Re: [Mpls] RE: Bus Strike

2005-03-04 Thread WizardMarks
. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http

Re: [Mpls] Central Neighborhood Info

2005-03-03 Thread WizardMarks
status. CANDO/WS meets the second Wednesday of the month at 5:30 in the Media Rm of Green Central School. The ED is Sheryl Kabat. Board Chair: Mel North. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post

Re: [Mpls] Other results of the 8-2 Caucus

2005-03-02 Thread WizardMarks
sign. I didn't call him on it, nor hit him with my cain (which I didn't have with me). Nor did I call after him with something unkind like, TWERP! Hadn't seen the Tilsen's in forever, so that was really nice. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum

Re: [Mpls] RE: Caucuses

2005-03-02 Thread WizardMarks
me, but there just was no one there to blame other than that woman in the mirror in the bathroom. As far as I'm concerned, with any organization, if it's important enough, you stay in the mix and learn how to debate the issues and how to apply the gentle art of persuasion. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] caucuses

2005-03-01 Thread WizardMarks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately this just confirms that the precinct caucus system is a joke. ... As I have posted before, the prencinct caucus system is elitist and discourages participation. WM: Like Fred Marcus I'm a veteran of a long string of caucii. It's the first chance I have

Re: [Mpls] Robot calls for McLaughlin: If only robots could vote...

2005-02-28 Thread WizardMarks
would expect opponents to point out the flaws in each other's performances as public officials. There's a lot to be evaluated in this mayoral contest. I do want to hold one candidate's record against the other's before I choose who will be the one I, as a DFLer, will support. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] East Lake Library to Close for Two Years For Remodelling

2005-02-28 Thread WizardMarks
downtown library. WM: Actually, I think a system that allows a library to hover above the land with the patrons beamed up into it would be a lot more interesting, but maybe a smidgen too spendy. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City

Re: [Mpls] Finding community: NRP builds networks, solves problems

2005-02-19 Thread WizardMarks
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Re: [Mpls] Stonewall Endorsements - Rybak gets acceptable rating, Samuels Endorsement gets yanked

2005-02-19 Thread WizardMarks
they wanted an outsider without allegiances inside the MPD. A boatload of white folks said the same thing, some on this list. Before any kind of demands are made of anyone, I'd really like to hear the quote, if, indeed anything like that was ever said. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] Doug Grow's Mythology

2005-02-17 Thread WizardMarks
on these groups for longer than USA has been a nation. Add to that the deliberate refusal to acknowledge their contributions to the general welfare and you get perfect conditions for producing failures and making successes more difficult to achieve for members of the groups. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] Tif, Vikes, Rybak and stadiums

2005-02-16 Thread WizardMarks
to development of any sort?' I don't have the info. to suss out an answer, nor the skills. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc

Re: [Mpls] Draft Alan Page! Can someone tell me why?

2005-02-10 Thread WizardMarks
into the judicial system. Course, I don't care for football. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis Bonding Requests/Colin Powell Boondoggle

2005-02-09 Thread WizardMarks
was the leader then. She was creating the enemies list and maintaining it as an organizing tactic. Actually posts on the CNIA Chat group prove otherwise. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cnia-chat/messages WM: Read more carefully. Examing how something happened is not support. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] Library Wing Thing

2005-02-06 Thread WizardMarks
direction to Pelli.. It's also one thing to remodel Hosmer or unmuddle St. Paul PL and quite another to start from scratch. Whether Pelli was Argentinean or extra terrestrial had nothing to do with anything. WizardMarks, Central md wrote: But Cesar Pelli does have offices in New York and Connecticut

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis Bonding Requests/Colin Powell Boondoggle

2005-02-06 Thread WizardMarks
of story. This, too, was several years ago. Why not drop the subject as having been chewed over more than the dog's favorite bone. WizardMarks, Central REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list

Re: [Mpls] Re: T-H-E W-I-N-G

2005-02-02 Thread WizardMarks
into libraries over the centuries. Generally, the central library of a bigger city is supposed to be an edifice. Why that is, I have no idea, but I'm glad it's more than a K-Mart for book readers. I like a little edifice with my research. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis

Re: [Mpls] Re: T-H-E W-I-N-G

2005-02-02 Thread WizardMarks
at least one wing. So, the building as an issue is dead as a kipper on a cracker. Let's move on to the real issues qua library: collection, staff (= hours), patronage, money and how to get closer to the ideal from here. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum

Re: [Mpls] Rybak's blog

2005-01-31 Thread WizardMarks
have sometimes used the bully pulpit. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1

Re: [Mpls] ZIMMERMANN MAY RUN IN THIRD WARD

2005-01-30 Thread WizardMarks
Uh, do you folks realize that you are responding with vitriol to rumors? Dean Zimmerman is on this list and will announce when he announces. Everything else is just dish water. WizardMarks, Central Dyna wrote: This is beginning to look like quarter 'til closing at a pickup bar

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis Bonding Requests

2005-01-29 Thread WizardMarks
and was accepted by the Clinton administration, thus creating the stupid don't ask, don't tell era.. Ergo, if, in fact, one had discussed Urban Ventures antics, (which antics vis-a-vis gays are dubious) it would have promoted UV to him, not the reverse. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis Bonding Requests

2005-01-29 Thread WizardMarks
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Re: [Mpls] Colin Powell Youth Center Faith Based Pork in the Bonding Bill

2005-01-26 Thread WizardMarks
administration's invitation to get money out of the feds. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS

Re: [Mpls] Basim in the news again

2005-01-23 Thread WizardMarks
where he will live alone, again according to the Strib. I doubt there is anything to worry about concerning Francisco and Sabri. The bigger worry could be whether Mr. Serrano will win the right to stay here. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum

Re: [Mpls] Tony and money!

2005-01-23 Thread WizardMarks
of that deal.) I don't know, monetarily speaking, whether that makes Sears like Target or not. I do know that the Southside's revival is heavily tied to the Sears Project and that all the neighborhoods between 35W and Hiawatha along Lake St. participated in the process. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] Community Impact Statements for Basim Sabri

2005-01-16 Thread WizardMarks
Eva Young wrote: Sabri deserves at least as much prison time as Heron got. I think Sabri will get much more time than Herron: Sabri did not plead guilty, which the Fed. courts prefer I'm betting 3 to 5 yrs. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis needs innovative leadership - not more of the same

2005-01-14 Thread WizardMarks
more of that, but it cannot be done piecemeal, if it's done at all. We've been hearing these stories for decades because we created the conditions for the problems to arise in the 1960s. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic

Re: [Mpls] Supt. of Schools, East-Coasty?

2005-01-07 Thread WizardMarks
But I, a midwesterner, lived on the east coast too. My impression of east coasters was, particularly in NYC, that they were brash, abrupt, and pushy. I lay part of the blame for pushy on the rush hour subway system where pushy is an important skill. WizardMarks, Central Chris Johnson wrote

Re: [Mpls] Supt. of Schools, East-Coasty?

2005-01-06 Thread WizardMarks
with honeyed words. All those critics are saying is that Peebles is not a Minnesotan. Well, duh. WizardMarks, Central Emilie Quast wrote: Yesterday's Star Tribune had an interesting article about the school superintendent, saying her manner was brash, unnerving, and (apparently) too abrupt to fit in well

Re: [Mpls] Omar

2005-01-03 Thread WizardMarks
all the time through donations to their campaigns. Sabri is small potatoes by comparison to what we allow and even promote. Personally, I can't support bribing public officials--or anyone else for that matter. It doesn't seem to be a good practice over the long run. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] Republican views of Minneapolis

2005-01-02 Thread WizardMarks
. Mind you, how the city spent the collective money is also at issue, but it is a separate issue. Almost anywhere you go in the US, cities are democratic strongholds. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy

[Mpls] holiday idea

2004-12-24 Thread WizardMarks
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[Mpls] Re: separation of church and state

2004-12-22 Thread WizardMarks
, breaches the separation. WizardMarks, Central REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org

Re: [Mpls] Natalie Johnson Lee, Biblical Marriage and theBachmann Amendment

2004-12-21 Thread WizardMarks
that no one is free until all are free, others do not. I feel bad for Ms. Johnson Lee. Someone has thrust her in the middle of a struggle she didn't choose to deal with on the level it's being ramped up to. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City

Re: [Mpls] Sales Tax Increase for Police

2004-12-21 Thread WizardMarks
Brian Fesler wrote: I think it would encourage shopping in Bloomington. Brian Fesler Keewaydin I can't take any more taxation not tied to income. WizardMarks, Central -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eva Young Sent: Tuesday, December 21

Re: [Mpls] Urban Park Nirvana - Outside Perspective

2004-12-20 Thread WizardMarks
this notion as a reason to elect them. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think

Re: [Mpls] RE: Racially Insensitive Langauge Disability

2004-12-19 Thread WizardMarks
in academia is not at issue. We're discussing what terms are used in the daily newspaper. If using the term 'people of color' restricts your freedom of expression or enforces conformity to particular sets of social norms, that seems like a personal problem to me. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] RE: Racially Insensitive Langauge Disability

2004-12-19 Thread WizardMarks
feel straight-jacketed when the issue is a constraint against being egregiously impolite. I suppose we could all defend anyone's right to be a jack ass, but I doubt I'll expend a lot of effort on it. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused

Re: [Mpls] RE: Racially Insensitive Langauge Disability

2004-12-18 Thread WizardMarks
, but I insisted on calling you Mikey, you would clearly know that whatever your preference, I would not abide by your wishes. Really rude. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Mpls] McLaughlin Follow up

2004-12-17 Thread WizardMarks
People run for office when they feel ready to take on the challenge. WizardMarks, Central Chris Bonnik wrote: I still have a question for him on why he is running. If it is truely about the issues he said in his announcement, he should of ran in 1997, when the murder rate was double it is now

Re: [Mpls] Racially Insensitive Langauge

2004-12-17 Thread WizardMarks
. Naturally, those offended are going to say as much. It is the same as calling someone a Gypsy (Rom), Frog (French), Kafir (person of color), etc. WizardMarks, Central __ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages

Re: [Mpls] Strib: McLaughlin running

2004-12-13 Thread WizardMarks
run on his own record, rather than anyone else's. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS

Re: [Mpls] RE: Plan to hire more MPD officers call the mayor

2004-12-12 Thread WizardMarks
an eagle eye on Park and Lake. When the cops can deploy an officer squad to sit on that corner, things are quieter--crimus interruptus. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Mpls] RE: City Manager

2004-12-11 Thread WizardMarks
it increased corruption either. Whether having a city manager had anything to do with it or not, Cincinnati still wound up with Jerry Springer for a mayor. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages

Re: [Mpls] RE: Plan to hire more MPD officers call the mayor

2004-12-11 Thread WizardMarks
serve the function of trying to make areas quasi-livable for those who have no part in this tragedy, but who haven't the money to move further away from it than one lot, one house, one building, one apartment. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City

Re: [Mpls] Plan to hire more MPD officers call the mayor

2004-12-10 Thread WizardMarks
says some of the activity from around his house has moved over to Franklin and Portland. Not a win. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe

Re: [Mpls] Sabri the City Manager

2004-12-09 Thread WizardMarks
ca-ca, and hip deep on a tall cow in the case of Herron. I feel sorry about this whole fiasco, but kinda happy that Mpls. is not really corrupt. I also think there's a big difference between political corruption and political boneheadedness. We seem to see a lot of the latter. WizardMarks

Re: [Mpls] Property taxes, the poor and the rich in Minneapolis

2004-12-07 Thread WizardMarks
of the New Madrid Fault Line, we are ready to withstand it!) While I do not think the city owes it to me to build affordable housing, I do think they owe it to me to at least keep old housing affordable through the tax structure and assessment structure. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] Property taxes for homestead property must INCREASE

2004-12-05 Thread WizardMarks
teeth, you've got toilet paper stuck to your shoe. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1

Re: [Mpls] Property taxes for homestead property

2004-12-05 Thread WizardMarks
abatements of lead paint, creosote, and whatever else before even beginning to undertake redevelopment. having the library system undertake such a project would be crazy. Talk about mission creep! WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic

Re: [Mpls] Property taxes for homestead property must INCREASE

2004-12-04 Thread WizardMarks
and movin' up a holler. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated

Re: [Mpls] Basim Sabri Update: Big Bad Brian...oh really?

2004-12-01 Thread WizardMarks
just because the government set up a sting operation, is one I hope the jury will wrestle with. A sting operation is assuredly entrapment. What else could you call it? The ACLU has been fighting against it since the beginning for that very reason. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] More good food less dollar in our mpls hoods

2004-11-30 Thread WizardMarks
humans can absorb in so short a time. One of the greatest faults of Capitalism is that it must grow or die. It's kinda like a ponzy scheme that way. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis marching in lockstep

2004-11-24 Thread WizardMarks
of Minnesota or, in the case of Schulstad (an independent) retired. In other words they left the field to the DFL which schismed to debate. It would be better to have a mix, but what can you do if one team leaves the field? WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum

Re: [Mpls] Walker Library Task Force Meeting 11/18/2004 1pm

2004-11-19 Thread WizardMarks
. I want the city to loose the referendum money to fix Walker and to find some other spot on which to exercise personal experiments. WizardMarks, Central REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed

[Mpls] Aldi's grocery at 13th and Franklin

2004-11-19 Thread WizardMarks
, but you can get lots of what you need there for less than you have been paying. And of course, the Franklin Bakery is only two blocks away and their stuff is to die for. WizardMarks, Central REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before

Re: [Mpls] Walker Library Task Force Meeting 11/18/2004 1pm

2004-11-18 Thread WizardMarks
illiterate by the year, this is an important function for libraries. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls

Re: [Mpls] Aldi's is OPEN!!!!

2004-11-17 Thread WizardMarks
, $1.35 buttermilk biscuits, 25cents/tube I think I'm gonna like this. No brand names that you will recognize, ergo, no temptations to buy oreos. Killer cheese cake in the last isle. Be warned. In the shopping center across from Franklin Library. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis as part of the Urban Archipelago (was re: GayDrain)

2004-11-16 Thread WizardMarks
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Re: [Mpls] Hennepin bike lanes

2004-11-15 Thread WizardMarks
light, etc., etc., etc. car and truck drivers are a menace. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis as part of the Urban Archipelago (was re: Gay Drain)

2004-11-15 Thread WizardMarks
? Is it possible to build political bridges to create a tolerant environment? We could also, as a state, secede, I think. Perhaps while Bush is still busy with Iraq. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post

Re: [Mpls] Hennepin bike lanes

2004-11-13 Thread WizardMarks
area on a set of protocols. The whole situation is very, very iffy. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org

Re: [Mpls] MPD's Officer of the Month for September

2004-11-09 Thread WizardMarks
Far out! He sure does earn his pay. WizardMarks, Central Paul Weir wrote: Those List readers who live in Phillips and Ventura Village will be pleased to learn that Officer Dan Wells has been recognized by the MPD as Officer of the Month for September. Dan works the Bloomington Ave. corridor

Re: [Mpls] Bullying

2004-11-09 Thread WizardMarks
Regardless of who you are, unless you stay locked up in your house, you will role model for children. Good, bad, or indifferent role model that you are/may be. Kids are like baby ducks, they pattern. WizardMarks, Central Michael Atherton wrote: Shawn Marie Christenson wrote: THAT is what we

Re: [Mpls] Helicopters and Art

2004-11-08 Thread WizardMarks
a Chicken.' But all that sculpture at once is too much of a muchness. It would be much more delightful to see about half those sculptures tucked in spaces all over the city of Minneapolis, IMO. If one wants to make public art accessible, then it has to be all over town. WizardMarks, Central

Re: [Mpls] Helicopters and Art

2004-11-08 Thread WizardMarks
as a delight to come upon. There used to be a statue of a guy sitting against a tree reading a book on the front lawn of a house on Cedar Lake Road. That was fun, too. WizardMarks, Central ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post

[Mpls] two things

2004-11-03 Thread WizardMarks
I want to thank the poll judges at my precinct (8/4). They did a great job of keeping things moving and making the process not gruesome. Where can I go on the net to find out the number of Mpls. voters by precinct? Not who voted for whom, but just the number of voters? WizardMarks, Central

[Mpls] voter turnout

2004-11-02 Thread WizardMarks
the street from Green Central School, another precinct in my neighborhood. They seemed to be having a good time. Sun was out. WizardMarks, Central REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed

Re: [Mpls] Now: Fundraisers to pay bills the city should pay

2004-10-31 Thread WizardMarks
reason ever since that remark was reported. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1

Re: [Mpls] Phone call from DFL

2004-10-31 Thread WizardMarks
candidate, particularly the federal candidates. Patty Wetterling's opponent comes to mind as one possible phone phreaque. WizardMarks, Central onKenneth J. Peters wrote: Don't worry, Jim - I'm certain the DFL will be shipping enough people into your precinct to more than make up for a few misdirected

Re: [Mpls] Samuels endorsement

2004-10-28 Thread WizardMarks
know. WizardMarks, Central _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email

[Mpls] The Concert of Legends at Hosmer Library

2004-10-28 Thread WizardMarks
was in heaven. WizardMarks, Central REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html

[Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: [Mpls] Judicial Race]]

2004-10-26 Thread WizardMarks
I received this information from judicial candidate Julie Delgado O'Neil with the request to pass it on to listers. WizardMarks, Central Yes, I want to not be part of the revolving door as individuals/citizens of Hennepin County refer to Drug Court. However, I also want to help

[Mpls] Coming in Fall, 05: Green Tomato Cookoff

2004-10-25 Thread WizardMarks
don't get, one could enter the contest. It's put on by the community gardens section/program/whatever of the Green Institute and held in the latter part of October. BTW: the Green Institute supplies many fried green tomatoes, so one needs to look farther afield. WizardMarks, Central REMINDERS

Re: [Mpls] Judicial Race

2004-10-25 Thread WizardMarks
said she wanted to see the same miscreant when he/she returned, so that there are proper consequences applied. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un

Re: [Mpls] Strib endorses Henry-Blythe, Lee, Miller

2004-10-24 Thread WizardMarks
of the city police, the Hosmer Library, and Green Central School. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls

Re: [Mpls] Miller leaving, and perhaps returning to School Board

2004-10-23 Thread WizardMarks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Miller did not drop off the school board. She didn't seek reelection to the school board. And her husband's need of a kidney transplant didn't stop Sandra Miller from trying to transplant herself into the 8th ward city council seat in 2001. Miller placed third in the

Re: [Mpls] Peebles City Pages (The Grinch who stole recess)

2004-10-22 Thread WizardMarks
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Re: [Mpls] Peebles and The City Pages

2004-10-21 Thread WizardMarks
not go quite so far, but so long as the facts are fulsome and correct, the bias is there and so what. Everyone has biases, it's the human condition; to expect reporters not to have them is to exclude them from the species. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum

Re: [Mpls] City pension task force releases recommendations

2004-10-21 Thread WizardMarks
one who quit during the SSB administration saying that he was too frustrated to continue. I can't remember his name now, but I think RT hired him back. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages

[Mpls] [Fwd: Fw: Hosmer Public Library...Presents - Vickie Brock]

2004-10-21 Thread WizardMarks
Original Message Subject: Fw: Hosmer Public Library...Presents - Vickie Brock Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 02:08:00 -0500 From: Sheryl Kabat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Please be sure to mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 27th at 7:30 p.m. to witness history in the making at

[Mpls] school board election

2004-10-20 Thread WizardMarks
do poorly even though they are bright. WizardMarks, Central REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e

Re: [Mpls] Strib on School Board

2004-10-19 Thread WizardMarks
, and they to her. Teachers, parents, and students float in a powerless sea between the two. It makes no sense to me. BTW: I think Strib editorials are done by committee, which might explain a lot. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic

Re: [Mpls] zzzzz's and RT

2004-10-19 Thread WizardMarks
'good clean fun' ... and 'a clean conscience'? Puleze! It makes us sound so bovine. He could pack those bags and go somewhere to get another perspective. WizardMarks, Central Annie Young wrote: And, now we have a Mayor that lies, too! RT, you do not get to hold the only prize for bags

[Mpls] Education

2004-10-18 Thread WizardMarks
Listers: This past weekend, MPR's This American Life with Ira Glass had a very interesting story on a school which was working and was cut off at the knees by new rules that made their students less productive as learners. WizardMarks, Central REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules

Re: [Mpls] Acerbic condescention

2004-10-11 Thread WizardMarks
of the committee, self included. Since Dan attended far fewer meetings than the rest of us, it was insulting. I said as much to the person next to me who replied, He always does that. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E

Re: [Mpls] Re: Let's Use the N in Minneapolis NRP to Strengthen . . .

2004-10-08 Thread WizardMarks
, copy machines, secretarial help, etc. each of the four neighborhoods' money would go further and each would have better organized offices. That's my perception of regional in this instance. In fact, some of us in these four neighborhoods have talked about this for a long time. WizardMarks

Re: [Mpls] Re: Let's Keep the N in NRP

2004-10-08 Thread WizardMarks
out differently. This is not to cast aspersions on Bob Miller, but any two directors are different one from the other. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Mpls] Lawn Sign Theft

2004-10-06 Thread WizardMarks
would hesitate to call them Republicans, Greens, or other parties, since they were clearly angry, high, and drunk and wanted to take it out on a sign--which was better than beating on someone, but still honked me off. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum

Re: [Mpls] The final word on fences(?)

2004-10-05 Thread WizardMarks
be see through so you and your neighbors can help each other. Motion detector lights are really a good idea too. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe

Re: [Mpls] RE: Rep. Kahn Obstructing Democracy???

2004-10-04 Thread WizardMarks
. WizardMarks, Central, Ward 8 Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules

Re: [Mpls] Arts in the Mpls schools

2004-10-04 Thread WizardMarks
a sound, it takes even longer to repeat a series of sounds. The most important part of this discussion is that, even in broke times, we cheat ourselves, the world, and the species when we cheat the children. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City

Re: [Mpls] Re: NRP under siege by CPED

2004-09-28 Thread WizardMarks
toward it. Bit by bit over the last 30 years (maybe more, I moved here 30 years ago) that neighborhood is coming back to look quite nice, but they saved many more houses than we have here. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic

Re: [Mpls] re: Jim Graham's post on the Coming Coup against Citizen Participation

2004-09-27 Thread WizardMarks
for police and housing initiatives which neighborhoods did not factor into their approval processes. Personally, I really don't care what council and mayor say, it's what they do that counts. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic

Re: [Mpls] Arts in the Mpls schools

2004-09-24 Thread WizardMarks
the electronic goodies--stereo, DVD, computer, cell phone, etc. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls

Re: [Mpls] Elroy site

2004-09-24 Thread WizardMarks
, not an industry that produces taxes. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has

Re: [Mpls] Arts in the Mpls schools

2004-09-21 Thread WizardMarks
to draw/paint, etc. in school. In Minneapolis, kids coming from, I suppose, unenriched homes are a hefty chunk of our student population. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto

Re: [Mpls] despicable rumors won'g get nowhere

2004-09-16 Thread WizardMarks
is his insistence on treating us as though we were the Israelis, and he the lone Palestinian. Now that's over the top. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Mpls] RE: Mpls Digest, Vol 9, Issue 21

2004-09-15 Thread WizardMarks
not be taught subjects like music and art until they have gained fluency in reading and writing. Those are the keys to all instruction. WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [Mpls] Geese and the Mississippi River

2004-09-15 Thread WizardMarks
at your public library.) WizardMarks, Central Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated

[Mpls] Art, Music, Reading, Writing, and especially Dancing

2004-09-15 Thread WizardMarks
huge family to develop some really fine people. So, no, it isn't absurd to claim that the arts help to develop the well rounded human. WizardMarks, Central If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution. can't think of the author right now. REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated

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