One correction.
The group that has come to be known as the C-17 committee (the Committee of
Seventeen) was appointed by the mayor AND city council members. Each council
member had an appointment and the mayor named four more. It fell on her to
try to name people so that there was a fair
An interesting tidbit from a friend...
Keith Ford
MCDA / King Field
He's back
In case you have not heard, Kevin Diaz is back with the Star Tribune. He's
still in Washington and is the Strib's new DC bureau reporter. We can expect
he will pay much closer to urban issues than previously. I've
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Dooley, Bill ask:
Subject: Re: Diaz
Great Strib hire. Does anyone know if he still writes for the DC
version
We build 'em a friggin' Convention Center, and they say
that's enough to get
tourists. We build 'em a bigger Convention Center, they say
that's enough.
Don't forget that we also beat, pepper spray, and shoot projectiles at
anyone who tries to protest 'em. And spend 1.15 million in the
I recently received a mailing from the city planning department (as I recall)
about establishing a process for changing offical neighborhood boundaries.
This strikes me as an important issue and one that probably reveals a real
change from the pre NRP days.
I hope that there will be
Cam and others... I have been trying to keep abreast on this issue ( which
has been in the hopper for almost a year) because of the Phillips issue of
dividing into four neighborhood groups or regions. Ventura Village is
requesting to be a new neighborhood. I have heard there already are other
