I want to express my deepest gratitude and respect for my neighbors who,
in one week, built an inspired and populist campaign from nothing on the
ashes of a terrible tragedy.
I was amazed as I drove around Minneapolis to see the home-made lawn
signs of all possible shapes and sizes and colors
From this a.m.'s Strib:
[State Rep. Tom] Pugh, DFL caucus leader since 1998, announced that he
is stepping down from his leadership position. House DFLers will meet
today at 7 p.m. in the State Office Building to select a new leader for
the 2003 legislative session that begins Jan. 7.
Among
Overcoming: The Autobiography of W. Harry Davis
by W. Harry Davis, Lori Sturdevant (Editor)
W. Harry Davis both lived twentieth-century
American civil-rights history and made it.
Rising from the impoverished Minneapolis
ghetto of his childhood, he became one of
city's leading voices for
I had no clue about connect between Wellstone and the Crookston
powerline sabatage until the other day -after the plane crash, I saw
University History Prof Hy Berman on Almanac telling about it and telling
about Wellstone as being the main charactor behind dynamiting the towers and
that
That is not what Hy Berman said at all. He said that Paul was involved in
protesting the powerline - a very different thing than sabotage. Many protested
without doing any damage to property, Paul was one of them.
Beth Lareau
lurker, Little Canada
James E. Jacobsen wrote:
I had no
In 1978-79 while part of a state wide organizing campaign for Minnesota COACT, I met
Wellstone and the core group of the powerline protesters. My impression was that
Wellstone was absolutely opposed to using violence as a way to stop the powerlines. In
fact the vast majority of the protesters I
I'm a little confused about the voter turnout reports.
I've been looking at the Minnesota Secretary of State's website and,
admittedly, statewide turnout looks strong for a non-presidential election
year. The StarTribune is reporting it to have been in excess of 60 percent.
The unofficial
The election results have me thinking about
financing Minneapolis costs in the future, and I
have one idea to throw out.
Stop leaning so hard on property taxes. I don't
mind mine, but I think they create hardship for
some people, even threatening home loss.
It seems to me that Minneapolis has
We had a very busy time of it in 6-4 at First Christian Church in
Whittier. That precinct covers all of Whittier east of Nicollet and a
double tier of blocks west of Nicollet from Franklin to 27th St. - more
than half the geographic area of the neighborhood and about 60% of the
total voter turnout
Hearsay trash talk... uninformed rumor, with no Mpls connection. Permit me
to make a Mpls connection and maybe help James clarify his statements and
their relationship to Mpls.
I don't recall Wellstone ever being charged with a crime in connection with
those power line struggles. The main
The word sabatage wasn't used but the implication was very much that
Wellstone was the 'head of the operation'. Perpich had sent Berman to talk
to Wellstone -their both being proffs- to get him to quit with it and when
Wellstone said 'no way', Perpich was upset. They wouldn't have had
At 05:04 AM 11/7/2002 -0800, Barbara Lickness wrote:
Then you should be proud to know that Minneapolis had the highest voter
turn-out in the nation on Tuesday including a record turn-out in Minneapolis.
The voter turn-out in my legislative district was HUGE. Generally, my area
is very low.
Minneapolis dug its own financial grave.
The City has been on a mindless spending spree for a decade and has racked
up unprecedented debts - $1.5 billion + the pension shortfall.
Minneapolis leaders have demonstrated utter contempt for those who pay the
bills - the taxpayers.
The Legislature
My guess is it will come down to Kelliher or Entenza (St. Paul).
Bill Dooley
Kenny
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Subject: [Mpls] Minneapolis's Kelliher to head House Dems?
From this a.m.'s
Folks, I should've jumped on this earlier. Wellstone and the powerline
protests are not a Minneapolis issue. Let's end this discussion thread.
David Brauer
List manager
on 11/7/02 10:21 AM, James E. Jacobsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The word sabatage wasn't used but the implication
Reference Wellstone and the Hy Berman statement on Almanac, the
power line protesters were tying explosives to one leg of the power towers,
it was shown on news, the destruction. They said it cost $240,000 each
tower destroyed. I think the way they stopped it was to order the highway
Dear fellow list members,
David Brauer as called my attention to the corrected voter turnout stats for
State Senate District 60 in Southwest Minneapolis - turnout there was 75
percent, not 30 percent as the Secretary of State's website had reported.
Thank you David.
Still, it seems that
Last week the proponents of the proposed Cub Foods development on
Central Avenue in northeast Minneapolis unveiled their conceptual plan.
In order to gain the predictable public subsidy needed to make the
project viable, the developer, Sherman Associates, is tying an
affordable housing component
Why is the city of Minneapolis dragging its feet on affordable housing?
by Beth Hawkins
There will be no more delays, no more
bureaucratic glitches. From now on, i's will
be dotted swiftly. And by next spring, the
Minneapolis Community Development Agency is
going to have everything in place
This is total poppycock. Wishful thinking based on ignorance.
Minneapolis was the base of operations for the Northern Sun Alliance, the
old anti-war group that met and strategized at the old Riverside Cafe on the
West Bank over how to organize the farmers after electric coop members
started
Bruce Shoemaker wrote.
To make matters worse, Sherman Associates--with the apparent blessing of
city officials--appears to be attempting to bypass the existing
neighborhood organization-based citizen review process (where the
project has already met strong opposition) in favor of having the
The MN Legislative GIS Office has maps available in PDF format showing the newly
elected MN Senate and House reps. Metro and statewide views are available for
both the House and Senate districts. The web interface may be somewhat
confusing, but the maps are legible and clear. Party affiliation is
The only time I am aware that Wellstone ever was arrested was when folks went
in to foreclose on a bank in Paynesville in the mid to late 80s (?) over
FMHA foreclosures on farms.
tom taylor
NE MPLS
___
Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic
The other time that Wellstone got arrested was in a protest against the war
against Vietnam . His two arrests were brought out vigorously by Boscwitz
in the first campaign. Wellstone was rightfully proud of both of them.
BTW, brilliant analysis of Wellstone and the election situation by Steve
Re: sabataging power lines, I said I didn't have a clue about it
except what Prof. Berman said the other night on Almanac. I never did
fraternize -hang out- with the types you describe. I never had anything to
do either with driving Honeywell out of town.
James Jacobsen //
I got the following in my email today:
The U of MN National Lawyer Guild Presents:
Black and Blue:Beyond Conflict Toward Healing a Citys Wounds
Panelists:
Natalie Johnson-Lee, Minneapolis City Councilperson for Ward 5
Gregory Hestness, Deputy Chief of Police of Minneapolis Police Department
I got the following in my email today:
The U of MN National Lawyer Guild Presents:
Black and Blue:Beyond Conflict Toward Healing a Citys Wounds
Panelists:
Natalie Johnson-Lee, Minneapolis City Councilperson for Ward 5
Gregory Hestness, Deputy Chief of Police of Minneapolis Police Department
Not - repeat NOT - a Minneapolis issue. Please cease and desist now, or
warnings/explusions follow.
David Brauer
List manager
on 11/7/02 4:22 PM, James E. Jacobsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Re: sabataging power lines, I said I didn't have a clue about it
except what Prof. Berman said
No one drove Honeywell out of town. Honeywell was a very solid company
(making them a prime candidate forbuyout). They were bought out by a
company in Maryland or Delaware which wanted to move them there.
WizardMarks, Central
James E. Jacobsen wrote:
Re: sabataging power lines, I said I
With our last city election I had high hopes that the city would work
with neighborhoods
to build affordable housing, slow corruption, and address real problems
instead of
making them. I understand it takes time. However, when I see the
footdragging on the
near northside redevelopment and the
Many Crows wrote:
With our last city election I had high hopes that the city would work
with neighborhoods
to build affordable housing, slow corruption, and address real problems
instead of
making them.I understand it takes time.
WM: Sometimes I think the function of a bureaucracy is to slow
In what may be a first, an entire list post becomes a Star Tribune
op-ed.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/3416726.html
Congrats, Jay Clark!
PS To the Strib: thanks, but could you please mention the place this
missive originally appeared? We can always use new members...
David Brauer
Bruce Shoemaker wrote:
No figures are yet available on how much of a
public subsidy this all will require. Given the
high acquisition costs and the need to build a
parking ramp--and the tight margins in the
grocery business--this figure is likely to be
considerable
THIS is where I'd love to see
Why don't you all grow up politically? The powers of
mpls have been to the monied folks. Mayor Belton
raised million dollar townhomes, Cherryhomes lives in
a home the city bought and fixed for far less than she
payed, the Target corp. builted what they had planned
for years with our monies yet you
I do not get the connection that setting up a Cub Foods on Central Ave over
more locally AND community owned businesses leads to MPLS being a great
city.
tom taylor
lovely lower NE MPLS
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You folks must realize that change means
changing let the dfl wither and begin
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