City Pages' G.R. Anderson Jr. examines city spending, and it isn't pretty...
http://www.citypages.com/databank/24/1161/article11092.asp
David Brauer
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The city budget as detailed in the very good City Page article is a
real challenge to City Hall, RT et al.
I don't know if there is budget soft ware for cities but there is
for banks and they allow the entity to target in on a pl figure and hit it
to the dollar. The software puts
I know we are trying to end the first apt stories... But, I cannot help
myself.
My first apartment (after dorm life) was at the Colony in Richfield
Minnesota. It is still there on the corner of 76th St. and 35W. I lived
there with my brother in 1987. Our rent for the 2 bedroom town home was
From G. R. Anderson's article:
Running a city is like simultaneously running a great many checkbooks that
are all supposed to reconcile when added together. There is enormous
potential for creative accounting.
They acquired debt there so the general revenue fund wouldn't go down
What you have
As I type this little note ,I am listening to Mayor Rybak's interview with me regarding the no camping, no sleeping in cars ordinances.
The Mayor gave a thoughtful and respectful interview.
He also said that he would welcome information sent to him about these types of ordinances and how other
Libraries hold the manuscripts to our public documents. We hold them jointly so that
they do not accidentally get destroyed.
Well said, Wizard.
I'd like to add that the consequence of holding a significant amount of the collection
out of reach takes a toll on firms like the one for which I
Forwarded on behalf of Ken Avidor:
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To the Editor of the Southwest Journal,
Regarding Scott Russell's article Readying for big
2005 reconstruction, Lake Street Advisory Group
Formed
(http://www.swjournal.com/display/inn_news/news03.txt
)
The article describes how the Smith Parker
Title: Mpls. Library in the PiPress
MINNEAPOLIS: Some say city can't afford new library
As a wrecking ball continued to bang into the sides of the old Minneapolis public library on Nicollet Mall on Tuesday, city officials worried whether there would be enough money to operate the proposed
One consequence has to be that
it will be much more expensive to have the library stay in the
temporary building which was not designed to hold the weight of books.
I can't imagine that the Library books would weigh much more than
all the stuff that Sears used to sell in it's Lake St.
I have meant to ask this question for a while - as you drive through Mpls by the U and around the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, what is that sickly-sweet odor? I have always assumed it is some kind of food processing but I have never known for sure.
thanks,
Mike Hess
KingfieldMSN 8 with e-mail
How about toll booths at the end of every off ramp into the city? Either
the burbanites would pay, get off the freeway and new ones wouldn't have to
be built. or use mass transit.
Anne McCandless
Jordan
- Original Message -
From: Terrell Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Minneapolis Issues
We had three vehicles and a two-car garage. the oldest vehicle, parked in front of our
house was stolen last night. It was an old Honda with 115,000 miles. I guess even with
old cars you need a steering wheel locking device like The Club if the car will be
outside overnight. Lesson learned.
A BIG gold star to Thomas Thai for outside-the-box thinking. I hope the board and the
mayor read and seriously think about such ideas. We need to RECOVER from past
booboos. And Thomas has shown us just ONE way of doing that. We made bad loans. Why
not start thinking how the city can salvage
--- Mike Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I have meant to ask this question for a while - as you drive through
Mpls by the U and around the Marcy-Holmes neighborhood, what is that
sickly-sweet odor? I have always assumed it is some kind of food
processing but I
Jim Mork wrote:
Wizard Marks:This is a time not to panic. We are too invested in this building of a new library to back out at this juncture.
Straw man, Wizard. No one is panicking. On the contrary, we're trying FINALLY to spend SENSIBLY about this thing. And in too deep to back out is con
Wizard:In my mind, the covetous looks at the Library referendum money by the
city council and the mayor set off red flags.
Question to whoever out there has the answer: can Pelli sue us if we
stop now?
Or, can we change to a less extravagant plan that fulfills our needs to
house the library we
Hello Minneapolis Folks:
I would rather have the city, county, and state, focus
on the Midtown Greenway then Lake Street. The Greenway
when completed will be safer, faster, and just a much
more enjoyable ride. I am not opposed to dedicated
bicycle lanes.
I would prefer future development either
Hmmm. I wonder if our ethanol plant over here is jumping the river with its
emissions. Smells li...er...sounds like it.
Andy Driscoll
Saint Paul
From: Caffeinate The World [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- Mike Hess [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I have meant to
So far Mr. Mork, you've proclaimed that I don't know what I'm talking
about and I'm paranoid. This is not debate.
If we are going to discuss the issue of library costs and benefits, then
let's do that.
I ran the first toy lending library in Minnesota, created the cataloging
system, bought the
Or you could do what I do. I go to Rag and Bones bookstore in Linden Hills. I bring in my books that I've read once and am done with. The store owner will either give you cash or credit. I take the credit and shop for some other books I haven't read. It's the ultimate recycling and it keeps a
Hi:
I hope this is the right place to jump in the discussion.
The basic purpose of roads is to move commerce and military units. That
was why the Romans created their roads. That was why the Incas had roads.
The Silk Road gave the Europeans gunpowder, printing, and silk. That is
why President
In a message dated 3/5/03 9:41:39 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Who's Pelli going to sue, the LIBRARY BOARD?
Remember that roofing the Nicollet mall deal? Yeah; they can sue.
Jon Gorder
I think it's sewer gas. A kind of food processing :-)
On high pressure days, the outside air flows into the relatively low
pressure of the sewers, and you smell nothing.
On low pressure days, the relatively high air pressure inside the
sewers must now equalize, so it blows outusually in a
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