Finally something to be encouraged about in regards to local government.
Common sense that we all can live with. This vote is a victory for
everyone.. and for freedom. Everybody wins with this vote, even those
who so zealously tried to give away to the government their free will for
the
Amen to that, Mr. Graham.
An analog: I'm a staunch abortion pro-choicer. I'm from the ilk of if you
don't like abortion, don't have one. But there's a small part of me, deep
inside, that would love to hear the hew and cry of the pro-choice ban
supporters (I suspect a high correlation between
This post isn't about supporting local artists. It's about supporting you,
and is a commercial posting on the Minneapolis issues list serve. It's not
appropriate. Put up some flyers or something.
Mike Thompson
Windom
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From: Erik Riese [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mpls
Dorie Rae Gallagher says:
Why would the local political leaders say anything? They are comfortable.
It is the
people of Minneapolis that need to speak up for what they feel are the
essentials.
MT says: But therein lies part of the problem. The people of Minneapolis,
many of them on this
and tell
them what you want to do. Report back to us what they say.
Mike Thompson
Windom
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From: Matty Lang
To: Michael Thompson ; mpls forum
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Property Tax: Progressive or Regressive?
Michael
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
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From: Dorothy Titus [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mpls Forum mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Justice Du Jour
Dottie Titus says (and MT responds):
I wonder if that was the thinking in New Orleans as well. It certainly
If a fine system is abolished, or not enforced, what you have is a de facto
free book club. I understand the rationale about access to those people
least able to afford fines, though there's a simple way around that: bring
the books back on time. Without fines, all the library is saying is take
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From: David A. Greene [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Justice Du Jour
David Greene wrote:
Social justice is respeecting the dignity of every human being. It
implies equal opportunity but also
David Greene said (and MT responds):
Transportation is absolutely a justice issue. I wouldn't label it
transportation justice. It's social justice. No reason to fragment
our efforts.
Please assist with the definition of social justice. Is social justice
about equal opportunity, or equal
I was hoping and praying that the council's decision on this matter was
because downtown could use the business.. a business that actually
wanted to be there. I want to think that the council actually came to their
senses and realized that turning away business, solely because people like
You VOLUNTARILY enter an establishment that is wreaking violence on its
patrons, then complain about the violence that goes on there?
Puhleeeze.That's like entering a sauna and complaining that it's hot.
Please report to the police the perpetrator that forced you, at gunpoint, to
enter a
You're absolutely right, Andy, and if a few people have to lose their jobs
for your convenience, what's the harm. At least they'll be healthy
collecting unemployment, for those that can get it. Praise God for people
like you. As I've stated before, to you especially, if you can have someone
I am a veteran and currently a member of the Individual Ready Reserve of the
Army Reserve. I do not agree with the DOD policy of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
That said, why is it the business of the Minneapolis City Council to vote on
this like St. Louis? This is not a city of Minneapolis issue.
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From: Andy Driscoll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dan McGrath [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Minneapolis Issues
mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] RE: Another DT restaurant closes
What claptrap. Restaurants are opening and closing all the
- Original Message -
From: Jared Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Michael Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 9:29 AM
Subject: RE: [Mpls] RE: Smoking ban
Mr. Thompson:
Do not presume to know where I'm from, where I go nor where I stop
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From: Becca Vargo Daggett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] RE: Another DT restaurant closes
I'm generally sorry for the bars that are negatively affected by the
broader societal shift away from
A living wage is a subjective construct that, even if we define it as
objectively as we can, has no business being solved at the city contract
level. Like Mark said, this is an employee/employer issue solved at the
company level.. not an issue for the city to stick their nose into. No
The same way you might do with CBS, NBC and ABC with their left-wing,
anti-Bush, anti-war bias (if you were to believe such biases existed I'm
not saying I believe such biases exist, I'm merely pointing out a strategy):
You turn (it) them off.
You write a letter.
You encourage your friends
It made its first appearance above the marathon last weekend, as best I can
tell. It was above Cirque Du Soleil last night, but was also making very
wide cirlces around most of the city.
It says Have you had it up to here? or something very close to that on one
side, and a phrase I cannot
I guess I'm not really sure where Ms. Smith's post was going, but I'll throw
in another view.
Considering the Supreme Court even has great difficulty defining
pornography, it does indeed fall upon each person to define it themselves.
And that's where it should stop. With the exception of
A fine, succint post, Liz. We all need to take a deep breath on this one.
This was a search warrant. the FBI convinced a judge that they had
probable cause sufficient to search CM Zimmerman's house. He is not guilty
of anything... nor is the FBI. To suggest that this is politically
OK, I'll bite...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 7:25 AM
Subject: [Mpls] Solar Panels are Back Ordered 6 Months Around the World
snip of paragraph one
The leading mayoral candidates like to palm themselves
I, too, would be interested to see the ordinances. I believe WizardMarks,
but I want to read it in disbelief myself.
To a certain extent we bring this sort of thing on ourselves. We deserve
what we get. We hand to city council-persons the power to do this kind of
stuff. Sure, we've been down the
To answer Mr. Hoover's last question: Because there simply is not enough
money. I don't like telling you (and others) that any more than you like
hearing it. But it's a fact, end of story. So, to answer another of Mr.
Hoover's questions: Yes, we may need our libraries to become venues for
I'm rather skeptical of the prediction that we'd get to vote if the Twins
move or not, but we're not being allowed to vote (so far) about the funding
of a new stadium- and that's a state law!
As usual, CO offers a pretty and rosy picture of what it would be like with
community ownership
I have no doubt that Cage Fighting, whether it be between city council
candidates or tough men (or women, for that matter) would be a wildly
successful enterprise. People and businesses and sponsors would make money,
the city would recoup tax revenue, and it would be an advertisers heaven. It
I don't see too much of a problem with the idea of advertising posted (but
not evidently not endorsed) by Mr. Strand.
Considering that every governmental expenditure appears today to be a need
rather than a want. and the very simple fact that there is not enough
money for every need we
Amen, Greg. Another list member said it very well several months ago when
this thing first broke. to paraphrase, that lister implored RT to do the
right thing, and not wait for an investigation to absolve him. That's not
a higher standard. That's poltical shell-games and pure BS.
RT still
I'm going to violate the list rules a wee bit and keep Dennis' post below,
if for no other reason than it's so dog-gone to the point.. and true. I
don't think it was Mr. Plante's intention to include law-abiding permit
carriers in his last paragraph, if I read it properly.
Nevertheless,
What do gun safes have to do with stray bullets? And how will a gun safe
assist me (a law abiding citizen) in self-protection? People who wish to do
me harm are unlikely to allow me the courtesy of opening my gun safe so as I
can grab my legal firearm to protect myself.
Those who would oblige
Fine, Mr. Johnson. but one question: who pays for grants and
rebates? You don't pick them from the grant and rebate garden.
Mike Thompson
Windom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:15 PM
Subject: [Mpls] Mercury
(read: tax hikes). I suspect
those people with Happy to Pay for a Better Minnesota signs won't mind
ponying up the money, but my taxes are high enough.
Mike Thompson
Windom
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From: Dean Zimmermann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Michael Thompson' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL
Like R.T. should be making any comments. He still owes the city $28,000 for
his news from the mayor literature fiasco from a few months ago.
Mike Thompson
Windom
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From: List manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 3:43 PM
But your example makes my point through force of knowing what is
better for me (a passive restraint system) the auto industry then was forced
to capitulate and provide seatbelts. So seatbelts might have been designed
by the private sector, but it wasn't the market that instituted their
Try as I might, I cannot think of a better moniker than nanny-state to
describe exactly what you're talking about. The nanny-state is a
governmental attitude that we know what's better for you than you do, and
we'll make you capitulate through law. While most people do not complain
about the
BTW--- yes, the women at Hooters make great money. It's a living wage. But
I guess all the tripe this city spews about living wages only goes to
people who wear work clothing that R.T. , RJL and the others approve of. And
we're willing to turn down the tax money generated by the establishment in
- Original Message -
From: Ken Karla [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mpls Issues mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] How quickly we get used to a smoke-free
environment(butnot to Hooters)
[KB responds] That applies nationally, not locally.
Really? So
.or, alternately, he's understanding that many hard working small
business people are hurting financially because of the ban. These would be
the 99% of bars that are not patronized by 99% of ban proponents.. the
bars that the public health advocates would never stoop low enough to
Your comments illustrate one of the fundamental problems with the smoking
ban: it's something that you find convenient, so the fundamental
incorrectness and unjustness of the ban is of little practical consequence
to you.
A mature outlook of the smoking ban is the ability of an individual to look
I have three in my yard every day. Anecdotally, there seems to be a spike in
the neighborhood. One is very bold and will hop under my patio
chairwhile I'm sitting in it--- in order to graze.
You know... rabbits tend to breed like bunnies!
I don't think city rabbit would work well in
I'd go one step further and ask for increased enforcement of the
walkers/runners in the bike lane, and vice versa. I am both a runner and a
biker and when one is in the other's lane, it's downright dangerous. (In my
experience, runners tend to be sassier when instructed about their
I agree with everything you've said. I'm both a driver and a competitive
cyclist. I see the issue from both sides of things. I am embarassed by the
attitude of many of my fellow cyclists but I also have been
guilty of some of the infractions you cite. However, I think we can all
agree
Thanks for posting on this, Michael. We should all be very, very
afraid..
Mike Thompson
Windom
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From: Michael Hohmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [mpls] mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:31 PM
Subject: [Mpls] eminent domain gets the green light
In terms of appropriate behavior in the parks another sign, or 76 more
cops aren't gonna be able to do a thing about it. I see it as symptomatic of
a greater ill in our society... the erosion of civil and common
courtesies owing to a me first attitude. Examples in the Minneapolis parks
Court invalidated it, and all other local anti-predatory
lending ordinances in the state.
See http://www.newrules.org/preempt/#anchor8
Michael Thompson, we have lots of law that protect individuals from
themselves (e.g. drug possession and use, seat belts). We choose to
enact such laws when
want to see that tampered with.
Mike Thompson
Windom
- Original Message -
From: Becca Vargo Daggett
To: Michael Thompson ; mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Predatory Lending - Taking a stand to end the
practiceinMpls
Michael made
Let's take a look at this:
Aaron Neumann wrote:
Predatory Lending is exactly what it says it is - loans, often by huge
companies like Wells Fargo, that are unfair and on abusive terms. These
lenders target (prey on) low income and minority home-buyers, and
capitalize
on these buyers lack of
So, let me just get this straight: the Green party is advocating an
ordinance, a LAW, that mandates what a living wage is, and will force
employers to pay this to employees? How exactly is that going to help
workers? I mean. will workers be better off after the inevitable layoffs
caused by
The Bryn Mawr store on Penn, maybe two-three blocks north of 394 sells bait,
from what my brother tells me.
Mike Thompson
Windom
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From: Marjorie Rolland [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 11:31 AM
Subject: [Mpls] Fishing Bait
The totality of Mr. Erwin's post proves the truth contained in the final
sentence of his first paragraph where he says Perhaps we are all
tyrannical!. Yes, this city is.
One more time on the smoking ban: the smoking ban is tyrannical because it
is another example of oppressive power exerted by
I say Ban Them in the traditional Minneapolis and Minnesota manner of
annoyance regulation. I know it will be in all our best interests.
Mike Thompson
Windom
LRT: 2 MPPA: 0
- Original Message -
From: Mike Jensvold [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:22
Just got back into town and saw this post. I couldn't believe it. Talk about
blaming the victim. Evidently, unable to stem the tide of thievery, the city
council has now decided to fine those being stolen FROM, hoping perhaps that
the victims will be better able to stop the theft than the police
I surely will call the Governor.
And I will urge him to sign the bill posthaste.
The Nye's incident is a red herring. It is sad to see the anti-gun zealots
salivating over the death of this bouncer as a springboard to advance their
agenda. The gentleman at Nye's ceased to be a legal, responsible
I wholeheartedly agree. I think those that support the tax for the new
stadium and tell us how the tax will go away (as if by magic) once the
bonds are paid off are delusional. Once a tax is applied, it's here to stay.
Why I don't support the stadium tax scheme is this (and I'm a huge sports
Actually David advocates taxing the rich and giving to the poor. Kind of a
Robin Hood approach.
You ask some good questions, Dan. Many leaders in this city, and many people
on this board, have no problem advocating more and more and more
taking.. and then claim that we have revenue problems
are so interested in safety, how come they haven't banned smoking? Some job
sites do, I understand, because the job site contract has mandated it (yep,
the market at work). While other union job sites (one four blocks from my
home) hasn't done so.
Nice try.
Michael Thompson
Windom
- Original
, for example, worker safety or the detrimental health
aspects of idling trucks... rather the issues are picked based on
political expediency.
Mike Thompson
Windom
Life-long non-smoker
- Original Message -
From: Jim Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Michael Thompson' [EMAIL PROTECTED
- Original Message -
From: Jim McGuire [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Smoking ban participation
As to workers having choices you're partly correct. There is, however, a
class argument in all this. There are definitely
Of course it's gonna happen, Dan. It's a good idea don't you know? And if
it's a good idea then it must be a law, and be banned. Perfume wearers
will get over it, and if a few perfumes sellers lost their jobs,
heck.that's OK. After all it's for the public good. After all, I don't
like perfume
1:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Smoking ban participation
In response to Michael Thompson, I have pointed out previously on this
list that similar arguments to his arguments against the smoking ban could
be used against sanitation laws or fire codes. Actually no one is forced to
patronize
This is exactly one of the points I made to my city councilperson and the
various state legislators I mailed and emailed regarding the ban.
My original point was, and still is, this: I suspect 99% of smoking ban
proponents will never stoop low enough to patronize 99% of the bars affected
by the
Mr. Strand's response below scares the holy hell out of me.
Mr. Strand says: Why should public policy be crafted not based on public
health but on some twisted idea that every single business must survive
intact as is only sans smoking?
MT says: Nice try, but totally misses the point. The notion
, and they talk out of both sides of their
mouth concerning the substance. Smoking may be a vice that they believe
they have a right to regulate, though they sure make a hell of a lot of
money on it.
Mike Thompson
Windom
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From: Jim Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Michael
- Original Message -
From: Robert Lilligren [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Minneapolis Issues Forum' mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:04 PM
Subject: [Mpls] Smoking ban night 2
snip of a bunch of stuff about a really neat community meeting
The place was full. Many people,
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From: Andy Driscoll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Minneapolis Issues mpls@mnforum.org; St. Paul Discuss
stpaul@mnforum.org
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:43 AM
Subject: [Mpls] Re: Smoking ban: Night One
Let all pretense for economics driving resistance be dismissed. It's
Just a question (I e-mailed a similar question to the Minnesota chapter of
this organization, but they never responded):
How does restricting legal gun ownership for law abiding citizens (via
repealment of the MPPA, or whatever will pass for the MPPA next session, and
something the Minnesota
- Original Message -
From: gemgram [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Steve Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; stpaul@mnforum.org;
mpls@mnforum.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] New smoking ban approach
If the government wants to make all
Good point, Ron. Keep in mind that the term level is best remembered as a
community notification level and not a risk level. Risk of reoffense has
something to with the assignment of level, but not everything.
Mike Thompson
Windom
- Original Message -
From: Leurquin, Ronald [EMAIL
Yep---cigarettes and heroin. Class I drugs. That's the ticket.
Remember, if that happens, the politicos withdrawal from the addiction to
tobacco tax revenue will rival a heroin addict's withdrawal from smack. If
cigs are so bad, let's get them banned. Today. Forever. So we can move on to
other
complicated issue, and one that I feel for you on.
Michael Thompson
Windom
- Original Message -
From: Booker Hodges [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Minneapolis Issues mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 10:10 PM
Subject: [Mpls] North Mpls Sex offender on the loose neighborhood
notnoteified
Here's how it works:
The smoking ban limits choice. Everybody now, today, has a choice about
smoking. Bars and restaurants can be smoking or non-smoking based on their
market and their customer base. Non-smokers can decide to stay away from
bars if they are smoky (I do). Smokers can stay out of
Does same level of protection equate to same level of safety?
I might argue that I get the same level of protection in Windom that you get
on the north side. I could also say that the north side does not have the
same level of safety, for a variety of reasons that does not necessarily
have
.
This city is screwed up.
Mike Thompson
Windom
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From: David Strand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Michael Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Statewide Smoking Ban
Hmmm... this issue
Making $20 an hour to drive a bus (a bus!!), and they wanted more from the
public teat? No wonder we're going broke.
Perhaps during their time off they could have taken a lesson or two in what
a red light is.
They should thank the citizens for having a job and drive on.
Mike Thompson
Windom
PRT in Minneapolis is, hands down, the most ridiculous, pie-in-in-the-sky,
wishful thinking, throwing money down the tubes idea I have ever, ever heard
of. A meeting in the sky? Please? I know what kind of meetings there will
be, and they won't involve guys in suits and ties. I'm sure there won't
saved me. Bless them for that.
Michael Thompson
Windom
Life-long non-smoker, believer in the market, and sworn enemy of the
Nanny-state
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 3:32 PM
Subject: [Mpls] Statewide Smoking Ban
Dan is merely restating, and in a well thought out manner, what many of us
have already known for some time: when citizens in Minneapolis don't like
something, they work to get it banned. Last year it was smoking, this year
it's already been idling trucks and probably leaf blowers. What else will
How will red light cameras make money, exactly. According to the estimtes
by the MPD, the system will cover its cost. The vendor will be paid on a
flat-fee basis, not on a per ticket basis. And the timing of yellows will
not be altered.
Citizens remain protected.
Mike Thompson
Windom
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Wireless internet is something this basic? You mean like water, sewer, and
fire protection?
It's a want, not a need. Pay for wants from your own pocket, please.
Mike Thompson
Windom
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From: David Shove [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Jeanne Massey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc:
My (probably ) last post on this topic:
Looks like there's some diversity of opinion on this issue, but overall most
list members support it, aside from the one who thought we were whining.
Whatever.
Today I spoke on the phone to Lt. Gregory Reinhart of the MPD. He detailed
to me the city's plan
Legitimate question regarding wireless internet:
Isn't technology changing rather rapidly? I thought it was. Why are we
investing public money in an area that is going to be obsolete in X number
of years? If the internet has gone from dial-up to DSL to cable to
wireless doesn't it stand to
I can't help but think this is some warped attempt to antagonize list
members and drivers. Please don't whine Mr. McGerik, when it's your wife
or kids killed by the red light runner.
Mike Thompson
Windom
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From: Scott McGerik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mpls Issues List
Speeding through an intersection on a yellow, but hitting the red. or
running through an intersection on a red, when the oppsoing traffic has a
green light, is not an accident. It is not an unwanted event. In fact,
it's a wanted event. It is an intentional, willful, and volitional act
that
I know that this issue was recently debated in terms of the red light
cameras proposed for the city, but I have more to say on this issue.
Red light running is a serious problem in this city. Serious. I've lived in
many U.S. cities, to include Portland, Madison and New York City. I've
driven in
Jim--- very honest, well written, and totally-on-the-mark reflection on the
mayor's lack of integrity regarding this issue. Any politician like this who
has to wait until the city attorney decides right vs. wrong shouldn't be
re-elected. Thanks for keeping up the attention on this issue. Methinks
Just because the industry may be engaging in typical arguments and
overwrought warnings of terrible consequences that come from any industry
when legislation is proposed to curb that industry's pollution doesn't
invalidate Dyna's points, nor mean that any substantive remedies will result
from the
I tend to look at the anti-idling ordinance from a bit larger Minneapolis
perspective, seeing it as evidence of a more insidious problem that the
citizens of this city are facing courtesy of the city council.
I don't know of anyone who likes trucks idling. The neighborhood residents
don't like
The only question I want answered is when RT is going to pay back the city
the $42,000 he owes for his blatant, but coincidental, campaign literature
mailed out a few weeks ago.
My guess is that he'll try to let it blow over. As Garage Logic says: Don't
tell me we don't have enough money!
Mike
I, too, remain very irritated by the mayor's literture and the
coincidental nature of it all. I will be doubly irritated if he ignores it
waiting for the storm to blow over, and never addresses it, especially if he
takes an approach of the people's business is more important.
He owes Minneapolis
city police
departments.
As for treatment issues, that's another thread on another board.
Michael Thompson
Southwest Minneapolis
- Original Message -
From: Louise Bouta [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 10:25 AM
Subject: [Mpls] Priorities
wondering who really is at control
of the wheel of this city and if there is ANY common sense left here at all.
Michael Thompson
Southwest Minneapolis
- Original Message -
From: Annie Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Dorothy Titus [EMAIL PROTECTED]; mpls@mnforum.org
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 4
Randall
If you have a Happy to pay for a Better Minnesota sign in your front yard,
let me ask you a simple question:
Have you sent in a check?
What I mean is, have you sent in a check or checks proving that you are
truly happy to pay for a better Minnesota? I'm not talking about your
So, Dennis, using your logic, I could put up a Bring the Troops Home sign,
though support the war? It may just be my silly little value, but I guess I
expect those who put up Kerry signs to actually vote for Kerry, Bush signers
to actually vote for Bush, and Happy to Pay for a Better Minnesota
If you don't want to go to prison for lying on an immigration form, don't
lie on an immigration form. How tough is it?
What I find interesting is that Mr. Jamal apparently has the intelligence to
know when the cops are guilty of excessive force before an investigation is
done (and knows how to
Jamal's conviction really is a very simple issue that is being obfuscated by
a few of his supporters.
While it is true that politicians lie and the media lies and police lie and
we all lie, all to some extent, we can only be responsible for our own
behavior. Lying on an immigration form or to an
Since I'm the one that originally voiced such astonishment over this issue,
I'll say one more thing, using David's story as the springboard.
To my way of thinking, David's story is the way this sort of thing should be
handled, be it a fire pit or leaf blower. Like has already been said, we
Loved the post.
However, I honestly believe, in this particular case, considering the way
the Minneapolis City Council behaves, that the answer is actually none of
the above. I believe the reason why councilpersons Zimmerman and Niziolek
(and Minneapolis councilpersons in general) want to pass
At first, when I read this post, I thought it was some sort of joke. Then I
realized: these people are serious. For crying out loud, is this some sort
of real issue? I mean, they're leaf blowers. Sure, they make a little noise
every now and again, but so do jackhammers, snowblowers, lawnmowers,
will come back to haunt them
when a decision they actually don't support is made for them by the city
council. That day is not far off.
Dr. Michael Thompson
Southwest Minneapolis
Life-long non-smoker
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From: Scott McGerik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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