[Mpls] northeast parade

2001-06-27 Thread Mark Wilde
stenglein had a big contingency in the parade, lots of supporters walking with him. lisa had a drum and bugle corp, or maybe they were just walking behind her. i didn't even see the mayor, although i might have been too busy eating mini-donuts and missed her. for what it is worth, i say watch

[Mpls] Future of nrp

2001-06-27 Thread David Brauer
Future of nrp press conference to be held at ten am today at 29th ave and 25th st. Rumor is the death of nrp phase 2 at the hands of the legislature will be announced. David Brauer Kingfield ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post

Re: [Mpls] Re: {Mpls} Sexuality and elections

2001-06-27 Thread Eva Young
In some ways the lack of endorsement by Stonewall of Robert Lilligren, reminds me of Stonewall's failure to endorse Catherine Shreves -- who has turned out to be a very able school board member. Anybody who's really interested in going over this yet again (it was discussed once

RE: [Mpls] Future of nrp

2001-06-27 Thread David Brauer
Oops - I'm told the press conference is at 11 a.m., not 10. Sorry for the error, David Brauer Kingfield -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Brauer Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 9:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] Future of

[Mpls] I have been violated!

2001-06-27 Thread Makeda Zulu-Gillespie
Title: Press Release: A no brainer. While the Stanek agreement may have raped the racial profiling bill; St. Paul has taken some of the major recommendations and put them in place. Minneapolis Council members and Mayor should have been the lead on this one. Now, we must at least follow,

[Mpls] Pride Weekend

2001-06-27 Thread David Strand
Green Party candidates kept busy throughout Pride Weekend beginning Friday evening at the annual Dyke March down Lyndale. The parade stepped off at 10 pm from Loring Park following Dyke Night at the Walker Art Center and proceeded down Lyndale to Lyn-Lake. Lavender Greens hosted a Dyke March

[Mpls] NRP Press conference today

2001-06-27 Thread List Manager
The press conference will be held at 11 a.m. today (Wed. Jun 27) at 2900 East 25th Street (across from Matthews Park). Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton and Council President Jackie Cherryhomes will be joined by neighborhood leaders and others to talk about the current State tax bill negotiations that

Re: [Mpls] Strib poll and racial tension

2001-06-27 Thread j harmon
I'd be interested in finding out why African Americans are drawing a line between themselves and Somalians. Somalia's in Africa last I checked. If they've relocated here, they're basically African Americans. Every race in the world embraces and touts the differences among themselves, not the

Re: [Mpls] The emperor is naked- lack of representation

2001-06-27 Thread Dyna Sluyter
Title: Re: [Mpls] The emperor is naked- lack of representatio It is time for change. Patrick Peterson has been able to use various mentors to form his ideals and is proud of those who have come before him and stand with him to be unapologetic about who one is. While being unapologetic people are

[Mpls] Mayor's Press Conference

2001-06-27 Thread Erik Riese
David asked me to post because he used up both his posts today. The Mayor, Communications Director, Ann Freeman, City Coordinator, Kathy O'Brien and Councilmembers Cherryhomes and Campbell all showed up across the street from my home this morning at 11:00 a.m. Joining them were Bob Miller from

[Mpls] Re: {Mpls} Sexuality and elections

2001-06-27 Thread dafinke
If Eva has the text of Brian Herron's speech to show us that it was not inclusive of all members of the 8th Ward, I will take her contention seriously. However, I was on stage during Brian's speech and remember no glaring ommissions. And Brian's campaign folks placed a big Endorsed by

[Mpls] Today's Tax Bill news conference by the Mayor, Council PresidentCherryhomes and Council Member Campbell

2001-06-27 Thread Freeman, Ann E
Below is the text of the remarks made today at a news conference held by Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton and Council President Jackie Cherryhomes to address the current State tax bill that endangers the funding for City initiatives such as the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) and affordable

Re: [Mpls] Today's Tax Bill news conference by the Mayor, Council President Cherryhomes and Council Member Campbell

2001-06-27 Thread M Smith
Just a small correction. The house Ann Freeman was talking about was built in 1888 instead of 1988 (I'm sure it was just a typo). Matthea Smith Powderhorn Park 9-4 --- Freeman, Ann E [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me give you just one example. This house was built in 1988. The Seward

Re: [Mpls] Today's Tax Bill news conference by the Mayor, Council President Cherryhomes and Council Member Campbell

2001-06-27 Thread Ewader
Let's see, We just gave away about $150 million to Target and block E's big box businesses to help their bottom line, and now our big-business DFL leaders are upset NRP might be in jeopardy. Talk about a shift in the blame for their irresponsible, wasteful spending. Between Republicans in

[Mpls] mayor's press conference

2001-06-27 Thread timothy connolly
I, also, attended the Mayor's press conference. Judging from David Brauer's frantic posts I thought I ought to attend. Don't want to miss those earth-shattering events. I only read about it at 10:45 so I was hard pressed to get there on time. Cost me $7 to take a cab. I don't even go to full

Re: [Mpls] Today's Tax Bill news conference by the Mayor, Council President Cherryhomes and Council Member Campbell

2001-06-27 Thread Michael Atherton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let's see, We just gave away about $150 million to Target and block E's big box businesses to help their bottom line, and now our big-business DFL leaders are upset NRP might be in jeopardy. Talk about a shift in the blame for their irresponsible, wasteful

Re: [Mpls] NRP Press conference today

2001-06-27 Thread Eva Young
At 10:20 AM 6/27/01 -0500, List Manager wrote: The press conference will be held at 11 a.m. today (Wed. Jun 27) at 2900 East 25th Street (across from Matthews Park). Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton and Council President Jackie Cherryhomes will be joined by neighborhood leaders and others to talk about

Re: [Mpls] mayor's press conference

2001-06-27 Thread wizardmarks
timothy connolly wrote: NRP spent 48.5% of its funds, roughly $82 million on housing. The majority of that was spent for improvement and renovation of owner-occupied single family houses such as the Petersons. But that was not the fault of the NRP. It was neighborhoods that decided

[Mpls] Pride Parade-Good for Minneapolis

2001-06-27 Thread kristina anderson
- I attended the Pride parade this weekend and was thrilled by the good time had by all. I'm proud to live in a city with such diversity and acceptance, and was happy to see the community come together to celebrate Is that parade always that big, or did good weather help?? It was

[Mpls] Papa John Kolstad CD release party

2001-06-27 Thread David Brauer
Given Papa John's long-time political activism, which bleeds into his songs, I thought it appropriate to post this news release about his CD reception. There will surely be Minneapolis politics talked there. - David Brauer, list manager Papa John Kolstad CD Release Reception Thursday, June 28,

[Mpls] Teaching Students The Wrong Lesson

2001-06-27 Thread Russell W Peterson
Here's a real debate for Minneapolis Issues: http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?templ ate=opinion_aslug=tan28 Russ Peterson St. Michael former Standishite ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL

[Mpls] Naked emperors and Third Ward representation

2001-06-27 Thread Fran Guminga
Dyna Sluyter writes in response to Makeda Zulu-Gillespie's comments about the Upper River Master Plan not necessarily serving those who live along the river: You're right- a certain junk yard along the river a block south of the Lowry bridge has been totally ignored by the River Master Plan. I'm

[Mpls] What an evening!

2001-06-27 Thread Annie Young
Just got done reading Linda Picone's SW Journal Opinion piece which talks about the quality of life here in our beautiful city. She talks about the E-group and our dialogue regarding Java Noire. It was fun seeing folks again, always quite an array of characters we are. Thanks to Barbara Nelson

[Mpls] Mpls does even less than St. Paul

2001-06-27 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
A couple of us have posted extensive commentary about the insignficance of St. Paul's highly touted agreement to respond to racial profiling. We now are informed that Minneapolis top brass will be holding a press conference to unveil our city's initiatives: