[Mpls] Post Your $10 Million Questions

2002-03-25 Thread Gregory Luce
So, the City seems to be en route to recommend contribution of up to $10 million toward the building of a new professional baseball stadium, with the County also part of the plan. Well, I have a $10 million question: Where's the $10 million for working families and adults who live in

Re: [Mpls] Post Your $10 Million Questions

2002-03-25 Thread Scott McGerik
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Gregory Luce wrote: So, the City seems to be en route to recommend contribution of up to $10 million toward the building of a new professional baseball stadium, with the County also part of the plan. Well, I have a $10 million question: Where's the $10 million

[Mpls] Urban Ventures and the Colin Powell Center Proposal

2002-03-25 Thread DPIEHL
Eva Young wrote: Folks were giving testimonials about what Urban Ventures had done for them. They showed a very slickly produced video. David Piehl writes: From my observations over the past several years, generally the people who offer positive comments about how Urban Ventures has helped

[Mpls] Fwd: Letter to PiPress

2002-03-25 Thread KHarley471
I'm fed up. I grew up in North St. Paul! I sent this letter in response. ---BeginMessage--- A March 23 letter from a North St. Paul resident complained that “socialist” Minneapolis is “filled to the brim with hordes of disgruntled Hispanics, Somalis, Hmong and African-Americans” who “take

Re: [Mpls] Affordable housing: another real-world Kingfieldproblem

2002-03-25 Thread John Goodman
Hi, all -- Point of clarification, please... David Brauer wrote: A couple of nights ago, we met with a developer named Ned Abdul. Is this person Ned Abul-Hajj? -- John Goodman Central Neighborhood _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free

RE: [Mpls] Affordable housing: another real-world Kingfield problem

2002-03-25 Thread Jenkins, Andrea D
I think you're right John, Ned seems to go by different monickers??? andrea jenkins Bryant -Original Message- From: John Goodman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 1:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] Affordable housing: another real-world Kingfield

[Mpls] Property Tax Appeal Deadline March 31st

2002-03-25 Thread Victoria Heller
You do not need an attorney to file a petition in Tax Court. This link explains the process: http://www.taxcourt.state.mn.us/PPYFactSheet.htm This link is the form you must fill out and take to Hennepin County before the end of this week: http://www.taxcourt.state.mn.us/PPYAppealForm7.pdf The

Re: [Mpls] Urban Ventures and the Colin Powell Center Proposal

2002-03-25 Thread Eva Young
Folks were giving testimonials about what Urban Ventures had done for them. They showed a very slickly produced video. David Piehl writes: From my observations over the past several years, generally the people who offer positive comments about how Urban Ventures has helped them, now work for

Re: [Mpls] Affordable housing: another real-world Kingfield probl em

2002-03-25 Thread WizardMarks
Abul-Hajj, when attached to someone's name, means that the person has made a pilgrimage to Mecca. Ned Abdul and Ned Abul-Hajj are the same person. WizardMarks, Central Jenkins, Andrea D wrote: I think you're right John, Ned seems to go by different monickers??? andrea jenkins Bryant

Re: [Mpls] Urban Ventures and the Colin Powell Center Proposal

2002-03-25 Thread WizardMarks
Eva Young wrote: Folks were giving testimonials about what Urban Ventures had done for them. They showed a very slickly produced video. David Piehl writes: From my observations over the past several years, generally the people who offer positive comments about how Urban Ventures has helped

[Mpls] Headsup: Redistricting Meeting Tonight

2002-03-25 Thread Eva Young
Minneapolis Redistricting Commission Agenda Regular Session of the Redistricting Commission Monday, March 25, 2002, 6 PM Room 220 City Hall Commissioners: Trostel, Claypatch, Collier, Ferrara, Finch, Markus, Pettiford, Schwarzkopf, Stafford Redistricting Coordinator Susanne Griffin - (612)

[Mpls] Stadium

2002-03-25 Thread Anderson Turpin
I don't know all the details about the much feted Jesse proposal, so please correct me where I have my facts wrong. But I do wish to make a few comments about the proposal as I understand it. First of all, a big part of the proposal is that the State will issue bonds to pay a large chunk of the

Re: [Mpls] Affordable Housing

2002-03-25 Thread RANDERSON67
In a message dated 3/24/2002 9:53:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would love to live in a safe clean and dare I say attractive apartment. I would love to live in a neighborhood where my child by virtue of her address doesn't qualify for free lead screenings. I am tired

[Mpls] Ballpark vote - Mpls reps

2002-03-25 Thread List Manager
Here's how the Minneapolis House members voted on the ballpark bill. The interesting question is whether the reps who voted no did so because they are opposed to a publicly supported stadium, or because the bill eliminated Hennepin County (and probably Minneapolis) as a taxing option. AYES:

[Mpls] Community Meeting - Future of Lyndale Avenue South - 3/26/02

2002-03-25 Thread D. Jon
The citizen advisory group Lyndale Avenue South Renewal-Creek to Crosstown (LASR-CC) has called a Community Meeting and Workshop for all residents of Kenny, Lynnhurst, Tangletown (Fuller), and Windom neighborhoods to begin discussing the community's vision, values and goals for the renewal of