Being a nonsmoker sensitive to smoke I very much like the smoke free
environment that this may not provide - but putting that asside - I like it too.
But I think clarity is needed from what Steve is proposing and what David is
assuming. Steve is only proposing that workers are protected here,
[NAACP members not on the executive committee may attend as observers]
March 12, 2005
We the undersigned members of the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People and of the Executive Committee of the Minneapolis NAACP
branch, acting in the best interests of the Constitution of
I prefer a total ban too.
But we have for a while to deal with throwbacks like Kelly and Pawlenty
and their BigTobacco lovin' ilk.
So looking just at employees, what would the insurance cost? How much?
What risk do the masters of risk calculate? What risk that the bar owners
(today's objects of
On 3/12/05 2:15 PM, Michael Atherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bob Johnson wrote:
Once again, occupancy limit ordinances are irrelevant here since the
three students were not killed by overoccupancy. You are really
trying hard to ignore this fundamental fact.
I always knew that the
MPR brought the Hennepin Theater District deal back into the news this past
week with a two part segment on the radio. City Pages also published a
piece a few weeks ago focused on Clear Channel.
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/03/08_horwichj_theatertw
o/
Some of Jeanne's questions can be answered here:
http://www.skywaynews.net/articles/2004/11/16/news/news01.txt
The city's Theater Study Task Force report is here:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/2004-meetings/20041119/Docs/Theatre-
Study-Committee-Recommendation.pdf
also, for a baseline
Mark Snyder wrote:
Sorry, but as someone who went through the sweeps with my
fraternity's properties, this characterization is wrong.
As a young person I never understood the value of wisdom,
when wisdom is defined as the knowledge gained from years
of experience. Have experienced not
Michael Atherton asked:
I don't recall: has the city council required that this type
of smoke detector be installed in all rooms in rental units?
If so, I will apologize to Mr. Zerby. Also, does the city
require the inspection of all rental units prior to occupancy?
Actually, my
Eva Young writes:
This IRV idea for local party conventions sounds rather wacky to me. It's
much more difficult for tellers to count votes with an IRV situation than
counting for traditional ballots without the rankings. There's also much
more room for counting errors.
Bill Kahn, confused as
With this polling data in hand, you ought to take to take your case to
the Minnesota Legislature and persuade them to enact or enable the
sale/distribution of medicinal marijuana by statute. That is where the
decision rightfully belongs. It most certainly, clearly, absolutely
does not belong in
I would like to be removed from the email forum due to the high number of email
and i am using my computer for business correspondence.
Thank you,
Ben Jangula
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REMINDERS:
1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If
you think a member is in
Michael Atherton writes:
I find it curious how people on the North side (and Central)
get up in arms (no pun intended) when one or two people are
killed, but are silent about a much more pervasive problem
affecting far more children. People cry for community
involvement and services, but I
On 3/13/05 12:48 PM, Steve Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually, my understanding of the city ordinances is that all rental
units must be licensed and getting a license not only requires a safety
inspection but such safety inspections are to be conducted on a regular
basis as long as the
I wonder if anyone has thought about proposing a
resolution to vote on at the Ward 2 DFL convention
opposing the Prospect Park-East River Road Improvement
Association's discriminatory membership practices. I
think it would be entirely appropriate for the party
to go on record opposing that
David Strand wrote:
I'm not crazy about the metrowide sales tax proposal
at the capital to help support transit either. Why
must every possible tax proposed be as regressive as
possible to gain a hearing? It seems that both a
sales tax increase and rate hikes would fall
disproportionately on
A good cause, Loki, but a little late. Resolutions are introduced at
Precinct Caucuses and only move on if they are passed there first.
Possibly a good idea for next year if they don't change their ways before
then.
Steven M Nelson
Willard Hay
http://citizenshipchronicles.blogspot.com/
There continues to be some confusion about resolutions in the 2005
caucus/convention series. People have talked about where resolutions
can be introduced, and what does or does not happen to them. Keep in
mind that the resolutions process for the DFL is one laid out in the
governing
David, thanks for the clarification on resolutions at ward conventions.
This was my understanding, but I was hearing conflicting messages as well.
Circulation of the Minneapolis Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) resolution was
started at the caucuses, but it reached only a few precincts. There will be
- Original Message -
From: gemgram [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Steve Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; stpaul@mnforum.org;
mpls@mnforum.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
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Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] New smoking ban approach
If the government wants to make all
Say what you will, you have constituted yourself as a self appointed
committee that can overrule the voters and refuse to even consider proposals
that the required 5% of the voters have petitioned to put on the ballot.
Initiative, referendum and charter amendments were intended to let the
Steve Cross wrote:
Actually, my understanding of the city ordinances is that
all rental units must be licensed and getting a license not only
requires a safety inspection but such safety inspections are to
be conducted on a regularbasis as long as the property is licensed
for
GRANT WILL HELP CITY STUDY EFFECTS OF SMOKING BAN
An $85,000 grant from the anti-smoking group MPAAT will allow city
officials to study the overall impact of the coming smoking ban.
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