The ACLU recently settled a case against another MN board that inhibited free
speech:
http://www.aclu-mn.org/17May20042.html
MPRB has the following rules regarding participation in the public comment
period known as 'Open
Time':
- does not allow the public to speak about items appearing on the
A less-than-super day for superintendents in the Monday Strib:
Peebles' job may be on the line: Minneapolis superintendent to meet with
school board today, by Steve Brandt (top of page A1)
http://startribune.com/stories/1592/5453456.html
Park Bard faces electoral change: Controversial decisions
Are there any park board members out there who will make sure citizens
and candidates have clear direction on the freedom to campaign in our
public parks? I see that there is a meeting on June 15
http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=64calid=308.
Please pass a resolution or
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A less-than-super day for superintendents in the Monday Strib:
Peebles' job may be on the line: Minneapolis superintendent to meet with
school board today, by Steve Brandt (top of page A1)
http://startribune.com/stories/1592/5453456.html
From Steve Brandt's story,
The subject of rising crime in Minneapolis has become a part of the
charges of failure in our city's mayoral race. Minnesota Public Radio
had a recent guest on that discussed the temptation to pass quick
judgment when city rates either rise or fall. It is too simplistic, he
said, for cities to
Jim offers an excellent start. Lets get it more specific:
1. Anyone with three or more unlawful detainers.
BC: I currently won't accept anyone with one UD in the past two years. Are
you proposing three or more UDs in the past 7 years? A UD stays on a
tenants record for 7 years.
2. Follow
The news is a little late reaching Minneapolis, but the reform trend in
leadership has been coming for well over a decade. Traceable to quality
circles and the Silicon Valley company explosion, the old Mr. Dithers
model has long given way to cooperative leadership, authentic
leadership, and
What: Coming Home: From Minnesota to Iraq and back an account of conditions
in Iraq under U.S. Occupation with Sami Rasouli.
When: Tuesday, June 21, 7 PM
Where: St. Joan of Arc Church, 4537 Third Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN
Sponsored by: Twin cities Peace Campaign - focus on Iraq and
Please note that CeaseFire, Chicago's violence prevention partnership, can
be found at
_http://www.ceasefirechicago.org/_ (http://www.ceasefirechicago.org/) .
Sorry, I believe I included a link that was incorrect in an earlier posting
about it. The original posting has stimulated some
No one ever said people couldn't campaign in the parks. Of course people can
campaign and pass out literature for whatever they want in the parks. People do
it all the time. Parks are great places to campaign and exercise freedom of
speech.
Jason was blocking the door and it violated some
Actually, General Manager Don Sigglekow at the June 1 meeting did quote a
PB ordinance that says that candidates need to get a table but can not just
wonder through the park handing out literature and campaigning. I have
even reviewed the tape and this is what I heard.
There are two things
Michael J Flaherty wrote:
Mr. Stone,
I don't know what happened at Pearl Park. You do. If you really wanted
to
provide an account of it, then I'd expect as much from you in a first
person
account.
Dan McGuire
Ericsson
replied
I think Mr. Stone is on pretty solid ground in his use
The event at Pearl Park last Wednesday was to have community imput into the
design and useage of the Edward C. Solomon Park, and it's extremely unfortunate
that Jason Stone took that opportunuity to turn it into a Political
Event...whether he was or was not legally within his right to
Bill Kahn wrote:
To drive home Randall Cutting's point:
PB2-19. Parades, entertainments, public meetings, etc. Bands, processions,
parades, military displays, entertainments, exhibitions, public meetings and
constitutionally protected expressions shall be allowed, given or held in
the
parks
Excerpts from the MPLS Observer:
MTN Drops Suspension of Hodges and Flowers
(June 13) Less than a month after suspending commentators Booker Hodges and
Al Flowers for alleged threats made against City Council Member Don Samuels,
MTN officials last week revoked the suspensions and Hodges and
Um, pardon me I'm new around here, but I don't think it was Jason who
turned it
into a political event. He was simply a candidate trying to spread his
message to folks who probably cared (since they were attending a meeting about
the parks). If blocking the door was the real reason the police
If Superintendent Peebles loses her job in the near future, what will her
severance pay be? How much unused sick leave will she get paid for?
I think these kind of provisions are absolutely outrageous in contracts when
someone is removed for bad or non-performance. Everybody always claims how
Minneapolis Issues Folks,
I have great concern that first amendment rights, and using the police for
political purposes will return to our city. During the previous Mayor and
former Council leaders we had numerous examples of this abuse of power. The
targeting of Hardtimes Cafe, May Day
Excerpts from the MPLS Observer:
Its an absolute joke, said Hodges. Nowhere in there did I say we need to
kill the house nigga, Hodges said.
Megan's response:
I saw an unedited version of the tape myself. The only thing I can think of
after reading this remark is that the tape got
Jim Bush 11 Ward/7th Precinct writes:
The event at Pearl Park last Wednesday was to have community imput into
the design and useage of the Edward C. Solomon Park, and it's extremely
unfortunate that Jason Stone took that opportunuity to turn it into a
Political Event...whether he was or was
I'd like to modify what I said in my previous post. I received 3 off-line
replies calling me, among other names, a lying b.
I am sorry. I should not have said that Jason was blocking the door. It
seemed innocuous enough when I was writing it, but on rereading it, not
precise. I just
Anyone who runs for the independent boards has a daunting task concerning
reaching out to voters. Park District 5, for example, has 21 precincts in
which a total of over 37,000 people voted last November - a little over 12
square miles on the ground. Of these more than half are settled voters who
Annie Young wrote:
I wish I could get 3 police cars to some of the parks like East Phillips to
deal with the drug dealing and sometimes uncontrolled behaviors flagrant on our
public basketball courts.
Board Commissioner Young highlights a negative view of basketball that I find
common and
Nikki, it's unfortunate that people would be so blind as to attack what
you said with disrespectful language. This thread is about freedom of
speech after all. And the purpose of the freedom of speech is to foster
the free and open exchange of ideas. Something Gurban is apparently not
alone in
Minnesota House of Representatives
District 58B (651) 296-8659
229 State Office Building, St. Paul, MN 55155
Contact: Joel Johnson, (651) 297-1934
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June 13, 2005
PARENTS, LEADERS IN BLACK COMMUNITY SAY
PEEBLES' JOB SHOULDN'T BE ON THE LINE
A group of concerned parents and
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Please note that CeaseFire, Chicago's violence prevention partnership, can
be found at
_http://www.ceasefirechicago.org/_ (http://www.ceasefirechicago.org/) .
offer their assessment of
its possible usefulness for Minneapolis.
It's hard to tell from a web
While Jim Bush is busy writing negatively about Jason
Stone, he fails to disclose his position, (as I did in
my first post), that he is Mr. Stone's opponent's
campaign co-chair.
Candidate: Carol Kummer
Campaign Co-Chair: Pam Blixt Jim Bush
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Fredric Markus wrote:
Be happy that we stick our collective necks out, folks. Using the park
police to stifle political expression is so third-world. Is this the vision
we want in our history books?
I suggest they be trained to walk a little bit more like over-fed geese,
Both Jim Bush, Carol Kummer's campaign chair, and Nikki Carlson, a Bob Fine
supporter and a DeLaSalle parent, claim that Jason Stone was obstructing the
door to the Pearl Park Recreation Center.
I have a simple question for Mr. Bush and Ms. Carlson: Were you there in
person at Pearl Park and
In regard to Jason C. Stone's comments regarding free speech in public
hearings of the MPRB, the ordinance section (from Chap. 2) that I cited (and
Scott
Vreeland as well I see in reading back on this topic) would be irrelevant; that
chapter addresses activities in the parks. Open meetings of
Please attend the next meeting of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
When: 5:00pm, Wednesday, June 15
Where: 2117 West River Road, the administrative headquarters building
Some possibly interesting agenda topics:
* Will Jon Gurban be reprimanded for abusive use of the Park Police
My apologies to any of you who tuned into KFAI today expecting to hear Supt.
Peebles. The school district put out a misleading press release saying that
she'd be on from 11 to 1. Turns out that she appeared on the second hour of
the program for about 20 minutes, and only the first hour was
An interesting NEW YORK TIMES article about free Wi-Fi use in Seattle coffee
houses. Some coffee houses are cutting free wi-fi on weekends and have seen
revenue increases. Here is a quote from the story . . .
But there was also a disadvantage, staff members said: the cafe filled with
How did Mr. Gurban summon the park police? If he called 911, the
call logs should be available. Does anyone know how to access this
information. It would be interesting to know what communication may be
on record.
Dan Prozinski
Cedar-Riverside
REMINDERS:
1. Be civil! Please read the NEW
Predatory lending is a serious problem in Minneapolis and elsewhere and
should not be flipped off so casually by Mr. Thompson.
Predatory lending is disguised in different ways but essentially it is
an action or series actions undertaken by a lender to conceal the actual
terms of a loan from the
In Ballot Box: Gurban responds to Stone accusations
Go to: http://www.mplsobserver.com and click on Ballot Box
--
Craig Cox
Founder/Editor
The Minneapolis Observer
www.mplsobserver.com
612/721-0285
Support the independent media! Pick up your neighborhood newspaper!
REMINDERS:
1. Be civil!
Listers,
Those of you who will be voting to seat a library board in the fall, may
want to read the August, 2005 issue of the Utne Reader (when it comes out).
www.utne.com
Knowledge for Sale: Why American libraries are in trouble
by Librarian Chris Dodge.
WizardMarks, Central
REMINDERS:
1. Be
See also Lloydletta's Nooz for more coverage on this.
http://lloydletta.blogspot.com
http://lloydletta.blogspot.com/2005/06/parents-leaders-in-black-community-say.html
I went to this press conference, and they were fine
with bloggers covering this.
Who spoke:
Keith Ellison, Natalie
Sender
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Date : Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:33:31 -0400
Posty by [EMAIL PROTECTED] to GDI (Greens for
Strib's been on it all day...here's the latest:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/5454852.html
David Brauer
List manager
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 manager at [EMAIL
Apologies if I missed it in the Stone/Gurban blizzard, but can someone post
the Park Board's permitting policy for campaigns (helpfully referred to in
Craig Cox's insta-report today...)?
This would be a useful document for further list discussion ...
David Brauer
List manager
REMINDERS:
1. Be
Freedom of speech is freedom of speech... whether you like what is being
said or not. For people to write off line and name call is so repulsive. You
have something to say...say it on the list with conviction right or
wrong...that's what the list is for. Can't say it on the list...don't say
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At this study session the Decrim Task Force of the Community Advisory Board
on Homelessness presented information and recommendations from the 18 plus
months of research they conducted in order to address solutions to homelessness
in
a collaborative/constructive manner with City Leaders.
The
As I like to think of myself as a coffeehouse expert-I am not sure that
its as big of a problem here as it might be in Seattle. As a matter of
fact, I do not know of one coffeehouse owner that I have ever heard have
issues with lingering, or that they think WIFI causes people not to
We are making progress here. With on-line and off-line discussions, I have
come up with a list of proposed rental criteria. Below is the minimum
standards this board recommends private landlords use when offering housing.
Remember, I want this to be a recommendation from all of you, so please
The List was asked for suggestions about how a Responsible Landlord should
act, and I gave a few. And yours are?
The #3 was possibly misunderstood. It was meant to be where the Landlord
might be charged with controlling a Disorderly House. A criminal charge
against the landlord punishable
Well we do have the prisons for convicted persons. Perhaps we could
extend the prison system to include those who do not qualify as
renters. When we run out of space, failed renters could live in camps
in summer and abandoned hotels in the winter, refurbished to handle
down market occupants.
This is the outline of the policy presented by one of the district
managers recently hired by the MPRB Paul Hokeness. From what I could
see the rules were made by the district managers to answer questions
presented by staff at the recreation centers. I doubt that the
freedom of speech issue
First, I want to thank Craig Cox and his Ballot Box for giving us a rich and
interesting commentary on our Minneapolis campaigns.
As a Park Board Candidate I was very interested in Superintendent Gurban's
reply to the Pearl Park Incident with Jason Stone.
From the Observer: In Ballot Box:
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