Re: [Mpls] stadium question

2005-05-06 Thread dain lyngstad
Yes David it does help. This demonstrates the same type of scam the politicos dumped on us with the dome. We have no representitives on the peoples side. We do have the same media acquience and political support for sports stadiums and the same disregard for the populise that we had when the met

RE: [Mpls] historic stadium

2005-05-05 Thread dain lyngstad
As I recall the previous mayor applied said tax to the building of the convention center. Once a tax is added it does not go away. Dain Lyngstad edina/phillips --- David Brauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dain Lynstad writes: The scams and the lies which took the old met stadium from us

[Mpls] historic stadium

2005-05-04 Thread dain lyngstad
that was to be gone. Should we really trust the politicos with another temporary tax increase and more dreams of how great things will be? I for one ( with most the state and city and county behind me) think not. Dain Lyngstad edina/phillips __ Yahoo! Mail

Re: [Mpls] Re: stadium

2005-04-29 Thread dain lyngstad
The correct thing to do as representatives is to allow the citizens of henn. couunty to vote, annyything less says they don't support us or care what we want they just want power and perks from others. Dain Lyngstadedina/phillips --- Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're hearing those

Re: [Mpls] Stadium deal

2005-04-26 Thread dain lyngstad
by all others residing in Henn.county, or doesn't the referendum count? Isn't there something illigal or immoral about this? Dain Lyngstad edina/ phillips --- Dan McGuire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This current stadium deal makes me think that the sport of very wealthy is How much money can you get

Re: [Mpls] Smoking ban participation,

2005-04-07 Thread dain lyngstad
for compromise why the bitterness? dain lyngstad edina/phillips (was just at the joint this week and saw no one in the bar but plenty of regulars outside I hope this changes come winter or the regular bars will go down.) --- David Shove [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Dan wrote

Re: [Mpls] smoking bans, rights, ancient history, and human behavior

2005-04-05 Thread dain lyngstad
All this silly talk of big business running things is of course a smoke screen to explain why bars would even concider allowing smokers. If its big business control you want to see just look at the dfl party in mpls. Let us just discuss the lack of choice we have been handed. Dain Lyngstad edina

Re: [Mpls] Smoking ban night 2

2005-04-02 Thread dain lyngstad
) need something that is where the local dfl will fall to. Many of us are not libertarians or republicans, we are old school farmer laborites. Dain Lyngstad edina/phillips --- Andy Driscoll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What Mr. Atherton always wants is no government whatsoever, no public control of any

Re: [Mpls] Still No Retraction Despite Promise from Urban Ventures and Colin Powell Center

2005-03-24 Thread dain lyngstad
Are you suggesting that those who work selflessly for our children should'nt pray publicly? Dain Lyngstad edina/phillips --- Eva Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://lloydletta.blogspot.com/2005/03/still-no-retraction-despite-promise.html Urban Ventures and the Colin Powell Center continue

Re: [Mpls] Programming Note - Colin Powell Center to be discussed on KFAI

2005-03-19 Thread dain lyngstad
A discussion implies that both sides will be present and respected for their differing views. I must believe based on what has been stated here that the discussion will in truth be a diatribe against, the subject without opposing views ever being heard. Dain Lyngstad edina/Phillips --- Eva Young

Re: [Mpls] overoccupancy rule

2005-03-14 Thread dain lyngstad
that discomfort us. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Dave Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 14 March 2005 06:18 pm, Constance Nompelis wrote: --- Dave Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (snip couples (regardless of gender arrangements) should be considered a 'family unit

[Mpls] choices

2005-03-08 Thread dain lyngstad
second hand smoke.Humm could they be next? Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina __ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW

Re: [bcc][faked-from] [Mpls] Mpls Somali activist found guilty ofimmigration fraud

2005-01-08 Thread dain lyngstad
was concerned about family or anything else mentioned here he would not have tried his scam. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Steve Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jennifer Rubenzer Plymouth wrote There is no courage in lying! And I can't believe you would assert that there is! A lie is a cowards way

Re: [Mpls] Smoking Ban: What to do now?

2004-07-30 Thread dain lyngstad
get city money but homeless forget it and bar owners just give us our tax. They even will tax that (tobacco) that they find abhorant. Go figure hipogracy lives. Dain Lyngstad/edina/phillips --- Mark Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/29/04 2:35 PM, Michael Atherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Mpls] Smoking Ban

2004-07-23 Thread dain lyngstad
-Yes Andy,government is acting as an independent entity,(an amorphous creature) or why would we have a war in Irac or be remembering the labor demonstrations 70 yrs ago in Mpls? It seems government is not of the people and increasingly when people try to influence the out come we get folks like

Re: [MPLS]: Minneapolis Public Education

2004-07-12 Thread dain lyngstad
culture be taught at home and if the schools must teach subjects other than hard learning let it be that now we are all Americans. Dain Lyngstad edina/phillips __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http

Re: [Mpls] Council delays smoking ban decision

2004-06-20 Thread dain lyngstad
would like to go. Surely those who wish for a nonsmoking (but polluted) environment will pay to for it(such as the dakota bar and grill) and let those who choose otherwise be able to choose. Dain Lyngstad/edina/phillips __ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo

[Mpls] Fwd: The results of your email commands

2004-05-31 Thread dain lyngstad
/rfc822 Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 00:38:47 -0700 (PDT) From: dain lyngstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: smoking To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Crack pot individualism is how Andy describes those how do not wish to see a smoking ban in mpls. Well those who oppose our president are helping the terrorists

Re: [Mpls] Who's winning the Tobacco War?

2004-05-30 Thread dain lyngstad
--- Laura Waterman Wittstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday, May 30, 2004, at 02:24 PM, Neal Krasnoff wrote: The other unchanged fact is that the community hit hardest by HIV continues to be men who have sex with men (MSM). Last year 48 percent of new infections occurred

Re: [Mpls] Urban Ventures and Faith Based Pork

2004-01-18 Thread dain lyngstad
control what we see, sounds like facism to me.I've just come home from out of town and will respond to all tomorrow. Dain Lyngstad edina/phillips --- Eva Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the McLaughlin Group this morning Pat Buchanan called President Bush's 1.5 billion dollar marriage initiative

Re: [Mpls] Our priorities are so screwed up

2004-01-18 Thread dain lyngstad
Where were you when Belton gave the target corp 50million or when she gave brighton the money to build 1million dollar town homes while 15,000 affordable housing units where lost. Dain Lyngstad edina/phillips --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today's Sunday paper had an articles about the Mayor's

Re: [Mpls] Urban Ventures in the News

2004-01-15 Thread dain lyngstad
kid who takes his ball home, if I don't like it no one can play. We should embrace anything that helps kids become better. Dain Lyngstad Edina/Phillips --- Dave Piehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Urban Ventures, a faith-based south Minneapolis non-profit has been in the news twice lately. First

Re: [Mpls] Mid-year Cuts in Minneapolis Schools

2003-12-12 Thread dain lyngstad
the district has put its own house in order(and I would say an order that the public understands and accepts) we should leave the schools monies where they are and close more of 807 and surrounding admin offices. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Dan McGuire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of other

Re: [Mpls] Charter Schools

2003-12-05 Thread dain lyngstad
the same subject and was encouraged to follow his own beliefs about any subject they studied. He would spend days writing finals and graduated early. Great staff great school and we have recomended it to others who have teen s that are not making it in a regular school. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Ben

[Mpls] school survey

2003-11-20 Thread dain lyngstad
will need to be spent more time and still the board will find ways not to address the serious problems occuring. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated

RE: [Mpls] Anti-Gay Minnesota Family Council Goes Ambulance Chasing in Minneapolis

2003-11-19 Thread dain lyngstad
Well I certainly agree that one's moral beliefs should not be rewarded,but isn't that what this contract requirement does? Or should we just reward the moral beliefs we like? This sounds like bias to me. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Jim Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Government/public

Re: [Mpls] Anti-Gay Minnesota Family Council Goes Ambulance Chasing in Minneapolis

2003-11-17 Thread dain lyngstad
this? If not, why not and why look to others to help your cause when your or rather the gay community did not support ordinary folks just trying to make a fair living. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Eva Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to Ann DeGroot from Outfront Minnesota for the tip. Now

Re: [Mpls] Erika Thorne: Paper could use more voices of color

2003-11-16 Thread dain lyngstad
to address them. The only questions should be are a more conservative approach or a more liberal approach the direction to take. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Shawn Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erika Thorne: Paper could use more voices of color Erika Thorne Published November 15, 2003

Re: [Mpls] Sabo Announces $20.1 Million for Minneapolis St. Paul

2003-11-13 Thread dain lyngstad
cities and checking everyone at home or hotels or anywhere else folks might reside. Sabo is really attempting to gain political ground embracing the current climate of fear. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Dave Piehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sabo Announces $20.1 Million for Minneapolis St. Paul

[Mpls] Breeders WHAT?????????????????????????

2003-11-09 Thread dain lyngstad
and not the majority? Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing

[Mpls] Re breeders

2003-11-09 Thread dain lyngstad
Cute retraction Tim but I believe you as well as the rest of us know what the term was used to imply. I don't see the dictionary finding homosexual to be derogetory either but polite society some how does not use it but rather uses the term gay. So where do we go from here? Dain Lyngstad phillips

Re: [Mpls] Jennings - Severane Pay

2003-10-29 Thread dain lyngstad
,regardless of who the superintendent is remain collecting larger benefits while the schools continue to fail our students and put monetary cuts on those who keep the schools going. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Dave Held [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Braur wrote: Plus, the new contract grants him

Re: [Mpls] Gallmon's Racist Comments in the Strib-NOT

2003-08-19 Thread dain lyngstad
support, more of everything, but parents taking control and responsibility for their children have been tried and failure is the result. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I characterized **an idea** as racist, and offered reasoned arguments and objective evidence to support

Re: [Mpls] Integration / Gallmon as MPS spokesperson

2003-08-15 Thread dain lyngstad
to educate and teach morals and teach nonviolence and teach diversity and teach .on and on. Much of this is the role of parents which is what Rev. Gallmon is saying! Dain Lyngstad Phillips/edina --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/15/2003 3:34:31 AM Central Daylight Time

Re: [Mpls] Criminals were allowed to shoot people in poor neighborhoods before the right to carry bill passed

2003-08-03 Thread dain lyngstad
and do follow. Dain Lyngstad Edina --- JIM GRAHAM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Criminals were allowed to shoot people in poor neighborhoods long before the right to carry bill passed. Having lived and brought up a family in one of the War Zones for years before that law passed, I can honestly

Re: [Mpls] Enforcing Laws

2003-08-03 Thread dain lyngstad
--- Jim Mork [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Issue: Law Enforcement I dunno. This whole scene, with Pawlenty cutting LGAs, then we're supposed to declare parts of the city a disaster area? Maybe the whole state, since we got this new leadership. We went through this whole thing about not

Re: [Mpls] Carol Johnson response to Strib story

2003-06-30 Thread dain lyngstad
in mpls, I do think she inherited a system of stacking administrators without regard to the cost/benefit of such hirings. I would hope someone could bring in honestly outside folks to assess the situation and adjust it accordingly,perhaps some business group would do this pro bono. Dain Lyngstad

Re: [Mpls] (1) Council will duck mediation tomorrow, and (2) Minneapolis Human Resources Director resigns

2003-03-20 Thread dain lyngstad
The problem of course is that the judicial system is populated by politicals who will not force their party to do their job or risk embarassing their party by insisting they do their job. Dain Lyngstad,phillips/edina --- Peter Jessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It would appear that the City Council

Re: [Mpls] Re: Proven cop offense - cut 1 cop

2003-02-27 Thread dain lyngstad
I have written here in the past concerning the subculture of cowboy cops and the recent events just continue to prove they exist. What to do, the truth is the powers that be still refuse to do anything. I suggest the city issue bullet proof vests to all residents and those who work in the city and

Re: [Mpls] RE: Separate Police Communications Has Not Served the Community

2003-02-08 Thread dain lyngstad
Again, the truth is no one tells what is happening in mpls certainly not the police. The news reporters tell this story becouse it sells,period. If something else more sells worthy they would have covered it and this would be left alone. I also have to wonder do the powers that be (the same ones

RE: [Mpls] Schools may lose some compensatory aid this week

2003-02-05 Thread dain lyngstad
Truth be said Dave Jennings and all other top payed employees will still keep their jobs I'd bet. --- Michael Hohmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe threatening compensatory aid cuts is a strategy to get DFL serious about participating in these wider budget cuts. Could it be they (DFL) are

Re: [Mpls] 3rd Ward Elections - The State DFL Weighs-In

2003-02-02 Thread dain lyngstad
[ulis and give them the truth. Dain Lyngstad phillips and edina--- Eric Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Dennis Plante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am simply amazed. I received what appears to be a sample ballot (at least the wording appears on it) in my mail yesterday. In review

Re: [Mpls] Re: Various things.

2003-02-02 Thread dain lyngstad
The truth is that the mpd hires folks that are looking for trouble they want people to push the populis not protect them. Where I have asked before is the protect and serve on the squad cars? --- phaedrus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: RT brings up petitioning our congress people, and it certainly

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis Intelligence Unit

2003-01-29 Thread dain lyngstad
the mpd to do it right. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Michael Atherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that the War resolution matter seems to be mute, I think that we can move on to matters that have a more immediate impact on the city. If I recall correctly Chief Olson was urging

RE: [Mpls] Public housing funds

2003-01-26 Thread dain lyngstad
and cherryhomes played it. I believe the admin. in power now will try to overcome the dfl, we love the developers money, to create housing for the less fortunate of mpls. Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Michael Atherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: R.T. Rybak wrote: There will be more coming

RE: [Mpls] Third ward race -Phyllis is incorrect

2003-01-26 Thread dain lyngstad
Perhaps Ms. Kahn would like the 16 year olds to vote dfl to stop any real public involvment.(she did sponser abill asking for children to have the right to vote). Dain Lyngstad phillips/edina --- Joseph Barisonzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [DFL Rep. Kahn said] I understand that Don Samuels has

Re: [Mpls] Biernat - Another Viewpoint

2002-11-25 Thread dain lyngstad
was critized for growing up there and later living there,now I find more often I'm critized for living in Edina, where is the right place to live? I love Mpls I just hate to see people who claim to care for the little man actually steal(legally or illegally)from them. Dain Lyngstad Phillips/edina--- Andy

Re: [Mpls] Biernat - Another Viewpoint

2002-11-24 Thread dain lyngstad
have let them. We need new leadership and it does'nt exist in the dfl. Dain Lyngstad Phillips/edina --- Andy Driscoll [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It *is* sad that nice people get caught up in a web of relationships and behavior that do them in, despite their sterling personalities. Often a function

Re: [Mpls] Recent posts on education reform and taxes

2002-11-14 Thread dain lyngstad
classes small has been disregarded at least in two cases I personally know of,both in the middle grades. One, a geography class has 32 students. I(once again) guestion the school administration's honesty and commitment to our kids. Dain Lyngstad Phillips/edina --- Jame F. Grathwol [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [Mpls] Re: The Republican option

2002-11-11 Thread dain lyngstad
Excellent post Kevin, I might add (although not a republican) that all the exesses and business over support people want to attribute to republicans were all carried out over the last eight years by the darlings of the democratic party Ms. Sayles-Belton and crew. Dain Lyngstad Phillips/edina

Re: [Mpls] CUB FOODS CORPORATE SUBSIDY SCAM IN NE

2002-11-07 Thread dain lyngstad
all bitch about change. You folks must realize that change means changing let the dfl wither and begin again with people who have the guts to make mpls a great city. Dain Lyngstad Phillips/edina --- WizardMarks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Many Crows wrote: With our last city election I had high

Re: [Mpls] Judges

2002-11-03 Thread dain lyngstad
who can see the truth but one who sees what is best for me. Dain Lyngstad Phillips/edina --- Jordan S. Kushner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: WizardMarks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mpls issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 3:16 PM Subject: [Mpls

Re: [Mpls] Judges

2002-11-03 Thread dain lyngstad
who can see the truth but one who sees what is best for me. Dain Lyngstad Phillips/edina --- Jordan S. Kushner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: WizardMarks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: mpls issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 3:16 PM Subject: [Mpls

Re: [Mpls] Kowalski's at 54th Lyndale

2002-10-25 Thread dain lyngstad
Or perhaps just offering a nice neighborhood a good selection of products and good service and a nice looking store. Dain Lyngstad Phillips/edina --- Dooley, Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neighborhood grocery goes upscale . Looks like they are after Crosstown and Penn Lund's SW Minneapolis

Re: [Mpls] Math Scores: The public doesn't want to know!

2002-10-06 Thread dain lyngstad
existed before liberals and government started to interfere with education with concepts of social engineering. Kids do better when their parents lay the law down and insist they do better. Dain Lyngstad Phillips /edina --- Michael Atherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ann Berget wrote: Change

Re: [Mpls] Minnesota Aids Project: Housing Resources in Minneapolis

2002-09-30 Thread dain lyngstad
My question, after looking at a well positioned constituencies needs and successes, where is the housing for whole families who can use it? --- Victoria Heller lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; wrote: gt; From Minnesota Aids Project: Searched for Housing gt; in Minneapolis gt; gt; Your search found 28

Re: [Mpls] Lisa Goodman resigns from key positions

2002-09-27 Thread dain lyngstad
I believe what we have seen from the council which colaborated is e block and target downtown. We perhaps need more contention and attention to the ward the person was elected to represent. Dain Lyngstad Phillips/edina --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just read the article. Sounds to me like

Re: [Mpls] Honor the Naysayers!

2002-09-02 Thread dain lyngstad
that was empty for 5yrs. or is this wife beating also as Ms. Micklesen suggests. Dain Lyngstad Phillips/ edina --- ken avidor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Accountability!people want accountability!...when they're talking about public school teachers, that is. But, what about highway engineers?When

Re: [Mpls] Public v. private

2002-09-01 Thread dain lyngstad
The question you seem to anwser is that the schools are now designed for social engineering.My feeling is that schools are only for education which in the end is up to the parents to control not the government. The private schools do offer a better education which is what parents care about. The

Re: [Mpls] Schools: Public v. Private

2002-09-01 Thread dain lyngstad
by the administration that should no longer be tolerated. Dain Lyngstad Phillips?edina --- Dean Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I try to stay put of these school issues, but this was one I couldn't pass up. My experience at Annunciation Catholic School (K-8) as a parent and School Board

[Mpls] re police cars and guns

2002-08-27 Thread dain lyngstad
The real anwser here is not to force police officers to live in the city but rather to hire those who have grownup in the city. We have far to many suburb and small town folk working who have been raised on t.v police shows with no understanding of the city. This and the type of people recruited

[Mpls] (no subject)

2002-08-27 Thread dain lyngstad
I forgot to sign my letters forgive me,Dain Lyngstad,Phillips/edina __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic

Re: [Mpls] City Pages White-Washes Mpls Public Schools

2002-08-27 Thread dain lyngstad
The question that needs to be asked is where did these students who were not continuously enrolled come from.If they were enrolled in any mpls schools the expectations should be the same. The schools are suppose to be following the same curriculum throughout the system this is policy so

Re: [Mpls] City Pages White-Washes Mpls Public Schools

2002-08-27 Thread dain lyngstad
The question that needs to be asked is where did these students who were not continuously enrolled come from.If they were enrolled in any mpls schools the expectations should be the same. The schools are suppose to be following the same curriculum throughout the system this is policy so

[Mpls] syl jones

2002-08-18 Thread dain lyngstad
believe it is time to tell the truth and embrace that which does not fit our notions of life. Dain Lyngstad, phillips/edina __ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com ___ Minneapolis

[Mpls] horn towers

2002-08-02 Thread dain lyngstad
I am deeply saddened by the death of a respected police officer. I have seen a culture of horrible disrespect on the part of a large minority of police officers that most certainly contributes to the fear and hate people feel towards the police. Death is horrible from any side but I believe the

[Mpls] city govern. morals

2002-07-26 Thread dain lyngstad
I believe we have seen enough crooked dealings even if technically above the law to demand new parties and politics in mpls. The dfl has robbed the city blind, no housing bad debt deals with corporations and police alowed to run amok. All of this has happened under the diverse dfl watch. If this

[Mpls] (no subject)

2002-06-22 Thread dain lyngstad
I believe this statement to be a legitimate critique on the pseudo liberal mindset in Minneapolis, which embrasses their cause dejour only to drop that cause when another hipper cause arises.In all my years in mpls I have seen this attitude hurt many who believed they had support from the

[Mpls] re somalis

2002-06-21 Thread dain lyngstad
give us a break! __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: