Note - I am forwarding this message from John Brian Becker, as I think it may
be of interest to this list.
-- Holle Brian
Bancroft
(612) 822-6593
-
Dear Greens and other progressives,
Thanks for your many responses regarding the tenants meeting that was held
last
night
as i was reading the mayor's recommended budget the
other night (god i can't believe my life has come to
this. if you told me in my twenties that i would some
day be reading the mayor's budget proposal and what's
more enjoying it i would have told you that you were
crazy) i noticed something that
What struck me about the Strib article was Lisa Goodman's comment that
increasing rates could encourage more people to use ramps and thereby
alleviate the congested downtown streets. To me, that flies in the face of
creating a more livable downtown.
In my uninformed opinion, raising the rates is
That might be ok if there were good transit options, but there are not.
Bus service is very slow unless you're travelling a short distance on a
direct bus line. I completely support biking, but the whether in Minnesota
makes
it difficult for most people to bike during about one half of the year.
Inconveniencing people is not a method to attract people downtown or an
incentive to get them out of their cars. If you want more people walking
around downtown, then build more housing downtown. There are plenty of ugly
parking lots and vacant land all over the core that could accommodate more
The following post is from Edie French, City of Minneapolis Communications:
We have had several requests for copies of the Budget Hearings. At this
point there are a couple options:
1) We are replaying meetings according to the following schedule. People
can either tune in at these times
There is a system to this. On-street parking is geared to short-term
parking needs. For people stopping in, staying for a short time. That is
why you see no meters in the core that are more than two hours. Also,
parking at a meter long-term will always be more expensive than parking in a
ramp
--part1_4f.3a847a7.27473ebf_boundary
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Whether you are a tax and spend liberal Democrat, a fiscal conservative
Republican, a WWF supporting Independent (we don't have reform people in
Minneapolis anymore do we)? or
Thanks for the wonderful update, Gus. I had a feeling about this and that's
why I was one of the few who did not vote for the referendum. It really
aggrevates me that we are told we are receiving enough information to make an
informed decision, and then something like your explanation comes
Stepping into where only the ribald will travel. I am catching a steady
stream of suggestions. Last chance to forward your favorite site for the
Watering Hole List Get Together. Pure plurality wins. Certification of
results is coming soon (no Florida Judges needed). Next up, time and date.
10 matches
Mail list logo
