[Mpls] Reponse to Goodman, Lane and Benson (long)

2003-02-14 Thread List Manager
Forwarded at the request of the authors. - David Brauer, list manager The following is a letter drafted by several Minneapolis residents in response to the Goodman, Lane, and Benson letter, which was posted on Minneapolis Issues on January 21 and titled: Goodman, Lane, Benson Commentary NRP

[Mpls] War talk

2003-02-17 Thread List Manager
issues. Please. David Brauer List manager on 2/17/03 8:15 AM, James E. Jacobsen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If it is fair for the anti wars to say the things they are saying then it is fair also to say that they are a treasonous bunch of idiots and liars; They are working against

[Mpls] War thread ends

2003-02-18 Thread List Manager
From this point, all non-city-specific posts on the war will draw warnings. David Brauer List manager Dennis Plante wrote: I'd be willing to bet most of the protesters were also wearing man-made synthetic materials for outer-wear. ...which are made from petroleum products

[Mpls] List focus

2003-02-19 Thread List Manager
proposed cutting Minneapolis's state aid by more than a fifth yesterday? If you like another list member's stories, contact them directly. If you need a list manager's ruling, contact me. Otherwise, let's keep list traffic to Minneapolis-specific issues. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1

Re: [Mpls] I had to read it twice

2003-02-19 Thread List Manager
Folks -- This is a statewide issue, not a Mpls-specific one. Let's focus on specific city issues, PLEASE. Not to say these are unimportant, but that's not what this city-focused list is for. David Brauer List manager on 2/19/03 8:58 AM, ken bradley at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello

[Mpls] Rybak versus Olson

2003-02-20 Thread List Manager
City Pages' David Schimke asks why the chief repeatedly gets the better of the mayor. See: http://www.citypages.com/databank/24/1159/article11065.asp David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding

[Mpls] Mpls LGA cuts

2003-02-20 Thread List Manager
The PiPress states Minneapolis's LGA cuts due to the Governor's plan will be $25 million this year, $55 million the next. The story also provides a good explanation for Jan Del Calzo's question: http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/5218947.htm David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY

[Mpls] End the rich thread

2003-02-21 Thread List Manager
Folks, let's debate national policy on other lists. This is for Minneapolis-specific issues. Please! David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis

Re: [Mpls] Elected Official Voting Records

2003-02-21 Thread List Manager
, given Gov. Pawlenty's cuts and past council spending, but that's for another day. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City

[Mpls] RE: Vote For Antiwar resolutions or Best Happy Hour In Minneapolis?

2003-02-22 Thread List Manager
: if they're in Minneapolis, fine. If not, not. It's about the city focus, not the importance of the issue. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis

RE: [Mpls] LGA Cuts and their Logic

2003-02-23 Thread List Manager
Let's get off state taxation levels and back, specifically, to the city of Minneapolis. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum

[Mpls] Decorum

2003-02-25 Thread List Manager
. In some instances, if you want to respond onlist, please take the high road. It¹s the only way return the discussion to substance, not style and not have the bulk of the membership flee in disgust at the ambient flame wars. David Brauer List manager on 2/25/03 1:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL

[Mpls] NRP and city affordable housing fund

2003-02-26 Thread List Manager
Forwarded with permission of the author. - David Brauer, list manager Greetings! I sat in disbelief Monday night as the NRP Policy Board voted 6 - 3 to approve a request to reassign $2 million of the $4 million dedicated to affordable housing to a mortgage insurance program that was handed out

[Mpls] Library put on hold?

2003-03-04 Thread List Manager
I case you missed it, here is Rochelle Olson's awesome scoop today that the Downtown Central Library might be put on hold: http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3731942.html David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're

[Mpls] Hard times at City Hall

2003-03-05 Thread List Manager
City Pages' G.R. Anderson Jr. examines city spending, and it isn't pretty... http://www.citypages.com/databank/24/1161/article11092.asp David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible

RE: [Mpls] homeless

2003-03-09 Thread List Manager
, David Brauer List manager , your constant insulting of everyone on the List isn't very productive. Whether discussions on the List will result in any action is another story, but it has to be more effective than constant whining. TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2

[Mpls] Skyway News story on the library dispute

2003-03-10 Thread List Manager
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[Mpls] Lindner thread

2003-03-11 Thread List Manager
As some posters have mentioned, this thread was borderline Minneapolis-specific at the outset, but it isn't now. Let's move on. Thanks. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible

[Mpls] Roosevelt, Southeast, Webber Park and the Walker libraries to close?

2003-03-11 Thread List Manager
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3749578.html David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion

[Mpls] Lindner thread - warnings to follow

2003-03-11 Thread List Manager
through the stop sign. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages

[Mpls] Fake posters

2003-03-12 Thread List Manager
this as you judge the content of the site. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy

[Mpls] Character assassination

2003-03-13 Thread List Manager
as possible. I need victims to take the high road so the list can focus on issues, not personalities. Thanks, David Brauer List manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible

RE: [Mpls] Sunday Night Candle Light Vigils

2003-03-15 Thread List Manager
Folks, if the war thread posts aren't Minneapolis-specific (such as Minneapolis-event announcement or City Council action), they aren't appropriate here. Please take general war talk to the thousands of lists set up for that purpose. David Brauer List manager -Original Message- From

RE: [Mpls] What will the war against Iraq cost Minnesotans?

2003-03-16 Thread List Manager
to Minneapolis-specific topics. That's what this list was set up for. There are statewide lists at www.e-democracy.org or many, many, many national lists for other concerns David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're

Re: [Mpls] RE: The War

2003-03-17 Thread List Manager
ignoring the rules and their intent. The list members who get it have been patient long enough. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues

[Mpls] Fake posters

2003-03-19 Thread List Manager
against inflammatory or insulting dialogue. I know raucouscaucus commentary has a different ethos, but I think its fair that their friends respect ours. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding

[Mpls] Parks board cuts teen jobs, wading pools, portable toilets

2003-03-21 Thread List Manager
Park board budget-cutting begins...wading pools nearer to the Chain of Lakes, portable toilets in the park system, teen jobs program - while adding parking meters around the lakes. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3770634.html David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all

[Mpls] Warnings going out on non-Minneapolis war talk

2003-03-21 Thread List Manager
in a long general anti-war post - those will draw warnings too. Remember, two warnings within a year lead to expulsion. Again, sorry to have to do this, but there have been plenty of reminders on this list. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2

RE: [Mpls] Minneapolis, city of guns?

2003-03-22 Thread List Manager
is broader than Minneapolis, by the way. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post

Re: [Mpls] Basketball

2003-03-25 Thread List Manager
Phyllis and all: JOIN THE WNBA'S FIGHT TO SAVE TITLE IX ...is an important issue, but not a Mpls-specific one. We all have our societal crusades, but only city-specific ones belong here. That goes for you responders, too. Thanks. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all

[Mpls] offensive subject line

2003-03-25 Thread List Manager
, respectful discussion. David Brauer List manager Very interesting subject line. So I'm supposed to bow down and shut up while Zack Metoyer disses me and all the work I have done to get justice for survivors of police brutality and family members of victims (people killed by police) for years, lest I

[Mpls] Video of Downtown Mpls war protest

2003-03-25 Thread List Manager
The Strib website offers a nifty if little-noticed service providing its own videos. There's a good one of Minneapolis police dealing with anti-war protestors downtown. Interesting stuff. http://play.rbn.com/?url=star/star/g2demand/video/natworld/iraq/fedprotest.r mproto=rtsp David Brauer List

RE: [Mpls] Strib's counting methods redux (FWD)

2003-03-27 Thread List Manager
The crowd-counting discussion is now well beyond Minneapolis (literally). Please stop the thread now, thanks. David Brauer List manager I covered the 'support our troops' rally on Saturday and was told that the Capitol plant manager estimated the crowd at between 5 and 10k. A state trooper I

Please don't respond RE: [Mpls] 1700 miles away

2003-03-29 Thread List Manager
I guess us 'rich' local crowd should just hunker down and implement exclusionary rules for all these outside agitator types who only want to manipulate and exploit us to dazzle their preverted psycho mentalities. Yes, he was warned, and PLEASE don't respond. David Brauer List

[Mpls] Heritage Park developments

2003-03-30 Thread List Manager
there, what did you think? Also, Steve's story answers the question What has Jackie Cherryhomes been up to? David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis

Re: [Mpls] STRIDE/Raucouscaucus

2003-04-02 Thread List Manager
Hey folks ‹ This raucouscaucus thing is getting personal, and thus away from our list rules. Let's move on, please. Or I'm afraid you'll receive rapid-response warnings from me. David Brauer List manager on 4/2/03 3:13 PM, Scott Persons at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: WOW! If you really want

[Mpls] City-County merger update

2003-04-03 Thread List Manager
Health services and workforce training first on the list... http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3800254.html David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible

[Mpls] Slow-speed protest in Northeast

2003-06-06 Thread List Manager
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3921875.html 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course

[Mpls] NRP: $65 million over 7 years

2003-06-06 Thread List Manager
That's a best-case estimate from City Councilmember Barret Lane about what can be generated for the final phase of the program. Nearly a third of that money comes in the final year, 2009. Comments? Steve Brandt's story is at: http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3921976.html David Brauer List

[Mpls] Alleged Rolling '30s gang member shot at gas station

2003-06-06 Thread List Manager
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3923942.html 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course

[Mpls] NY Times: As budgets shrink, cities see impact on criminal justice

2003-06-06 Thread List Manager
Minneapolis and Chief Robert Olson offered as prominent examples: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/07/national/07CRIM.html (Registration is required, but it's free.) David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's

[Mpls] Eden Prairian's reaction to Downtown Mpls

2003-06-06 Thread List Manager
Why pay more for suburban fare Downtown? asks letter writer. http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/3919619.html David Brauer List manager Hoping the Twins pull it out in the 11th against the (sheesh) Padres TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you

RE: [Mpls] Jackie - please end thread

2003-05-27 Thread List Manager
/if she does, let's let the thread die. This is a sure-fire flame-maker. 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course

[Mpls] 38th street ramps delayed

2003-05-27 Thread List Manager
! 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic

[Mpls] Overheated personal rhetoric

2003-05-29 Thread List Manager
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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E

[Mpls] North Minneapolis Target store to close

2003-05-29 Thread List Manager
http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2003/05/26/daily17.html?f=et86 If the link breaks, go to www.bizjournals.com and click on the Twin Cities. 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

[Mpls] List members in the news

2003-05-29 Thread List Manager
Ann Berget: hunted by city inspectors. Doug Grow is on the case. http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/3907233.html David Brauer List manager Ex-neighbor, regretfully TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you don't like what's being discussed here, don't

[Mpls] Mpls schools lay off 594

2003-05-29 Thread List Manager
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[Mpls] Nonprofit with NRP contracts dissolves

2003-05-30 Thread List Manager
Forwarded by David Brauer, list manager For Immediate Release: Contact: Tony Sutton Thursday, May 29, 2003(651) 282-6112 State Auditor Patricia Awada Releases Audit of Southside Neighborhood Housing Services State Auditor Finds Numerous Problems With Non

[Mpls] Minneapolis looks pretty good to Columbus

2003-05-30 Thread List Manager
Columbus, Ohio officials tour Minneapolis and St. Paul. Minneapolis has been one of the few success stories in the Upper Midwest in recent years, and we're coming to learn how it was done. http://www.finance-commerce.com/recent_articles/030517b.htm David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER

RE: [Mpls] What Ever Happened to Community?

2003-06-02 Thread List Manager
be expressed civilly. 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) Minneapolis Issues Forum

[Mpls] Downtown security cam - staff report

2003-06-03 Thread List Manager
For those who are interested, see what the city says at: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/council/2003-meetings/20030606/docs/09_RCA_D owntown_Security_Cameras.pdf Or http://makeashorterlink.com/?G202657C4 David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious

Re: [Mpls] Subsidies;Video Surveillance

2003-06-03 Thread List Manager
confusion. However, repeated discussion of list rules on list turns this into a dog's tail-chase. We're hear to hash over city issues, not the list for list's sake. 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

[Mpls] Mn Daily take on 519 Shelter

2003-04-17 Thread List Manager
http://www.mndaily.com/article.php?id=5588year=2002 David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion

[Mpls] Netiquette

2003-06-08 Thread List Manager
Please delete the previous message you are responding to. If you need to quote sections of a previous post, cut and paste into your post. Lots of repeated text makes hard reading and longer downloads for our digest readers. Thanks, David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed

[Mpls] Strib on Downtown cameras

2003-06-09 Thread List Manager
Steve Brandt reports, Doug Grow decides: http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3927861.html (Brandt) http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/3927829.html (Grow) 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

Re: [Mpls] The Need to Know re: Federal Mediation

2003-06-10 Thread List Manager
(barely concealed) among many. Sincerely, David Brauer List manager on 6/10/03 12:59 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, first off Michelle, you haven't been figuratively getting my backside kicked on this list for daring to bring out the negative role Kinshasha Kambui or daring

[Mpls] Al's Breakfast founder dies

2003-06-10 Thread List Manager
Amid all the talk about corporations and chains, I thought it was worth noting the passing of a Minneapolis institution. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3929998.html David Brauer List manager Al's veteran TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2. If you

[Mpls] Two post per day limit

2003-06-12 Thread List Manager
We've had several violations of this lately -- Members are limited to two list posts per day. Please remember this when you fire one off. Thanks everyone, 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

[Mpls] Library scenarios

2003-06-13 Thread List Manager
libraries. The final proposal would close three community libraries, but provide more customized services that go beyond traditional library programs. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3934448.html What would you pick? David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll

[Mpls] Minneapolis is all over the map on 2 a.m. bar times

2003-06-18 Thread List Manager
Strib reports concerns about cop schedules, competition from nearby 'burbs...it's a mess thus far. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3942450.html 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

[Mpls] Jerry's Foods to buy north-side Target

2003-06-18 Thread List Manager
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[Mpls] Benson: no conflict pushing for 2 a.m. bar time

2003-06-18 Thread List Manager
.html 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused

Re: [Mpls] Where do you (NOT)

2003-06-24 Thread List Manager
And this post should have been offlist as well. C'mon people. I appreciate Jon wanting to elevate the discussion, but we need to model the good behavior you want to see. No more personal shots, please. David Brauer List manager on 6/24/03 12:11 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[Mpls] Bugbear virus on list

2003-06-26 Thread List Manager
will be hit, but I wanted you to know. This is why we ask everyone to post in plain text, without attachments. Please do that in the future. Sincerely, 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, don't

[Mpls] Sodomy ruling

2003-06-27 Thread List Manager
day. Thanks, 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City

[Mpls] Strib hires new editor to oversee local coverage

2003-06-27 Thread List Manager
Supervising Minneapolis coverage will be a major part of Boston Globe veteran Joe Johnson's job... http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3959069.html 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

[Mpls] Debating $1 million from NRP to police

2003-06-29 Thread List Manager
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1405/3962889.html 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course

[Mpls] Carol Johnson response to Strib story

2003-06-30 Thread List Manager
Forwarded on behalf of Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson. June 28, 2003 To The Editor: Saturday's A1 article, A Great Divide Between Districts, seeks to explain how Minneapolis and St. Paul schools are facing quite different budget scenarios for the coming year.

[Mpls] Critics halt $1 million NRP transfer to police

2003-06-30 Thread List Manager
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Re: [Mpls] Schiff

2003-07-01 Thread List Manager
Folks, let's keep the statewide hot buttons off the list. The rules are pretty clear about the local nature of our forum. 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, don't complain - change

RE: [Mpls] Search underway for new Minneapolis police chief

2003-07-02 Thread List Manager
Looks like 'CCO broke this story. Here's the link on their site, with a few more quotes: http://wcco.com/localnews/local_story_182174603.html David Brauer List manager -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shawn Lewis Sent: Wednesday, July

[Mpls] US Attorney accuses Whittier landlord of bias

2003-07-09 Thread List Manager
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3979834.html 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course

[Mpls] Mpls libraries spared, but hours cut

2003-07-10 Thread List Manager
Some community libraries will be open three days a week http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3980142.html 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, don't complain - change the subject

[Mpls] State estimates Minneapolis, St. Paul lost population since 2000

2003-07-10 Thread List Manager
Reversing '90s gains...Met Council disagrees. (Story talks about Minneapolis job losses - 5 percent of the workforce! - but I didn't see any specific population numbers on a quick read.) http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/business/6268490.htm David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER

[Mpls] Judith Borger leaving PiPress

2003-07-11 Thread List Manager
of the river. 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic

RE: [Mpls] BOYCOTT MARKET BAR-B-QUE (The e-mail)

2003-07-12 Thread List Manager
with it within the rules. 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) Minneapolis Issues

[Mpls] New CPED appointments

2003-07-12 Thread List Manager
Steve Brandt comes through as promised...your new $100,000 economic development deputies can be found at: http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3984985.html 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

RE: [Mpls] Theaters|Libraries|

2003-07-13 Thread List Manager
Folks, this thread is SO not Minneapolis-specific. Send your film choices to members who care off list. C'mon. David Brauer List manager * Barcelona (1994) Comedy PG-13 Big Night (1996) Comedy R Blade Runner (1982) Sci-Fi Fantasy R Blue Velvet (1986) Drama R Broadcast News (1987

RE: [Mpls] NEDC, Robert Woods, and CNIA

2003-07-15 Thread List Manager
neighborhood feuds only invite pointless insults as a response. It's all childish, and I want to remind other members to avoid such rhetoric. Indulge your feuds elsewhere. To all: I'll deal with discipline for this stuff off list. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed

[Mpls] Obey the list rules, please

2003-07-16 Thread List Manager
personal shots, it isn't allowed by the rules. That means everyone! 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course

[Mpls] NRP Board seeks $11 million annually

2003-07-22 Thread List Manager
Dip into city's federal funds, policy board members say... Council president Ostrow says that's doubtful. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4000354.html 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

[Mpls] Heritage park pollution - Strib take

2003-07-22 Thread List Manager
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4002407.html 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course

[Mpls] Hollywood Theater plan passes

2003-07-25 Thread List Manager
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 TEMPORARY REMINDER

[Mpls] Lake Harriet elf faces competition?

2003-07-25 Thread List Manager
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 here

[Mpls] One fewer insider for Mpls police chief

2003-07-25 Thread List Manager
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

[Mpls] Carol Johnson to Memphis?

2003-07-28 Thread List Manager
Another city in Tennessee courts the Minneapolis schools' superintendent. She's a finalist, but not the front-runner, Strib sez... http://www.startribune.com/stories/1405/4011921.html http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/6402513.htm David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't

[Mpls] What Carol Johnson is telling Memphis

2003-07-29 Thread List Manager
Charms school board, and contrary to local reports that indicates there was a local front-runner, the hometown paper says not... http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/local_news/article/0,1426,MCA_437_2142984,00.ht ml If the link breaks, see http://www.gomemphis.com front page. David Brauer List manager

Re: [Mpls] What Carol Johnson is telling Memphis

2003-07-29 Thread List Manager
on 7/29/03 4:14 PM, List Manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Correcting myself on Carol Johnosn: Charms school board, and contrary to local reports that indicates there was a local front-runner, the hometown paper says not... http://www.gomemphis.com/mca/local_news/article/0,1426

[Mpls] General Mills grant to keep Mpls parks open

2003-07-29 Thread List Manager
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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course.) Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic

RE: [Mpls] GoMemphis reports: Johnson will be new supt.

2003-07-30 Thread List Manager
Strib's reporting it too: http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/4017083.html Doug Grow: There's nothing to keep a superintendent here http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/4017070.html David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. 2

[Mpls] Samuels will fast until more beat cops walk Jordan

2003-08-01 Thread List Manager
Wants five 24-hour-a-day patrols. Police say that means 35 officers - more than an entire 4th Precinct shift. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4019359.html 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

[Mpls] Pawlenty sends troops to N. Minneapolis

2003-08-01 Thread List Manager
One day after telling Don Samuels the city needs to be creative with limited resources, Gov. Pawlenty sends a 12-officer state unit and a helicopter to patrol the Jordan area. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4020634.html David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Don't feed

[Mpls] Dayton vows to hold up Senate biz to kill noise legislation

2003-08-01 Thread List Manager
Sen. Mark Dayton vowed Friday to block every President Bush nominee and object to every piece of legislation in September unless a controversial restriction on airport noise-abatement funds was removed. http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/4020919.html David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY

[Mpls] Everyone should take National Night Out in Jordan

2003-08-03 Thread List Manager
That's what Joe Soucheray suggests ... http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/6439772.htm 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific

[Mpls] Housekeeping reminders

2003-08-04 Thread List Manager
showing up, and have some solutions around that. 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course

[Mpls] More mundane list rules

2003-08-08 Thread List Manager
Folks, LOTS of you are posting more than twice a day lately. The per-day limit is 2 posts. Please respect this rule. It's objective, anyway. 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, don't

RE: [Mpls] Gang, Drugs, Patrols, Ebonics, List Management, Racism

2003-08-11 Thread List Manager
forgetting, or missing something, again, I ask members to email me offlist. Sincerely, 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, don't complain - change the subject (Mpls-specific, of course

Re: [Mpls] List Decorum

2003-08-11 Thread List Manager
on 8/8/03 1:03 PM, Batala at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrea Jenkins is absolutely correct! I asked the List Manager, off line, if those comments were appropriate, I didn't even get a response ... Perhaps the lack of his response is telling me that it's okay. And I just read Mr. Thai's

[Mpls] List members in the news

2003-08-12 Thread List Manager
Dennis Plant(e) leads off the PiPress story on state budget cuts affecting local services http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/6504450.htm 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

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