KMOJ in crisis:
By: Shannon Gibney
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Originally posted 3/26/2003
Public affairs programming and
boardÂ’s bylaws, membership are hot-button issues
Conclusion of a two-part story
At a meeting on Saturday, March 15, to
address the state of KMOJ radio, various
Forwarded at the request of Greg Luce...
Mark Snyder
Windom Park
-- Forwarded Message
From: Gregory D. Luce [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Project 504
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 23:53:08 -0600
To: 'Mark Snyder' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [Mpls] Lead removal v.s.
It seems that some read without comprehending.
The Delucchi article is talking about the MARGINAL social cost of driving
versus using transit. I will quote from page 10: The marginal cost is the
cost of an incremental unit of a resource, as distinguished from the average
cost of a great many
Peter Schmitz writes:
A question for both Shawn Lewis and Michelle Gross: Given Mayor Rybak's
deplorable record so far regarding police-community relations, who would
you support for Mayor if early elections were called this year for Mayor
as well as City Council Representatives? In this forum
In a message dated 3/25/2003 11:09:33 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Reporter Joy Powell sat on the Capitol dome, where the security folks
were stationed, and where she had a good view. She handcounted the
crowd.
According to the Minneapolis school district 17% of all
Does anyone have the facts on Cub's proposed store on 46th and Minnehaha? It is my
understanding this is to be discussed at a Longfellow meeting this evening at 7. I
also just found out from one of the involved property owners that Cub has offered to
buy the properties on the west side of
The reason that this was probably postponed was because it is probably
illegal to add this to a RENTAL LICENSING ordinance. The attorneys on
the Council committee probably had their legal hats on and that is why
it was postponed.
The reality of the problem is the inherent unfairness of the
David Wilson wrote:
As I ride the bus each day I've noticed all the lawn signs
either for or against the war in Iraq. I've also noted the political
graffetti written on the walls.
I think it is important to take note of these things. It
says something about the character of the people
Some of the answer may come with the realization of two key problems -
that Olson is doing everything he can to ignore his bosses' instruction
to mediate (WHO is running the city???) while they don't come down on
him like a ton of bricks for that, and that the media is being
incredibly quiet
Twin Cities Anti-War Protest and Speakout. Oppose George The Man Who Would
Be Caesar Bush's Gallic war in Iraq. March 29, 2pm, Loring Park,
Minneapolis
Jim Mork
Cooper
U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL LAW Suddenly, the government of the United States
has discovered
Bruce, how do you manage to run a car in an urban environment for 25
cents a mile? Please explain your secrets, fleet managers everywhere
want to know!
On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 06:58 AM, Bruce Gaarder wrote:
He concluded that the marginal social cost (MSC) in cents per
passenger mile
Doug Grow's column in the Star Tribune today (Thursday, March 27 --
http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/3784575.html) provides the
answers to two questions that may have been floating around in the minds
of people on this list and elsewhere:
1. Why do so many people think the government is
The CTS study that Mr. Johnson notes (unless he is referring to another of
which I am unaware), from what I know, actually was based to a great extent
on Mark Delucchi's work and did not look further at the dozens of other
studies done attempting to identify and estimate the various externalities
Nancy
The LCC office has a site plan of sorts that you could see before the
meeting, but I don't think anyone knows very much about this project.
The idea of an expansion to the West is news to me. I hope that after
tonight's meeting the plan will be a little clearer.
Cheers;
DeWayne Townsend
I too applaud the Minneapolis spirit of free speech and lots of it. David
Wilson's post sparked a couple memories:
1. A few years ago I saw a Minneapolis-made independent film on cable TV.
What clued me in that it was shot here wasn't a skyway scene or a
recognizable building. Something caught my
There have been some comments lately about what I do in Minneapolis. Some have gone as far as saying that I simply ride on others backs so that I can elevate myself. There are a lot of people that always ask "what do you do." Some times I tell them, some times I do not. It has been my experience
--- Chris Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doug Grow's column in the Star Tribune today
(Thursday, March 27 --
http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/3784575.html)
provides the answers to two questions that may have
been floating around in the minds of people on this
list and elsewhere:
SAM:
Mr. Mann, I have a couple of question.
Who really cares what the count is? On either side
What possible difference could it make?
You should possibly watch more television. The war IS going on. The polls
conducted by even the liberal media indicate that a majority of Americans
support that
Since we are talking boondoggle, lets look at a possible City one. The NRP
Policy Board, realizing that there is an over abundance of Multi-family
affordable housing units, votes to hold aside 2 million out of 14 million
earmarked for affordable housing. They planned to use it to increase
I agree with the snippet below. Demonstrators (on both sides) should
pay for any extraordinary policing and/or clean up needs. All
demonstrations should have permits. The same goes for rioters, looters,
etc. Restitution is a venerable practice.
Does anyone know what fines for demonstrations
-Original Message-
From: FNA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:29 PM
To: Stevens Oates
Subject: RE: the Minnesota Forum
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Steven, it's on the e-democracy site under
Minneapolis issues. Just use this link or if you have lost your free
In a message dated 3/27/2003 12:12:11 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I know in the frustration of caring so much, and being powerless to change
things, one sometimes resorts to the minutia of well there are more of us
than there is of you, and well justice is on our
One more post on this subject, then I'm moving on to the next outrage. Brandt
Williams of MPR sent me the following post and gave me permission to share it
with the list:
Linda Mann
Kingfield
Linda -
I covered the 'support our troops' rally on Saturday and was told that the
Capitol plant
The crowd-counting discussion is now well beyond Minneapolis (literally).
Please stop the thread now, thanks.
David Brauer
List manager
I covered the 'support our troops' rally on Saturday and was told that the
Capitol plant manager estimated the crowd at between 5 and 10k. A state
trooper I
Linda Mann, referring I think to the 'support the troops' rally at the
Capitol last week:
And if you think that is harsh, what about the violent
booing that occurred when a Muslim woman attempted to read the
Koran to the
crowd?
She was not booed for quoting from the Koran. She began with a
In response to Roxanna and Vanessa:
I can't really say I'm suprised. CM Barb Johnson runs
ways and means and managed to single handedly keep
Olson as Police Chief despite the majority of
comminuty members support for the mayor's attempt to
buy out the contract. I also noticed that CM Ostrow
Today, city attorneys sent a letter to RT Rybak and all 13 council
members pointing out that they had prosecuted 43,981 cases in 2002 which
amounted to 1,332 cases per attorney. They also mentioned that their
strategy of aggressive enforcement of livability crimes, effective
coalition with
I haven't seen the pictures Doug describes but during our planning for the
Can the Klan anti-KKK rally, capitol security told us that if we filled up
the grassy area across from the capitol steps, that would constitute 3000
people. Since we did that and then some, we estimated our crowd that
If one has to pay money or put up bonds to practice First Amendment
protected free speech, that speech can hardly be considered free. In fact,
the cost of permits can run in the thousands--prohibitively high for most
individuals and organizations. If folks had to pay to demonstrate, not
many
I have had some calls today about, What is cost saving about closing the
parkways on Sunday?
My answer: nothing as far as the Park Board budget that I am aware of. I
think the article in today's Star Trib was mixing apples and oranges.
However, personally, I believe the Sunday breather is
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