of the folks who are currently carping

RE: [Mpls] Housing programs?

2002-04-29 Thread Jack Kryst
Jay, refer them to the MCDA CityLiving Program Coordinator, Judy Moses at (612) 673-5288. If your friend is online she can get some additional info at http://www.mcda.org/Services/Housing/CityLiving.htm If the link breaks try www.mcda.org and follow the links. Jack Kryst Kingfield From the

Re: [Mpls] The Ace Hardware Houses

2002-04-29 Thread steven meldahl
Title: Re: [Mpls] The Ace Hardware Houses Having moved a few houses and also renovated hundreds of properties in Mpls, I thought you might want to know what us contractors would charge to move a house to another lot with a new foundation. Our actual cost for a 2 story house with a 1000 sq ft

Re: [Mpls] Border Battle between Ventura Village and Seward

2002-04-29 Thread DeWayne Townsend
The border between Seward and Phillips has been a source of confusion back to 1954 or so snip So what is the current official boundary between Phillips/Seward, Phillips Corcoran/Longfellow Howe, and Standish Ericcson Minnehaha/ Howe Hiawatha. Hiawatha Avenue or the Railroad tracks? For the

Re: [Mpls] Critical Mass

2002-04-29 Thread DeWayne Townsend
Got to agree with Michael on this. I was stopped at a traffic signal when a car went around the bus behind me and turned right on red clipping the front wheel of my bike in the process. I fell on my shoulder and head from a dead stop, my collar bone broke and my helmet split from front to back.

[Mpls] Demagogic word user/Reasonable people loser(Slumlord)

2002-04-29 Thread PennBroKeith
In a message dated 4/29/02 4:18:56 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This logic keeps on coming up, and I just don't buy it. 1. Landlords are not oppressed class. There hasn't been a historical trend within the United States to systematically incarcerate, murder, and

[Mpls] $100K Buried in Kingfield lot/The Ace Hardware Houses

2002-04-29 Thread PennBroKeith
In a message dated 4/29/02 6:44:11 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Re: [Mpls] The Ace Hardware HousesHaving moved a few houses and also renovated hundreds of properties in Mpls, I thought you might want to know what us contractors would charge to move a house to