Thanks Jeff for this valuable and factual information. Now we need
some words from Ray Harris. One day a few years back Ray Harris
brought me a picture of dredging going on - a very old photograph in
frame which I believe he said the dredging machines were owned by his
father. That picture was on
Controversy dogs Hollman/ Heritage Park project
By: Isaac Peterson, III
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Originally posted 7/23/2003
Johnson Lee bypassed in appointment of project head
The words Hollman Project and Heritage Park
have long been synonyms for controversy.
Recent developments,
I was sitting on my front porch Thursday evening and I heard an
unusual-sounding vehicle approaching on the cross street (24th Street
S). I looked and saw what appeared to be a City of Minneapolis pick-up
truck (I could be wrong, it was at least 100 feet away). In the back of
the truck was what
Corrie Zoll wrote:
I was sitting on my front porch Thursday evening and I heard an
unusual-sounding vehicle approaching on the cross street (24th Street
S). I looked and saw what appeared to be a City of Minneapolis pick-up
truck (I could be wrong, it was at least 100 feet away). In the back of
Concentrated poverty is a consequence of discrimination in the housing and
job markets, especially the exclusion of African-Americans from the better
neighborhoods and jobs. But very little is being done by the government at any
level to enforce fair employment and housing laws.
The plan to
Jim Mork Wrote:
I agree with the idea that no city problem should be solved on the back of a
poor neighborhood. Cooper or Kenwood could be a location as easily as any
other. Two PRACTICAL problems I'd like seen addressed, though. Problem 1:
Nice neighborhoods generally contain
Doug Mann Writes:
Concentrated poverty is a consequence of discrimination in the housing and job markets, especially the exclusion of African-Americans from the better neighborhoods and jobs. But very little is being done by the government at any level to enforce fair employment and housing
Doug Mann correctly says:
Concentrated poverty is a consequence of discrimination in the housing
and
job markets, especially the exclusion of African-Americans from the better
neighborhoods and jobs. But very little is being done by the government at
any
level to enforce fair employment and
This letter was sent to all members of the MP Library Board on 7-23-03
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I'm sorry I could not be with you at the board meeting this evening. The
Aquatennial and the Rib Fest raised the cost of parking and made it
impossible for me to park within a distance of the library
Council, acting as board of the MCDA (soon to be a memory), approves plan
10-1. Zerby votes no, worried about use of general fund. Rybak says it will
not be used. But financing plan is not cemented.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4008774.html
David Brauer
List manager
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http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4008767.html
David Brauer
List manager
(In his day job, bummed to get scooped on this one, but congrats to Paul
Levy on the nice piece.)
TEMPORARY REMINDER:
1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait.
2. If you don't like what's being discussed
Greg Hestness, 28-year MPD vet and a deputy police chief, takes anti-terror
job at the U. He has been frequently rumored as a chief possibility.
David Brauer
List manager
TEMPORARY REMINDER:
1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait.
2. If you don't like what's being discussed here,
Dennis Plante wrote:
If you want to do everyone a favor, including the impoverished, lower-class,
maybe mobilizing to pass a city ordinance that caps the number of rental
properties by neighborhood?
Bill Cullen Responds:
Is rental property density or concentration of poverty the problem?
I finally did it. I left there with no leftover tickets! Isn't that supposed to be
impossible?
Although it was rather warm standing in front of king sized grills and smokers on
asphalt this afternoon,
it was worth the trip.
Here's today's lunchtime/afternoon snack report. (All sampled by yours
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