Good art

2001-01-04 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --22EDCBA5801B2D411C815472 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Check out this photomontage about the MPD handling of protetsts on the Indymedia-Minneapolis web site:

Re: Re-charging of ISAG cases - Couple of facts a question

2001-01-01 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
Andy Driscoll wrote: If the City of Minneapolis prosecutes these cases, they'd better damned well prosecute the 40 Saint Paul police officers who participated undercover and may have helped incite this clash with overreactive Minneapolis officers. Whatever happened to the judge's ruling

Re: Re-charging of ISAG cases - Couple of facts a question

2000-12-31 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
Response to Ms. Becker: First off, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office, not the City of Minneapolis Attorney's Office will be prosecuting these cases. Incorrect!!! (as usual Ms. Becker) The Minneapolis City Attorney's office IS prosecuting the ISAG protest cases referenced by Rosalind

Parking meters

2000-12-13 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
According to tomorrow's Star Tribune, price increases for downtown parking meters are a "done deal." Jackie Cherryhomes announces in the article that it's going to pass and calls it part of a "transportation management system that makes sense." Lisa Goodman advocates increasing parking in other

Re: cherryhomes announcement

2000-12-08 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
The Star Tribune article that I read about council member Cherryhomes' reelction announcement mentioned her sheparding through the council the major development projects, specifically mentioning Target [ $66 Million taxpayer subsidy for an already extremely profitable for-profit corporation to

Re: police

2000-11-24 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
you can also just as easily stay away from the car whose driver first priority is obviously trying to get away rather than hit anyone. meanwhile there would be pleny opportunity to shoot the wheels to prevent the car from getting away. of course this is all completely hypothetical since the

Re: Proposal to discuss police conduct

2000-11-23 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
yes, it is definitely about time that we start challenging our out-of-control - or perhaps too-much-in-control police department. i think the FIVE KILLINGS IN THE PAST YEAR is a further manifestation of a police department that is not held accountable to our elected civilian government.

Re: Proposal to discuss police conduct

2000-11-23 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
Ms. Collier, I think you have definitely read the City Charter incorrectly. Chapter 3, section 4 of the City Charter provides the executive committee is responsble for the appointment and removal of the police chief. The executive committee includes the mayor, the city council president and

Another attempts at Questionnaire

2000-11-20 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --4CB1E35F40ABD581C82FC409 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry about the scramble message for Brian Hanninen's response to the city candidate questionnaire. I am making another attempt to send

Sucessful transfers

2000-11-20 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --1EF21B16F307AD3658881C9B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit These copies of Brian Hanninen's response to the candidate questionnaire should work (sorry for any inconvenience). :

One more time

2000-11-20 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --5135ECAF47BE0888E15E4F13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm really sorry that the attachment keeps getting messed up. The text version is not as pretty but works on my computer so here it is:

[Fwd: [Fwd: Candidate Questionnaire]]

2000-11-20 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
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Re: parking meters

2000-11-17 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
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.

Re: Minneapolis results

2000-11-08 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
Don Jorovsky wrote: Let's talk about the election results in the city, now that the tallies are all in. If we add them up, we see that the Gore-Lieberman ticket received 115,566 votes for a total of 67 percent; Bush-Cheney received 38,865 for 22.5 percent, and Nader-LaDuke received 18,180

Prospective Candidates

2000-11-07 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
In review the responses about prospective or rumored city council candidates, I noticed that no challengers have been mentioned for Wards 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7. Is everyone satisfied with representation in all of those districts? Jordan Kushner Powderhorn

Candidate Questionnaire

2000-11-06 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
To Candidates and prospective Candidates for City offices: The following is a candidates questionnaire that was developed through the input of various members of the Minneapolis issues internet discussion group. A copy is being sent to all incumbents (who have not announced that they are not

Re: City election issues

2000-10-29 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In response to Kushner's list: - - does that mean that this "list" is expected to endorse? obviously not. I cannot speak officially for the list's purpose since i don't run it and haven't even read the rules. but my understanding is that the list is supposed to

Re: Minikahda tax bill?

2000-10-11 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
Now that there is consensus about the unjust benefit for the rich at the Minikahda Club, what are some concrete solutions? What is the procedure for obtaining a higher property valuation for tax purposes? Is there a mechanism for the public to make such a request? Otherwise, what legislation

Further Reply re Pulse Article on Biernat

2000-10-10 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
Specific Reply to Luther Krueger: Further: " Biernat's actions were the equivalent of one judge arranging for the police to put political pressure on other judges sitting on the decision-making panel. I do not believe it is unfair to label such behavior as corruption." I didn't realize

Re: Biernat Circumvented the Legal Process

2000-10-09 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
Whether Hillary Freeman worked for the police department or City Council Member Joe Biernat as of June 6, 2000, does not make any significant difference as to whether Biernat, Freeman, Krueger and their gang engaged in legally improper efforts to influence the City Council's actions against the

[corrected] Re: Biernat Circumvented the Legal Process

2000-10-09 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
Whether Hillary Freeman worked for the police department or City Council Member Joe Biernat as of June 6, 2000, does not make any significant difference on the issue of whether Biernat, Freeman, Krueger and their gang engaged in legally improper efforts to influence the City Council's actions

Re: [corrected] Re: Biernat Circumvented the Legal Process

2000-10-09 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
r like circumstances. It would hardly be fair to let the Hard Times slide. Wizard Marks, Central Jordan S. Kushner wrote: Whether Hillary Freeman worked for the police department or City Council Member Joe Biernat as of June 6, 2000, does not make any significant difference on the issu