In a message dated 3/3/2002 8:01:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Yes indeed. Plymouth Congregational Church Foundation
is collecting $5.4 million taxpayer dollars to buy and
renovate a building at 1920 LaSalle into supportive
housing for the mentally ill, chemically
T H E M I N N E A P O L I S O B S E R V E R
A Weekly Digest of All Things Minneapolitan
Vol. 1, No. 29
March 4, 2002
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THIS WEEK IN THE OBSERVER:
* Niland on the Newbies
* Cop Conference Brings Fiscal Risks
* R.T. on Being the Mayor
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I seem to remember a reference to Unbank last week. Here's a pointer
to an article on check cashing outlets. Seems to be in the April issue
of Reason magazine.
www.reason.com/0204/fe.ml.finance.shtml
Bruce Gaarder
Highland Park Saint Paul
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I went to the link Bruce suggested. It pretty much
confirmed my thoughts regarding this issue. The
commercial check cashing facilities provide a service
to people that banks do not with a lot less hassle.
In my neighborhood there is a huge Mexican/Latino
population. For whatever reason, they
Unbanks and their ilk are profitable alternatives to banks because their
customers don't trust banks, never have, and essentially deal only in cash.
It has not helped when needing credit for such items as mortgages for those
who deal in cash because, of course, there's little or no real credit
The Mayor's office received approximately 60 tickets to see the President
this afternoon. I know this is short notice, but we just got them this
morning. We're giving them away on a first-come, first-served basis. Please
stop by the Mayor's office and see Julie at the front desk if you want
Actually, some check cashing places, like the unbank and others...charge
much more than 10% of the check depending on what type of check it is. I
think there may be some limit to the amount they can charge on state and
federal issued checks since those checks have lower percentage
rates...or it
Title: FW: No DQ'sin the parks
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From: David Brauer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Diane Ballentine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: No DQ'sin the parks
Date: Fri, Mar 1, 2002, 4:56 PM
Diane to get this to the full list, forward it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] this copy came only to me.
Then you
I know that Unbank charges 3% + a .75 cent service fee
for government or computerized payroll checks. That is
not a terribly high amount (depending on the size of
the check, of course).
I know because I use the service quite a bit, even
though I have an account at Wells Fargo. The reason is
Rick Carney writes:
I too would favor
a local company, absolutely, if there is one with the
wherewithal and ability to step in and take over. The
question is, who wants to, and even more importantly, who
can?
David Brauer writes:
According to DQ's website, they are based at:
American
I see that many of you are interested in this One Book project. Great!
Metronet, the nine metropolitan public libraries, a number of school
districts (including Minneapolis, St. Paul, Hopkins, and North St.
Paul/Maplewood) are joining together to promote OneBook. We are just at the
beginning of
List,
How about Sebastian Joes at Lake Harriet. And Sonny's at Lake Calhoun.
Both locally owned small batch favorties. Sonny's is 100% organic and
natural. Then when I feel like some Hanna Lemongrass ice cream I will
walk around Lake Calhoon, and when I want some awesome Chocolate Chip I
The question I can't get past is, why does the
parkboard loose so much money running these concessions, which are
staffedby high school students?
They have a built in constituency for several
months per year and no overhead to speak of -- they're not paying property taxes
or for building
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