Oh yes, only a matter of time. And one wonders when the freedoms Mr.
Driscoll enjoys will also be taken? What sins of the flesh that he enjoys
will be outlawed? Perhaps reading and participating in Minneapolis issues?
After all it will not hurt if we curtail a few freedoms and sins for the
Minneapolis will be fortunate to have Barbara Johnson in that position. In
the Strong Council - Weak Mayor system a strong Council President is
essential. Barb Johnson can be that person.
The neighborhoods of all of Minneapolis will be lucky to get her. When
votes are being counted Barb is
David Brauer writes: However, my views aren't that important in the current
discussion; I think the views of the neighbors and elected and appointed
officials matter much more.
You are so correct David. Development should always include the residents
of a neighborhood as much as possible.
Phyllis Kahn could not be more correct on this one. The cost of a new
stadium is 400 million or so if we are lucky, and after a few years we do it
all over again. The cost of the team is less than half that. If you want
to keep the team here, buy the darn thing and keep it here.
I know
It is OK to be emotional Margaret. It shows you care. It is criminal to
force people into the cold in Minnesota whether day or night. Anyone
thinking different should spend four or five hours outside sometime when it
is even ten below zero. This is not California or Florida, people die here
Try the video sports place on 7th and Hennepin. Play some video and watch
the Vikings-Green Busher game. Both of you will have a good time. Some one
just told me tonight that they were going there for that same reason.
Jim Graham
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Apparently Mr. Simon really does not listen (or in this case read). The
real problem with Mayor Rybak is that he has an overwhelming need to please.
So RYBAK will promise anything to anyone, without any thought of carrying
through. This is historical fact, not supposition. Exactly where has
They are rolling up their sleeves Barb. We have demanded that both the Park
Board Members and the School Board Members meet with community
representatives and the City Council Members who represent the area to
address this problem. We have yet to hear from either Board as to when that
The only problem with the meeting Liz talks about, if there was one, was
that they did not bother telling the people around the Park. Did not bother
notifying the official neighborhood organizations.
This IS NOT the meeting that community activists have recently demanded, I
can assure
Minneapolis faces three serious problems with providing public safety.
These are:
1. Need for greater monetary resources
2. Need for more “on the street” police manpower
3. Need for a more professional police force
These needs may in part be addressed by creating an apparatus in the
Mr. Blackshaw should not worry about his previous statements. It is
actually indicative of the folks RT picks to run his administration.
Blackshaw's gaff is not worse than what has occurred in housing, with the
Police Department, with the NRP, etc. Actually, much more acceptable,
because
Neil Simons insists on an answer so here goes:
It is often not necessary to answer or comment on the comedic. I had
thought to not do so, but apparently it is insisted upon.
For three years Mayor Rybak's office and staff has attempted to say its
failings are the fault of Bush, the fault of
Great point Justin!
As for actual work, I can tell you that Peter McLaughlin is not the same as
RT Rybak. Peter not only talks, he is willing to carry the environmental
load with his fellow Minneapolis residents. Peter McLaughlin helped found
the Phillips Community Energy Coop, and then was
Dean's message is humorous. I am not mad at Dean Zimmermann for being less
than effective on the Carriage Zoning Change. Heck, I get along well with
Gary Schiff and Robert Lilligren and they also were not as effective as
possible on the Carriage House proposal that each thought a good idea.
McLaughlin supporters call on Rybak to stop pre-emptive smear campaigns
against Peter McLaughlin by his paid employee John Blackshaw..
Blackshaw's Carl Rowe type of pre-emptive attacks are unjustifiable.
Blackstad seems to believe that it is just not fair to point out his boss'
record. To
Yes, only I heard Rybak had asked Jackie to be his delegate to the United
Nations.
Is it also true that Rybak has promised to fire McManus and bring back
Charlie Stenvig as Chief of Police if re-elected. Someone has said that RT
has decided to abolish the entire Police Force to save tax
Phyllis is correct about the pension bonding. She sounds like a good fiscal
conservative. Of course you can not be a true liberal without knowing that
we must conserve our resources if we wish to help as many as possible. In
addition to understanding the pitfalls of pension bonding Laura
Today I was talking about teaching fractions to young person who had
graduated from a Minneapolis High School. The young man needed this skill
in order for him to do work at Dunwoody. A person I was talking to about
that situation sent me the following to put into perspective the present
No Gregory, Minnesota does NOT have to relax the licensing standards. All
Minneapolis has to do is make a priority out of hiring those residents of
Minneapolis who are licensed by the State of Minnesota who have gone to our
colleges and have passed the exams. No special treatment other than
What it smacks of is not Quid pro Quo pro, what it smacks of is getting
better service for our dollars from employees who have a greater stake in
their community than just a job. It also smacks of offering opportunities
to our own young people. It smacks of offering positive role models for
A suggestion as a start for Aaron Neumann and those sitting Council Members
whether they be Green , Blue, Red, or Black, or even White Party DFL. A
small pay incentive to live in the City is great, but there are better ways.
Give priority to hiring police officers who grew up in the inner city
I'm a strong McLaughlin supporter and when I saw the mystery blimp tooling
around town I came to the same conclusion that a blogger arrived at the link
(http://s4xton.com/?p=1020).
It's got to be McLaughlin's because it's the right color, the exact right
font, and the right message. So when I
Drug dealing is down on Franklin Avenue due to about four factors:
1. the efforts of Dan Wells hunting drug dealers with the eagerness that the
word is defined as,
2. Jan Graham, Shirley Stone and County Attorney Gail Baez setting up Court
Watch to insure the worst got the time they deserve
You are correct Barb. Tammy Wong really is a special person. I have known
her and her family for many years and Tammy truly is one of the most special
lovely people in any restaurant in Minneapolis, or anywhere else.
Tammy's restaurant is really good and worth visiting at any time for the
Thank you for coming Phyllis. About 350 people came and bought tickets, and
like you very much enjoyed the food and fun. We had an additional 50 elders
who were provided with tickets. Even so we had lots of food left over. No
Buffalo, and only a little fried bread, but plenty of beef, pork,
I do not know where David gets that 48 hour bit for State Electrical
Inspectors. Perhaps someone is trying to do some political spin. This action
without any public awareness of it smells to say the least.
This action to kill a union and fire the workers for asking to be treated
fairly
(Sorry, I originally sent this in rich text rather than plain text)
Each year employees at American Indian Community Development Corporation
works to provide toys, clothing, and other Christmas gifts for the Little
Earth children and young people who for some reason are not served by Toys
for
Even though I like to fight with Wizard, I must admit that I sure do agree
with her on this one.
A few years ago I attended a party at the park pavilion near the river
downtown. Sharon was having it to celebrate the Salvaggio Housing
Initiative in South Minneapolis. I was not invited but
Unfortunately Margaret, many do not equate the victims of war as also being
the homeless to a very large degree. It is a problem for both the
conservatives who glory in war and send people off to fight them and the
liberals who seem to forget that a large proportion of the homeless are
those
Connie Nompelis recently wrote about the criminal activity at a convenience
store on Park and Lake and of hearing gunshots. Others have witnessed the
continuing murders, robberies, assaults and rapes in Minneapolis isn't it
time for the residents of the inner-city to have more police officers
Yes, $7500 IS Thousands. And those thousands were for Mr. Zimmermann, and
indeed were both illegal and unethical. And anytime you have seen a sitting
Council Member in the past accept such long green it also has been both
unethical and illegal. What is being argued is the amount of unethical
Connie,
The owner is going to do what is in the economic interest of that owner.
You and your neighbors have to make it more costly for that owner than the
profits from the paraphernalia sales and the bags of chips the users and
dealers buy. Clearly that person is interested in that market
One of the few times I have to agree with Michael Atherton. We are not
talking about ten and twenty dollar contributions or even a hundred dollars.
We are talking about THOUSANDS. NO body gives thousands in an envelope as a
contribution unless it is a shady deal. If the paper container had
No Barb, it does not. Given Zimmermann's three year history of providing
cover for the Sabri's I think the FBI was probably following up on possible
racketeering investigations.
You have a under oath admission by Sabri that he paid City of Minneapolis
OFFICIALS to overcome neighborhood
David Brauer
Kingfield writes:
Since nothing in today's news in any way implicates the mayor, I expect list
members may be waiting for an apology of a different sort.
The writer is correct, the people in Minneapolis should be expecting an apology
from RT Rybak for his action to assist the
- Original Message -
From: David Brauer
Jim Graham writes:
The Mayor has a difficult time with this situation. The only veto of
Mayor
RT Rybak in four years in office was in favor of the criminal Basim
Sabri.
Fortunately enough Council People had good sense that they overcame
I was honestly disappointed to hear that speculation had more than a little
substance. I received a phone call advising me that the Sabri crime
organization may have brought down another elected Minneapolis official. It
was explained to me that there was news coverage on more than one channel
Aaron is correct. Apparently it started shortly after 3:00 PM. A person
living across the street called about that time. Since that time probably
fourteen or fifteen people have called. Apparently there was also
speculation that this was somehow tied to an earlier raid of Sabri holdings.
I also like Dean Zimmerman personally, he was always a good guy. I hated to
see him get tied up with the Sabri criminal organization. But even good
guys sometime get pulled in over their head.
I know the sad situation with Dean Zimmerman will probably color the List
for a couple of days,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't think John Delmonico owes anyone an apology. He is speaking the
truth as he sees it.
No, what he is doing is utilizing a tragedy that is fresh in the minds of
Minneapolitans to further Peter's
Some have thought that it is the Public Safety and Regulatory Committee of
the City Council that has responsibility for public safety in Minneapolis.
That simply is not true with this mayoral administration.
This is a deflection of the Mayor's authority and accountability. RT made
it very
Though I have received requests to nail someone's tail to the wall,
fortunately I have been out of town so could not rise to inflammatory
political rhetoric. Isn't time a wonderful thing?
To the statement that No, Jim. You haven't been giving us that
information. I will again say please go
Mayor Rybak's problem is that many of his most ardent supporters in 2001
have very good memories. We remember the intimate conversations and
promises made by the Mayor. We remember them in great detail.
Unfortunately the same can not be said for the mayor and his administration.
Which if it
Thank you Dean!
Speaking of special interests and such has jogged my old memory.
Wasn't the only veto of the entire four years of the RT Rybak administration
the attempt by Rybak to veto the City Council NOT giving special
consideration to Basim Sabri. RT attempted to force the City Council
As many know several new houses are being constructed for families in the
Ventura Village neighborhood. There was some delays in the construction of one
of the homes that was needed for a family by September 1st and now there lease
is up and the landlord will not extend and the short term
Gee, you sound a whole lot like RT Rybak back in 2001. It worked for him,
so Barry maybe you will get elected. You forgot promising to not support a
stadium. With that promise you truly would have sounded like the
resurrection of the 2001 RT.
Jim Graham,
Ventura Village
REMINDERS:
1. Be
Minneapolis Professional Employees Association (MPEA) Endorses McLaughlin
Minneapolis City and Park professional employees have had enough of Mayor
Rybak's failed reform policies. Four years ago, the Minneapolis
Professional Employees Association (MPEA) endorsed Rybak for Mayor. This
year,
From someone who borders on being an anarchist in the DFL being called Old
Guard is more than amusing. Though it does show how out of touch the Rybak
campaign has become.
As a start perhaps Chris and the Rybak campaign should learn to count a
little better. I believe either Peter,
If quality was really the criteria then the Mayor would be insisting that
those who grow up and chose to live in the inner-city of Minneapolis are the
first to be hired to serve us. We need officers who are knowledgeable about
the City and the people in it, as well as dedicated to being part of
Let me be very clear from the beginning that this is not discussion of List
rules and someone violating them. I do not wish to be warned by Mr.
Brauer because I view language in quite different ways than he. It is a
discussion of how we treat candidates and private people in Minneapolis and
This attack by Blackshaw might make some folks mad except it is such a joke.
Blackshaw might try to cover some things with his attack but to most people
it is reminder of the KING of floppers, namely RT Rybak's administration.
To get votes RT promises full NRP funding then flops and attempts
This Post was written last night but apparently because it included Mr.
Zimmerman's post was too long.. So tonight I am re-sending it after
removing some slightly sharp replies.
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Yes, Dean was a little too late. But it is beginning to sound like that
might
On Tuesday I was informed that a group of 80 young Indian people were
traveling across the country to different reservations to combat drugs and
gangs. The group made up of young people from several tribes has apparently
been to 17 different reservations across the country this year, attempting
Shawn Lewis asks, Many still wonder if indeed, this would be the year for
the 8th Ward, which is over 60 percent people of color to elect a Council
Member who reflects their image. Whether a Black councilmember representing
8th Ward is on the horizon or not is the question for voters to answer
Mark Anderson asked what admin funds, in addition to the $100,00 per cop, it
would cost to add a police officer to Minneapolis.
Actually Mark, the price for an additional cop is $100,00 only if you factor
in those administration costs you speak of. Otherwise the salary and
benefits for a new
I received an e-mail from a reader whom I respect saying that Roger
Bargouthi could have had his face filleted like a walleye by the druggy, no
matter who was Mayor, and that McLaughlin needs to run on more than just the
crime issue. Though I do not run the McLaughlin campaign I totally agree.
Too bad Gregory Reinhardt has been moved on. Though I argued with him on
some conclusions from his numbers, it was nice to have those numbers and
someone willing to give his own conclusions rather than those filtered
through the communication spin doctoring of the Mayor's official
I believe you have it Guy Gambill. Or at least part of the answer. It is
crazy to spend the number of dollars we do on policing those laws aimed at
poverty. It is cheaper to give a homeless person a home than to keep
arresting and treating that person for the medical and psychological
The very concept of Race is a terribly bad joke played upon the human race
by ignorant jerks. There simply is no scientific evidence that Race even
exists. Why can't even well meaning people in Minneapolis allow this odious
joke to die? Why do we need the joke to be repeated and even owned by
I am sorry, but what color is people of color? People throw around the term
as if it only means Black. Robert Lillegren does have Indian heritage. Who
knows what other Council Member might be something other than WHITE? Where
is the drive to get a Hispanic person on the Council? An Asian?
What happened to the other people in this community to allow a woman to be
repeatedly assaulted in public by a criminal? Someone should have
intervened with force. If the story Joan tells is accurate she was being
assaulted by a criminal using possibly deadly weapons and force against her.
A
Actually Dottie (and other readers) I am still mad and fuming about what
Joan described. I am outraged that such animals are allowed to openly prey
upon the women in Minneapolis. I am also outraged that our present
politicians have allowed this culture of crime to rule the streets
anywhere
Wizard and Bill are correct, one of the worst landlords in Minneapolis can
be PPL. PPL simply does not respond to criminal activities that they enable
in their buildings. Some might think I say this because of my fight with
them and the City over their CVI project, but believe me it is only
When a person sees something as Impossible there is very little chance of
that person actually working hard to accomplish it. Such would seem to be
the case with public safety for people in Minneapolis. The present Mayor
believes that it is impossible to get the required funds to make
Even if they are cool now, I still hate pink flamingoes. My wife has a
couple in her flower garden. She says I just am not cool enough to
appreciate them, and perhaps she is correct. I don't mess with her
flamingoes either. And do NOT think they should be outlawed, even though
they make our
Annie is correct there is no legal deadline for yard signs. And there
cannot be a deadline (or in this case birthline) as long as a person is
putting a sign which they personally own upon their own property. One is
allowed to decorate their own yard in a manner that is of their own
choosing,
Sorry, to burst the bubble, but almost ALL that development accomplished in
the last three years was already in the pipeline before Rybak even entered
office. We will only begin to see any real development under Mayor Rybak
after the next year or so. Does anyone know of such development that
The List was asked for suggestions about how a Responsible Landlord should
act, and I gave a few. And yours are?
The #3 was possibly misunderstood. It was meant to be where the Landlord
might be charged with controlling a Disorderly House. A criminal charge
against the landlord punishable
Dyna's post about McLaughlin's endorsement by another labor organization was
comic relief as I read it this morning. Dyna professes to be a strong labor
supporter, yet has a difficult time as each labor organization goes on board
with support for McLaughlin. It brought to mind the old little
Bill Cullen writes,
If this board is would take the time
to describe who a socially responsible landlord keeps out
of housing, I promise to send the specification to all landlords
I know of. I currently have addresses for over 1500 landlords.
I will pay to mail this myself.
If you wont help me
Lisa you go girl. At least you have the courage and gumption, to tell the
truth.
Lisa McDonald is correct, it is utterly ridiculous given the fact that the
Park rents space for political candidates for Mayor to hold political
fundraising parties. I have attended one for RT Rybak in the
Message -
From: Dan McGuire [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gemgram wrote:
Even though Minneapolis promised to change zoning law to allow such
houses to be built, not one of the Met Council grants have been claimed
due to the incredible red tape one must swim through to build such a unit
in Minneapolis
Well, I guess I might as well shed a little light on the accessory housing
subject for Nathan and Aaron, but perhaps for others as well. Sorry guys
but Ventura Village Neighborhood has waged a war with City of Minneapolis
Planners for years trying to force the City to have some sense on the
of our liberty.
We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.
- Thomas Jefferson
If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the
other direction.
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From: gemgram [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mpls@mnforum.org; Nick Coleman [EMAIL
Unfortunately, (for me) Stormwatergate has reared its ugly political head even
higher. Today I looked at the waterbill for the small duplex that my son
homesteads. The duplex sits on a 1/2 lot that is only about thirty feet wide.
It occupies about 850 square feet of area and has neither a
Kids without a home have usually been welcomed into my home for a very good
reason. As a fifteen year old I was Kicked out, (though in the South they
call it Run Off). I very much remember the wonderful Harris family who
took me in for the first little while of that time. I went on to some
Bill, you sound like a responsible rental property owner. Your posts have
always been reasonable, and indicated that you do care and expect the same
from landlords. The Christian Landlord was done with a little tongue in
cheek by me, and possibly by Tim I believe. It sort of came from my
While it may be interesting to get Jim Diers take on community
empowerment, it is a bit like hauling coal to New Castle. Interested in how
both Seattle and Vancouver handled carriage houses and accessory units I,
and some other Ventura Village Neighborhood and a group of American Indian
folks,
My, My, My, Tim Bonham! You amaze me! Talk about quickly getting to the
heart of the matter. Perhaps others can also call Mr. AVAKIAN at (651)
406-9614 and ask him to please screen his tenants better, and to do
something about this outrage on a community. Or perhaps send an email to
the
Yes indeed, it is as Michelle says, Our children, like every other race,
our ours from the womb to the grave. I believe that is exactly what Mr.
Plante, and possibly Mr. Terrill meant. Families should take responsibility
for their children what ever their ages. If you brought them into the
This Sunday morning I see that the List is still continuing the discussion
of the Simpson housing project and the debate on the responsibility of
African American Leaders for addressing crime and criminal gangs in that
community. Both of these issues are ones of Expectations and the power
Has anyone thought that any grocery cart you see being pushed by anyone down
the street away from a store parking lot is Stolen property? That any
person, other than a store employee, pushing such a cart is in possession of
stolen property? That ANY police cruiser passing a cart on the street
David says we have to end the airport casino, s---. How about a Mpls
specific casino? Put it in the new Twins stadium. So it does not compete
with Indian casinos, make it sport betting, and telecast horse and dog
racing bets only. To really attract the gamblers make it a free smoke
Bill Miller won a Grammy this last year. For those who have not heard him
play at the Fine Line or some other concert, Bill plays a guitar better
than Johnny Be Good. He also plays a flute that tugs on the heart strings,
and sings great Blues. He came to the Ventura Village Neighborhood in
Dear Readers please accept my apology. I had said I thought the powers that
be (the elected politicians) would be taking care of the Stormwatergate
quickly, because it was embarrassing to appear so uncaring and stupid during
an election year. I forgot that some politicians have no shame. I
Personally I think the horn treatment is wrong. In addition to the Goof
with the loud stereo blasting body punching bass in my neighborhood, you
now have someone blowing a car horn continuously. I personally prefer the
short snap of a nine as you blow out his tires. Less obtrusive in the
Laura Wittstock writes,
---Opinion of one person maybe.
Mondale remains highly respected and sought after as a source of great
political authority.
Rybak's greatest lead over Sharon was only 1.4%!
The mayor won 3 to 1 over Sharon Sayles Belton with Minneapolis voters.
I think it might have been
We did not need fewer people involved in the political life of our party, we
need more. Usually I agree with my friend Doug Grow, but I disagree about
those new DFL'ers coming back. We in the bleachers really did have a
terrible place to spend 12 hours. Especially for those with back problems
I am sorry but clearly Dyna was not aware of what was actually going on at
the convention. The Rybak people were discussing the organized pull out
rather than lose stratedgy back after the third ballot. Rybak sent his
organizers into the Ward delegations after the last vote and gave direct
Clearly Walter Mondale has become irrelevant to politics in Minneapolis. It
is unfortunate that he has attempted to use that past political capital with
the DFL to influence Minneapolis Politics. It taints the shine of the regard
he once had from the DFL. Now all that he gives is a photo
It is good to see that you still respect Endorsement by your party.
Apparently Peter McLaughlin does to! McLaughlin has committed to respect and
abide by that DFL endorsement. Too bad RT Rybak has so little respect for
it. If RT really does not want to abide by the DFL endorsement then he and
Which officials and how many?
Basim Sabri settled for a lighter sentence by agreeing to plead guilty and
admit that he bribed public officials to subvert the Inspections department and
Neighborhood citizen participation process to get development and access to
City money. In the deal for a
Scare tactics? So they will vote for you?
Tonight, while sitting in my kitchen going over delegates for the convention
this weekend, suddenly there were approximately ten shots in rapid
succession from what sounded to be a semi-automatic nine millimeter pistol.
Three young men (two on bikes,
While I think this is a wonderful idea I must say it is misplaced. It is
not for the few to contribute to this fund, but for each and every resident
in Minneapolis. The last I heard that was called TAXES. It is the
OBLIGATION of the elected politicians to tax us ALL to the degree necessary
I wonder how this timing might affect the Mayoral race. Basim Sabri is
being sentenced to Federal Prison for bribing Minneapolis Public Officials
only two days before the City Convention.
Some might remember that the ONLY veto made by Mayor Rybak in his four years
in office was to support
Let me start by saying the STOP program is a good idea. And not just
because I have been beating up on the Mayor for years to create it. It is a
good idea because it attacks a moving criminal activity where ever it goes.
It, hopefully, attacks crime by hunting it wherever it raises its head
A humorous story about our treatment of the environment in Minneapolis. Sort
of like our priorities of life. We argue about something as insignificant
as a stadium when the future Gary Hoover describes is very real, and will
impact our Minneapolis children's future far more than any stadium
That is not completely true, Deborogh. Or at least it did not always have
to be true. I use to be able to call Chief Robert Olson, and GET Bob Olson.
I remember not only calling and getting, but being able to go in and see
Chief Tony Booza without an appointment. Hey, I will bet the street
I do not think Peter Fesses Up is accurate Dyna. McLaughlin Continues to
tell the truth probably is better.
I am amazed by your post Dyna. At least Peter McLaughlin will tell us the
truth about what he stands for. I seem to remember another candidate who
Promised to oppose the stadium to
It was with satisfaction that I saw Capt. Mike Martin on television leading
that task force. Mike is the best cop in Minneapolis. Mike Martin should
have been the Chief of Police, instead they actually attempted to hang him
when he blew the whistle on some bad acts by a superior. Part of the
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