Loki Anderson writes -- and implies my motives are racist.
Can't help but notice that you have posted negative
comments regarding Neva Walker almost constantly in
the six months since she has taken office and yet I
have yet to hear anything from you regarding Linda
Berglin, who also
U.S. Conference of Mayors releases Metro Economies Report
Minneapolis and Twin Cities Metro Area ranks 12th in nation in GMP
July 12, 2001 (Minneapolis, MN)-Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton today
announced that according to a US Conference of Mayor (USCM) Report released
Tuesday,
This morning I attended a press conference to
publicize the work of the People's Institute for
Survival and Beyond.
It sounds hokey. I mean what do they mean by survival
and beyond?
I only became aware of this institution this Tuesday
at a KMOJ/Insight News Forum at Lucille's Kitchen. I
am a
Reproductions of rare and historic sketches, maps and photographs made
of the Camp Coldwater area from the 1820s through the early 1900s are on
exhibit in Senator Paul Wellstone's Minnesota office.
Images by Seth Eastman, a renown artist and Fort Snelling commander,
Albert Sully, Henry Lewis,
For those of you who read my previous post about the
People's Institute you will understand what I have to
say in the context ofremarks by Ron Chisom, Co-Founder
of the People's Institute.
He urged us not to talk about each other, about what
we might feel about what another person is or is not
Broken promises notwithstanding, perhaps some positive movement on the
Sound Insulation proposals currently under consideration by the MAC. A
public hearing on a customized sound abatement proposal has been
scheduled for July 25, 2001.
I read Tim Connoly's post about the People's Institute
and the impact it has had on Duluth and the need for
more discussion of race in this city with great
interest. As a political junkie, I often go to
thomas.loc.gov to see what interesting things are
being introduced in Congress that are not
While I'm on the topic, let me ask why we need
subsidized transit? I think a transit system is a
good idea, and a metro wide system is a better idea.
But why subsidize people who would use a good system
at the cost of running it? Wouldn't it be better to
offer low cost passes to those
