I want to echo other's comments about Mike's long history of service to residents in his work for the Minneapolis City Council and Hennepin County Board. He was a delight to work with, unflapable and cheerful, creative and helpful. It is troubling when the good die so young. May we do some good
Risking the wrath of people who will see this as knuckling under, giving up, bad public policy, etc, I am willing to pay a moderate cost for the extreme conveniece of having the wading pool open at my neighborhood (Fuller) Park. You can stop by with kids on the way home, for a short time in the
Thats a headline I never expected to see.
On a periodic late night lurk, I read the More to the Story post from
Michelle Martin describing the amended budget numbers. Its puzzling to
see who supported and who opposed the Johnson/ColvinRoy/Shiff Save
Cops amendment. Lilligren, Johnson Lee,
Hello!
This Saturday, April 5, the Sustainable Transportation Project will be at the Bakken Library and Museum for the "Family Science Saturday" event. The event is open from 11 AM until 3 PM.
We will have HPVs (human powered vehicles) available -- let us take you for a ride, or drive one
I need to vent a bit. Forgive me.
As our fine city debates cutting police, fire, etc.
This very morning the worst crimes in Northeast Mpls were people running the
ramp meters.
How wonderful that I live in such a Utopia.
If that's all the force could find for that man to do why don't they put him
On 3/30/03 6:12 PM, Michael Atherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a word, Yes. We do need the numbers and additionally
we need to ask other questions. We should not perpetually
fund governmental program on faith and unquestioned assumptions.
Is it indeed true that children with high levels
In a message dated 3/31/2003 5:56:23 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Youd think it would be folks who typically promote public safety as
core service : Lane, Ostrow, Goodman, Benson. But only Ostrow
supported it the other three didn't; they voted to protect Public
Works,
Over the years, Mike helped alot of people with a
variety of issues. He worked with me on a variety of
issues, including the Access Project.
I remember Mike as a kind soul with a great depth of
understanding and compassion for people, he will be
missed.
David Piehl
Central
To: [EMAIL
Martha Bolinger asks,
This feels like an unusual political world for Minneapolis. These voting
patterns are so all over the map. What's their reasoning? There's got
to be more going on here?
What is going on here is that the Council Members who are concerned about
crime in their neighborhoods
Jim Graham makes some strong points about the importance of maintaining
adequate resources for public safety, especially in our neighborhoods that
are already vulnerable to drugs, gangs and other crime.
However, it's also important to note that out of the $260 million dollar
general fund for
Jim Graham said:
Does anyone remember the 1980's, that was when Minneapolis' Chief
of Police (Boza) said, we do not have a gang and drug problem.
Actually, I do remember, and would like to note that this is an oft-repeated
myth. Bouza's quote was we don't have a gang problem, we have a youth
An interesting point - without a doubt, the sequential order (of the top 3) of budgetary significance, would be police, fire and public works. In review of the proposed budget cuts, the question begs to be asked - are the cuts going to affect ALL citizens equally?
I might not be
Michael Atherton wrote:
Mark Snyder wrote: Does anyone really need specific numbers quoted ...
In a word, Yes. We do need the numbers and additionally
we need to ask other questions. We should not perpetually
fund governmental program on faith and unquestioned assumptions.
WM: What unquestioned
Actually David, I was not only referring to the Bouza quote that was
published. I was referring to an earlier meeting that Tony Scallon and
Brian Coil had with neighbors Mosin Agamirzai, Brian Daniels, Myself and
other from PV Neighborhood Action Group which Tony Bouza came into the
middle of.
Pretty Clear-cut revenue producer running a ramp-light. It's much more costly to apprehend drug dealers on the street corner. Our judicial system doesn't impose a very stiff penalty on them. Apparently, you're more of a "threat" running a red light than you are dealing drugs and toting a gun
This morning I read the post on the digest version by
Robert Schmid exposing Ken Avidor as the man behind
the curtain of the great and wonderful Raucous Caucus
website. I had almost decided that Scott Persons
really wasn't the creator after all when I visited the
site and noticed the following:
I live on the northside where crime (and blatant littering) run rampant.
About two weeks ago Saturday I went out to run some errands. I noticed my
front license plate was barely hanging on, but figured I had a rear one on
and tossed it in the backseat.
I came home about 1-ish and didn't notice
Hello:
I am Director of Transportation at the Waterloo, Iowa MPO. Recently, we
were approached by some citizens regarding a trail user fee or the licensing
of bicycles in the metro area. Our metro area has a population of 120,000
and an extensive trail system of over 70 miles. In searching
Ronald Leurquin wrote:
I need to vent a bit. Forgive me. As our fine city debates
cutting police, fire, etc. This very morning the worst crimes
in Northeast Mpls were people running the ramp meters. How
wonderful that I live in such a Utopia. If that's all the force
could find for that
With all the talk about lead paint abatement, I thought I'd
bring up a bill of mine, SF 1236, which would give property
owners a valuation break when they abate the lead in their
property.
Patterned after This Old House law, it says that part of the
value of the house will not be subject to
One of the big problems in Mpls. was the difficulty with getting the bike
shops to issue the license. The process for getting the license, the first
time, was a nightmare so there were a lot of bikes without license. I tried
for three days to get the bikes in my scout troop license and was
Wasn't another reason for repeal the fact that the police busted up a
critical mass demonstration (people on bikes who take over the streets) and
used the lack of a license as a pretext for confiscating a lot of the bikes?
Linda Mann
Kingfield
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Speaking of bikes, does anyone know where (in MINNEAPOLIS, of course) I can
get a decent tune up for two elderly bikes? Most of the places I have gone to
charge $50 and don't appear to do much more than spray some DW40 on the
gears. These bikes still run well but like most of us who are getting
Go check out The Hub - across the street from Resource Center of The
Americas. I am having a bottom bracket being redone there right now and it
was about 1/2 as expensive as Alternative on Lake Street.
There is always Free Wheel on the West Bank where they will rent you shop
time and also
Mark Snyder wrote:
I won't even pretend to know enough about special ed to say how
or even whether it is effective, but as Wizard has pointed out
before, the evidence has shown that children
suffering from lead poisoning are developmentally different
from those who aren't.
Liberal
At 11:19 AM 3/31/03 -0600, Mark Snyder wrote:
Here's one question I have, though. Does anyone know how judgments against
the City are paid for? For example, if we had a situation like St. Paul
where the city inspectors were charged with harassing a business owner and
that person was awarded a
I looked at the math for the city budget and then read that therer was no
way to take care of the cuts without hitting police and fire and blinked my
eyes. Of COURSE there is a way. There are multiple ways. But even the
crudest way would cover police and fire. Basically what they are
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