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With bridge rods preventing people who are homeless from finding
shelter under our bridges... the opportunity to list bridges as units of
affordable housing has been missed by our Mayor.
Margaret
Strib's Dave Chanen writes:
The document will be made public and officially signed today during a news
conference at the Minneapolis Urban League headquarters. Details aren't yet
public, but the agreement addresses issues ranging from use of force and
diversifying the workplace to removing
Perhaps Michael Atherton's gripe with peace is that he is interpreting Peace as Peace
At Any Cost
instead of Peace First. There are very few people who believe in Peace At Any Cost,
and I
conjecture that Michael is debating with a rare bird the likes of which are seldom
spotted - the
complete
First of all my apologies to Mayor Rybak for wrongfully accusing him of
initiating the practice of counting shelter beds and mats as affordable
housing. Thank you, Mayor Rybak, for changing this practice.
Secondly, my most heartfelt congratulations to Scott Russell and Skyway
News for coming out
In a message dated 12/3/03 9:40:40 PM Pacific Standard Time,
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D.P. As for anyone's interpretation of the Minneapolis zoning code, the
language is clear that when there is a mission Treatment for chemical
dependency and overnight shelter are prohibited. That no
Regarding the claim: "Improving the safety net = more people jump in."
This is a claim repeated like a mantra by many folks on this thread and others. I'd love to see some empirical (heck, I'll settle for ANECDOTAL) support for the argument that providing adequate shelter cots for folks to avoid
I understand that B Sabri and PPL are gathering the troops for a take over
of the Ventura Village Neighborhood orgainzation at the next annual meeting.
The last count I had was around 200 people. I hope that whatever happens,
the people who are not re-elected to the board continue to
Sorry, forgot to sign last post.
I understand that B Sabri and PPL are gathering the troops for a take
over
of the Ventura Village Neighborhood orgainzation at the next annual
meeting.
The last count I had was around 200 people. I hope that whatever
happens,
the people who are not re-elected to
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The
sweeter we make the safety net; the more people, from far and wide, will show up to
jump into it.
What an unfortunate slur against those most unable to cope with their
present situations.
I believe that the sweet safety nets are called golden parachutes and
only
With bridge rods preventing people who are homeless from finding shelter under our bridges... the opportunity to list bridges as units of affordable housing has been missed by our Mayor.
Margaret Hastings-Mps-Kingfield
It's a little bit disturbing, in a forum like this, to
see the word political used in the usual talk-radio
sense of anything I don't like and that's too
complicated for me to figure out and that comes from a
left-wing perspective.
ALL public school curriculum has a political bias.
Beyond that, the
Once again bucking the trend of some news
organizations that choose to ignore important social
and livability issues, the Spokesman-Recorder has
published an excellent letter on the business and
social costs associated with the current plans for
Lake Street. The author of the letter, Liz
Jason Stone wrote:
Perhaps Michael Atherton's gripe with peace is that he is
interpreting Peace as Peace At Any Cost instead of Peace
First.
Before I respond to specific comments I'd like to reiterate
my major point: I don't believe that the public schools
should be endorsing anyone's
We should not overlook doghouses - large ones for adults, smaller ones for
children. Unfortunately this causes homeless dogs, which may be a problem
of more concern.
--David Shove
Roseville
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
With bridge rods preventing people who are homeless
Hi all,
Just read an informative article about Lake St. development and what the city is
thinking of doing. Sounds like there are some important issues to consider before we
jump ahead on this. Do we really want to discourage bike and bus travel along Lake
Street? There are a lot of new
Great post, Niels, and I, a 1995 MPS graduate, strongly concur ;-)
-Brandon Lacy
Powderhorn park
Those who find a peace curriculum so horrifying
should take heart: no veneer of creeping leftism is
going to obscure the bulk of right-wing ideology that
dominates thinking in the Minneapolis Public
As a resident of Ventura Village, I wonder why Mr. Peaches from Powderhorn Park
neighborhood is so interested in my neighborhood and thinks he knows what's good for
us. I used to live in Powerhorn Park in the 1970's and now that I'm here, I certainly
wouldn't be putting my voice out regarding
On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, Michael Atherton wrote:
David Shove wrote:
What is your position on JROTC - Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps -
in the public schools, directed by the military, but financed in part by
city property taxes?
I believe that if it is included along with a choice of
Call me old-fashioned, but I grew up believing that segregation is just
plain wrong, and I am baffled by the moral gymnastics that folks go through
to justify keeping it going.
Current housing placement indicates that the intrinsic value of integration
(racial, economic, disability) is just not
I agree with Bob on this point. Most of the people who attend Ventura
Village meetings have done pretty good work along Franklin Ave.
As a marginal member I think the main issue that I've observed is that even
if we don't like each other and certainly don't agree with one another, we
don't want
The following are citations for the constitutional basis of ROTC
programs. There are no such counterparts for a Peace Curriculum.
Interested parties may wish to amend the Minnesota Constitution through
referendum.
Neal Krasnoff
Loring Park
--Begin cite
MILITARY POWER SUBORDINATE. The
Tom Berthiaume wrote:
All it would take is for City leaders and housing advocates to gather the
courage to go to battle with the fortress neighborhoods and place future
affordable and supportive housing where there are also dollars and
votes. Please don't blame the suburbs for the sins of
disclosure- another MPS graduate post
What if the MPS (or any other) system could be
absolutely apolitical, neutral exclusively focused
on the basics?
I am having a hard time imagining such a place.
Are there any examples?
My high school friends who went to catholic school for
k-8 never
In a message dated 12/4/03 4:00:32 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On a lighter note. I am only in my 30's but remember what was on Franklin
Ave (80's and 90's) from 35 to Hiawatha, then as opposed to now. Red Robin
Liquor Store, Bill Blass, Red Owl Grocery Store, the Porno
Michael Atherton wrote:
Elementary schools should focus on their primary
mission: teaching children to read, write, do arithmetic,
and understand basic science; ...
WM: K-8 is over two thirds of a kid's basic guaranteed education. I
would hope that they learn more than just reading',
In a message dated 12/4/03 4:52:07 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
It later
became, I think, the Polar Bear Lounge and the clientele changed from white
to
Indian; and that's all that changed. Same damn deal every night only now it
looked like a miscast fifties tv
I have long resisted posting on this subject because my youngest child is
still in the Minneapolis school system and I don't want to subject that
child to retaliation.
My involvement (for the last 17 years), has been limited to the schools that
my children attended and not the whole system.
Aaron Klemz writes:
I'd love to see some empirical (heck, I'll settle for ANECDOTAL) support for the
argument that providing adequate shelter cots for folks to avoid sleeping outside in
the winter makes more people either:
a) Give up their housing to take advantage of the sweeter shelter
Forgot to sign: Keith Reitman NearNorth
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Paul Lohman wrote:
I know for a fact that there are a great many people out here
who will work (and are working) very hard to make it happen.
Work with us. Don't stereotype our neighborhoods.
Paul, you want us to believe that there are a great many people working
very hard to bring
Hi,
Has anyone out there had any of their kids attend a charter school? Does
anyone have an opinion of the Minnesota Charter School(s)? I have a high
schooler that is struggling with conventional high school and we are considering
a charter school. What type of education can a person expect
On 12/4/03 8:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Aaron Klemz writes:
I'd love to see some empirical (heck, I'll settle for ANECDOTAL) support for
the argument that providing adequate shelter cots for folks to avoid sleeping
outside in the winter makes more people either:
a)
Excuse me if others have raised this and I've missed it, but shouldn't an
important aspect of hiring the new chief be the process for removing him/her if
there are future performance problems? A major roadblock to removing the
current chief was the amount of money that it would have taken to
NEAL - None of the citations is relevant. The Reserve Officers
Training Corps (ROTC) is a voluntary arrangement between the various
branches of the armed services and participating colleges and
universities. Some high schools also participate. Colleges,
universities, and high schools can
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