Robin notes:
David Brauer writes:
the Greens fielded no state legislative candidates in Minneapolis in
2004.
There were two Green candidates for state house last year. Tom Taylor in
59A and Becki
Smith in 59B. I know that Tom came in second, beating the Republican
candidate.
My profuse
Kumbaya! Brother Scott Nieman calls for healing. Since
he was instrumental in creating the bad blood going
back to 2001, its no wonder he wants to move on, and
quickly!
Steve Nelson rightly pointed out Niemans questionable
ethics, serving as the Park Board rep in the redrawing
of district
People may not all the facts, but overall the Green Party in Minneapolis is
till third overall in the vote. I hope that those who are supporters of the
Greens will stop cherry picking, and actually deal with apples as apples and
oranges and oranges.
Shawn A. Dorisian
Phillips
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5724628.html
If given a choice, the train will win every time. Can we please move
beyond the Bus Rapid Transit fad now?
Jared Chester
Nokomis East.
REMINDERS:
1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If
you think a
I agree with you Pat, it is outrageous that this kind of computer glitch
should be allowed to occur. What I was responding to was a previous post
where someone suggested that Audrey should just clear it up -- she only
gets around $13,000 a year anyway as a school board member, right? Many
many
It is not cherry-picking.
At the CITY level, for city-level offices,the GP is second. For several
house races it has been second. It is a grass-roots party.
The main problem for higher office is that so far only one Green has been
elected to ANY state legislature in any of the 50 states - over
As a fairly new DFLer and Rybak supporter, I find Wizard Marks' post a bit
ironic.
I too find that the DFL can be a bit stagnant, but I've come to that
conclusion for opposite reasons. It was the DFL party itself that came
within a whisker of endorsing Peter McLaughlin for mayor. It seems that
I nominate Mr. Cooney post below as Post of the Year. A fantastic
analysis in a pithy 250 words.
Dean E. Carlson
East Harriet, Ward 10
- Original Message -
From: Cooney, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, November 14, 2005 9:44 am
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Doug Grow on the Death of the
Cooney, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Its that very same insular party apparatus that allows the Walt Dzeidzics
and Bob Fines of the world to secure relatively pain-free DFL endorsements.
It seems we have to correct this error almost every couple weeks. Bob Fine
has never been a DFL endorsed
Correcting myself here: Bob Fine failed to get endorsed. (See. There is
hope!)
-Dale Cooney
Central
On 11/14/05 9:44 AM, Cooney, Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Its that very same insular party apparatus that allows the Walt Dzeidzics
and Bob Fines of the world to secure relatively pain-free
Good morning all,
Regarding my comment that Director Johnson clear it up [full comment
attached], I realize that $29K is a ton of money. I certainly don't have
that laying around either. However, that isn't my problem. It also
shouldn't be our problem as parents. It shouldn't be the problem
While I agree with just about everything that Niel puts forth here, I do
want to address one issue. That is the gerrymandering of ECCO into the
4th district.
ECCO used to be split, 2/3 in the 4th District and 1/3 in the 6th District.
The result of this from my experience with ECCO (former board
Mark Hanson asked if Minneapolis Pulbic Schools has an internal audit
department or an outside auditor.
I do not believe that MPS has an internal auditor. The district does have
internal controls, as many large organizations do. These are designed to
provide a measure of internal check on
The Hennepin County Treasurer's office mailed out the
proposed property tax for 2006 two days (November 10)
after election day. Was it thought that one day after we
voted would be too obvious? Do you suppose that there
were any accompanying snickers at the time of the mailing
(those poor
Again perhaps a little out of your kneck of the woods,
Scott ran for Park Board as a Green in 2001 and as a
DFL'er in 2004. I think it says alot about the fine
qualities that Scott will bring to the park board that
both parties have endorsed him in races for office. I
wouldn't reduce this to a
Bob Fine did not have DFL endorsement! We went two ballots - starting
after 10 p.m. as I recall - at the DFL city convention and there were
fewer than 90 delegates left. I had 51% and Mr. Fine had 49% and it was
clear that among the remaining delegates there was not going to be any
significant
The Hennepin County Treasurer's office mailed out the
proposed property tax for 2006 two days (November 10)
after election day. Was it thought that one day after we
voted would be too obvious? Do you suppose that there
were any accompanying snickers at the time of the mailing
(those poor
Okay, hold on here...23.4 percent was my increase.
Looking to move out of this messy city
Dana DeWilde
East Phillips
--- Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Hennepin County Treasurer's office mailed out
the
proposed property tax for 2006 two days (November
10)
after election day. Was it
The timing was ridiculous. I got an 11% property increase -- which is about
$300+. At the risk of seeming pollyannaish, I feel like our services are
costing the city more and we have more needs. City workers work hard and
the vast majority don't make exorbitant amounts. They are entitled to
The questions about audits seem irrelevant due to the fact that it was
reported that the COO or Interim Supt., whatever his position at the
time of finding out, acknowledged that he was aware of the problem,
asked someone to straighten it out, but apparently didn't follow up to
find out if it
Diane Wiley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The main question I have is whether
people who have
less incomes are being hit harder. That would not be good. If we want to
have a decent city, we're going to have to pay for it. I will buy $300 less
of some kind of thing that I probably don't really
I appreciate all of the well-informed responses to my questions about
internal or external audits for Minneapolis Public Schools. I honestly
didn't know - I wasn't trying to set up some other scenario.
I'm also an accountant by trade, and do not for a minute want to suggest
that auditors hold
Not only was Bob Fine not endorsed in 2005, he also did NOT get the
endorsement in 2001. In fact, in 2001, all the candidates were supposed to
answer the question if they would run against an endorsed candidate. Due to
the very late hour of the endorsement, no one remembered to ask the
question.
In Ballot Box: No recount in Ward 6 race
Dean Zimmermann will not request a recount in his Ward 6 City Council
race, which he lost by 46 votes to Robert Lilligren. But Zimmermann
may still end up in City Hall. Also: Plotting the new City Council
power structure.
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Well said, Neil. AMEN!
Steve Nelson
Proud Charter Member of Park Watch from
Willard Hay
Kumbaya! Brother Scott Nieman calls for healing. Since
he was instrumental in creating the bad blood going
back to 2001, it's no wonder he wants to move on, and
quickly!
Steve Nelson rightly pointed out
Other big cities are having problems as well. One of the problems is the
Republican institutionalized irresponsibility that many citizens have
accepted as the norm.
Rich people and corporations do everything possible to avoid paying taxes.
They move, go offshore, or threaten states and
Rich people and corporations do everything possible to avoid paying taxes.
They move, go offshore, or threaten states and municipalities with
leaving unless sweetheart deals are cut.
This is precisely why we need to be careful about pushing too hard for
social justice at the city level.
Diane Wiley asks whether the rising taxes will hurt people on small or
even wee incomes, and those on fixed incomes.
Of course it will. How can it not?
My tax went up 15.8%. Only part of that is the tax. The value of my
house is now three times what I paid for it eight years ago.
Some of
Mike Jensvold wrote:
Rich people and corporations do everything possible to avoid paying
taxes. They move, go offshore, or threaten states and
municipalities with leaving unless sweetheart deals are cut.
This is precisely why we need to be careful about pushing too hard for
social justice
Oh where to start.where to start.
My taxes went up 10.9% this year. As compaired to some of you, looks like I
got by lucky.
You know, we deserve it. We continue, year after year after year, to elect
politicians Republicans and Democrats whose fury to spend is nearly
sexual
Public Hearing for the DeLaSalle design motion for getting on with
the EAW ( environmental assessment worksheet )
Barry Clegg: The MPRB has never had a discussion of the following for
the public.
1) Is this an appropriate use for a regional park?
2) Why are you building
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