I agree with the quote from CM Gary Schiff:
The city does not focus its resources there, but we've got development going on all
over the rest of the city.
I have expressed similar concerns to Mayor Rybak as well.
I firmly believe if the City of Minneapolis makes the
Jordan Neighborhood a
This article does get at the core of another way
impacted inner-city neighborhoods are treated by the
city.
It's not just in Jordan or the Northside that this has
and continues to happen.
The Lake and Nicollet Development was pummeled by the
city council while the development at Bryant and Lake
Psst. Hey, you. Yes, you.Did youread the Strib last Tuesday? Did you see that little soundbite tucked intoa section called "Short Slices" or "Quick Jabs" or somethingsnappy like that? I am referring tothebold announcement that Jon Campbell, CEO of Wells Fargo, supports something he calls
(Resent with sig line at bottom)
This point begs the question of what role the city should and can play in
the role of economic and community development. And I raise these question
in light of spending more than 10 years working with neighborhoods including
Phillips (1985) to identify and help
This just reinforces the point made in a recent WALL STREET JOURNAL piece I posted
that the best and/or most experienced teachers should be assigned to the worse
performing schools. And add to that, assignment to the high-suspension-rate grades of
8th, 6th, 7th, and 9th.
Bill Dooley
Kenny
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.
MJ sez: This may be true from a
The Hawthorne Area Community Council
2003 Annual Meeting
Thursday, September 25, 2003 @6:30pm
Nellie Stone Johnson School
(27th Avenue Bryant Avenue North)
Call 952-703-9278 to RSVP and register
Agenda:
*Call to Order 7:00pm
*Bylaws Changes (Articles 5 10-14
*Board Election
*Adjournment
Stay
Perhaps I risk being off topic by posting this, but it is relevant to
Minneapolis in that it shows an alternative approach to transportation
issues that, as the article says, focuses on improving the lot of people,
not their cars.
The article linked here describes the reform efforts of
Thanks for your input. I would like to know more. How
was it decided that Rainbow would build a store at
29th and Dupont in Lowry Hill East and at 27th and
Lake in Longfellow instead of Nicollet and Lake, Park,
Portland, Chicago, Bloomington or Cedar or Hiawatha
and Lake? What statistics go into
WE ARE SEEKING ONE OR TWO SELECT LEADERS FROM THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND
LATINO COMMUNITIES WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH YOUTH AND/OR MUSIC AND THE ARTS TO
JOIN OUR SMALL BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Twin Cities Underground is a new, non-profit youth center in South
Minneapolis, started by parents and teens to
I sent this yesterday but the format was screwed up. I hope it
comes through O.K. this time. JC
Psst. Hey, you. Yes, you.Did youread the Strib last Tuesday?
Did you see that little soundbite tucked intoa section called
"Short Slices" or "Quick Jabs" or somethingsnappy like that?
I am
In a September 3, 2003 CITY PAGES article regarding a public policy forum to discuss
police-community relations, Minneapolis Police Federation President Sgt. John
Delmonico talked about a community relations plan. Britt Robson the author of the
article writes, He (Delmonico) distributed copies
Are the scholarships below really an effective
expenditure of NRP funds? The course description
says that students will learn conflict resolution.
What good is this to an organization that refuses
to recognize the rights of residents and whose
grievance policies are nothing more than internal
Anyone who wants to attend the Community Leadership
Institute offered by St. Thomas University can do so
WITHOUT the signature of the neighborhood association
board chair. That is not a required element of the St.
Thomas application process.
However, if the applicant wishes to recieve the
I guess I'd ask if this property was zoned for commercial sales from the
front porch.
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson
What would the neighbors say, and do, if I, Keith Reitman/landlord, offered
these same legal products for sale from one of my front porches, to our
neighborhood youth?
Grow Column on Teachers
Caught in the act! Doug Grow actually caught bureaucrats BEING bureaucrats.
Kudos to him. It must frustrate union leaders to see management using
union contracts as the scapegoat when they behave in a callous way toward
employees. That's wedge tactics if I've ever
I've heard the term ambulance chaser before but I
never understood exactly what they meant by it. I
think I have just discovered it.
I just got home from work to find 3 letters from
attorneys in my mail addressed to my son. My son
unfortunately got hit by a van on Labor Day Eve. He is
o.k. Had
But it's still functions of the city/county/state shilling for wealthy
St. Thomas.
WizardMarks, Central
Barbara Lickness wrote:
Anyone who wants to attend the Community Leadership
Institute offered by St. Thomas University can do so
WITHOUT the signature of the neighborhood association
board
All police incident reports, arrest reports and traffic reports are public
information. The news media and attorneys who specialize in personal injury
accidents and possible incients of police brutality go to the records
division on a regular basis and check the logs to see whats up. The
Dooley, Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Police Federation President Sgt. John Delmonico talked about a community relations
plan. . . .'This document went to the =
chief, the mayor, and all 13 council people,' Delmonico claimed. 'I haven't heard one
phone call back from it.'
Could be. Then
Curitiba Brazil is another City that changed as described for Bogota when
Mayor Jaimie Lerner, a landscape architect, passionate about sustainability
and being green, was elected Mayor. The trains all move off a hub cap with
five arteries in and out of the city There are no cars downtown except
MJ Mueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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.
In a message dated 9/4/03 1:15:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I guess I'd ask if this property was zoned for commercial sales from the
front porch.
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson
What would the neighbors say, and do, if I, Keith Reitman/landlord, offered
In a message dated 9/4/03 8:11:23 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
attorneys are still part of the public
Jon Sez: Where is the justice?
Jon Gorder
Loring Park
Yes, there is awareness of the Somali youth gang problems on the West Bank.
I have met with two different groups of elders on this issue, and I know
that Paul Zerby is also aware. The mosque on the West Bank has begun some
intensive programming activities for Somali youth. Block club activity is
From: Carlson, Katherine
Date: 27 Aug 2003
There was the presence of
semi-volatile organics and arsenic which naturally occur in the
environment.
These naturally occurring elements are not at levels that pose a risk
to the
public.
And just what were the levels of this arsenic and such at
An anonymous donor has given the UofM $35 million towards building their
own $200 million football stadium.
(http://www.startribune.com/stories/503/4080010.html)
I've read most of the complaints about the Metrodome, and I've even
watched the Gophers, Vikings and Twins all play there. While it
Bottom of the Ballot resumes their "After the Election 2003" seminar
series on Tuesday, Sept. 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Southwest High School,
3414 W. 47th St.
The guest speaker will be City Councilmember Don Samuels (3rd Ward)
discussing the need and opportunity for Southwest neighborhoods to
Assigning Teachers
I've noticed that it is a theme of Doug Mann's that the most successful
schools should not automatically get the best teachers. But I wonder how
successful it would be to direct the best teachers to the worst schools.
The school system is not the military. The best
Jim Mork wrote:
Assigning Teachers
I've noticed that it is a theme of Doug Mann's that the most
successful schools should not automatically get the best teachers.
But Doug Mann, nor anyone else has asked why the teacher's union does
not protect the new teachers against this discrimination.
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