How do I know when an alien is illegal? Is it the single large eye in
the middle of what is presumably a face? Is it six fingers, one of which
is a foot long, on each hand? Or does he (presuming again, using the
generic he) slither along the ground to show his alien status? Or is it
that he
We've had a couple of posts lately that have been about national,
presidential issues - not Minneapolis-specific ones.
This forum exists not to talk about every issue important to Minneapolitans,
but to local issues where local Minneapolis issues are prime. Please respect
the charter scope, and
Ditto, we went to dinner there the other night before I had read about this on the list and we went the wrong way down first avenue. There should be a sign at every intersection for the length of the two way until people are acclimated to it. Lisa McDonald East Harriet - Original Message
?? Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This forum exists not to talk about every issue
important to Minneapolitans,
but to local issues where local Minneapolis issues
are prime.
OK, here's a Mpls.-specific issue.
Did anyone notice this story in yesterday's Strib?
A third-year middle-school
Something readers might like and that Jon Gorder will probably delight in,
since he had earlier told me off list that they were common and they would
likely be in this neighborhood along Franklin. Today a Red Shouldered Hawk
landed in one of the boulevard trees in front of my house at 21st and
Connie Nompelis Ventura Village wrote:
So I'll stop complaining now, but does anyone have any
thoughts on this? Is this a psychological thing
related to poor neighborhoods? I think it's not just
the people living here, and it's not just kids. (They
have kids in Kenwood, right??) I'm
Few would doubt the charge of discrimination in the application of law enforcement and
justice.
My problem is with the elimination of personal responsibility. Where does personal
responsibility
end and mechanisms to combat the symptoms of systemic discrimination begin?
I'll have to take
That specific racial groups are appearing in court disproportionate to
their numbers in the general population is a result of a
disproportionate crime commission rate among those specific racial groups.
Prove it.
Mike Skoglund
Loring Park / New York
This is least interesting for starters,
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I assume it was a Red
Shouldered, it did not have the distinctive red tail from the rear.
Jon Sez: Oh my god, do not.please make me the'Birder of this
list. I'm no where
While I didn't enjoy seeing my school system laid bare as the article did, I
think the teacher who took the time to express her day to day events and
feelings should be commended for her effort. She agreed to keep this diary
long before she suspected she would be laid off. What I read was the
Once again, blinded by rigid views, the local effects of national politics
is not to be discussed here. David nips this in the bud as we enter the real
election season and try to examine the issues - the deficits, the Patriot
Act, the effect of tax cuts on state and local government and local
In my wanderings today I looked at a couple city sponsored housing
projects, specifically looking for units that were accessible to a
person who couldn't climb stairs due to disability.
I attended one of the public hearings on the Heritage Park projects a
couple years back. I and several
1st Ave Traffic Experiment
A question occurs to me. Why are people who advocate a policy we disagree
with shrill? I mean, wouldn't you have to attend the hearings to somehow
make that judgment? So, how are we who didn't attend the hearings going to
come to the conclusion that shrill people
David (and list),
I really don't give a rip about presidential politics. My point was to
deal with what a local Republican bigwig said to some local protesters, in
light of our current local unemployment rate. Since this involved a local
guy, local protestors and one of the writers, Kim Ode,
The ying and the yang would have to express my feelings about Mr. Mork's
posting in the wee hours of this morning.
I have to admit that I admired Jim Mork's description of the 1st Avenue
Traffic experiment. The description of the neighborhood process flew as
close to the mark as a written arrow
I have noticed on Grand Ave near Lake Street, a particular hot spot for
litter and crime this summer (more than a couple of armed robberies of
pedestrians in the past few weeks), that the buildings in worst shape seem
to have the largest amount of trash outside them.
I wonder if living in
It was not my purpose to start a discussion about presidential politics,
but to call attention to how our LOCAL MINNEAPOLIS newspaper covers the
news, both local (i.e., Councilmember Johnson Lee's traffic citation
which was actually non-news) and national (why our LOCAL MINNEAPOLIS
paper chooses
The Getting to the Bottom of the Ballot's After the Election Series
continues this fall with the following seminar led by Council Member Don
Samuels:
Violence in Minneapolis . . .
A region-wide solution to a local problem.
As gang violence has heated up in Minneapolis this summer, local leaders
on 9/2/03 9:18 AM, Peter T Schmitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It was not my purpose to start a discussion about presidential politics,
but to call attention to how our LOCAL MINNEAPOLIS newspaper covers the
news, both local (i.e., Councilmember Johnson Lee's traffic citation
which was
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Even though the State's LGA subsidy to Minneapolis has been cut by $59
million ($26 million in 2003, and $33 million for 2004,) the proposed
budget for next year is UP by $20 million ($1.22 billion in 2003 to
$1.24 billion in 2004.)
That's right. The LARGEST budget in the City's history is
Things you think about over Labor Day...
A week ago, Victoria Heller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
NRP and its paid activists got funded - with debt.
I don't think this is correct, if Vickie is referring to the use of the
Hilton Fund to add monies to NRP above Common Project revenues (which are
The bulletin: I've moved from Charles Horn to Ebenezer Tower Apartments
on Portland Ave. in Phillips.
The commentary: When I moved from Whittier to the public highrises south
of Lake St. three years ago, my first impression was that I was heading
into a war zone. Not so, as it turned out.
Now
It is important to point out that besides the Mpls list, E-Democracy
also hosts discussions on state and national politics.
See:
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Is it possible that blacks right here in Minneapolis, Minnissippi are
over-represented in the criminal court system and prison population due to 'racial
profiling' and race-based discrimination? (Over-arrested, -prosecuted,
-convicted, -sentenced)
The rate of drug admissions to state prison
I've created additional lists to support local, city, and statewide
communities. It's my hope to initiate or provide alternative methods of
discussions to what is currently available. I'm not trying to step on any
toes.
Send an email to the address(es) below to subscribe.
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For those of us who were out of town and missed the Johannesburg...er, Star
Tribune, former Councilmember Kathy Thurber pens an interesting piece on how
changing water standards and other standards may lead to more city beach
closings.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/4067242.html
David
Jon Gorder claims to not be a birder and not have the knowledge. Then
immediately teaches us about White-breasted Morph Red-Tails. Thank you
for the information Jon. By the way Jon you are now Our source of bird
information until you find us a better source.
That brings us to an expectation I
76% of all users of illegal drugs are White, yet 70% of drug convictions
are Black. ... White youths are one third more likely to have sold drugs
than Black youth, yet it is Black youth who get arrested, (p. 150-151, The
Minneapolis Story, Through My Eyes, by Ron Edwards.
-Original
76% of all users of illegal drugs are White, yet 70% of drug convictions
are Black. ... White youths are one third more likely to have sold drugs
than Black youth, yet it is Black youth who get arrested, (p. 150-151, The
Minneapolis Story, Through My Eyes, by Ron Edwards.
Peter Jessen, Portland
Peter Jessen Writes:
76% of all users of illegal drugs are White, yet 70% of drug convictions
are Black. ... White youths are one third more likely to have sold drugs
than Black youth, yet it is Black youth who get arrested, (p. 150-151, The
Minneapolis Story, Through My Eyes, by Ron
A List member posted the above question recently. The answer, to me, is
probably not. Here are some stories covered recently in the
Johannesburg Times, but not the Star Tribune:
Independent probe into rugby racism claims
SA Rugby says it will approach 'an eminent person' to conduct an
--- Wendy Introwitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Down in Texas they have no public housing and no
subsidized housing.
What!?!?
Texas is full of public housing and susidized housing.
Darn near a majority of the 5th Ward in Houston is
public and subsidized housing. A lot of it is below
standards
- Original Message -
From: Dyna [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Mpls] Inaccessable City Sponsored Housing- the Next Holman?
snip...
I attended one of the public hearings on the Heritage Park projects a
couple years back. I and several other citizens in attendance reminded
the designers
On 9/1/03 10:26 PM, Wendy Introwitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That specific racial groups are appearing in court disproportionate to
their numbers in the general population is a result of a
disproportionate crime commission rate among those specific racial groups.
Prove it.
[...]
This is
Minnesota's imprisonment ratio of blacks to whites is 25-1, the highest of
any state in the country [in the year 2000] - MPR news Justice in Black and
White: The Justice Gap by Dan Olson, April 13, 2000
http://news.mpr.org/features/24/17_olsond_race/index.shtml
Minnesota Supreme Court
N.I. Krasnov wrote:
I find it a G-d send that the Somalis settled here. They will show
whites that black people
moving into a neighborhood is not de facto synonymous with crime.
The Somalis have a culture and belief system that preclude anti social
behaviors.
I don't know how you managed to
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