After seeing the current President of the Park Board Bob Fine in action over the last couple of years, nothing he does surprises me anymore. His lack of integrity and bully pulpit approach to running the meetings both in public and in the back rooms is unfortunately all very predictable. When you
I have been reading all the comments (and the rants) about the Mayor's choice of a Police Chief and the debacle of the Park Board selecting its Superintendent. I agree that the Park Board's move was beyond belief and I can't figure out why the five did it. I agree that people can rage about it all
Thought this might interest some of you (In your spare time) -
right!
Annie Young
East Phillips
Subject: Solar Installation at the
Green Institute
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:44:28 -0600
Solar Installation Project
Outline and Volunteer Job Description
Beginning January
5th and continuing
Thanks to the Mpls issues list archive, I was able to reread some interesting articles and posts about who gets funded by whom at the Park Board.
The person giving legal advice to the Park Board leadership about the selection process for Superintendent and ethics is Brian Rice.
Brain Rice is the
Gurban's group lost license for two years; he blames predatory
enforcement; member of Park Board majority says license loss did not sound
like a big problem.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4288857.html
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Nude Man Pulled From Chimney on Christmas
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A naked man got stuck in the chimney of a bookstore early
Christmas morning. Don't worry, it wasn't Santa Claus.
The 34-year-old man was treated Thursday for bruises and abrasions at
Hennepin County Medical Center after being found
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On Fri, 26 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been reading all the comments (and the rants) about the Mayor's choice
of a Police Chief and the debacle of the Park Board selecting its
Superintendent. I agree that the Park Board's move was beyond belief and I can't
figure
out why the
The City Council was elected at the same time as
the Mayor, by the same voters. The City Council and
Mayor are supposed to be co-equal branches of
government.
The Mayor should let the City Council govern, at
least in selecting a police chief. After all, the City
Council is closer to the
Bryn Mawr nurse battles police brutality 'every single day'
By Michael Metzger
Michelle Gross rankles some and inspires others as a
force behind Communities United Against Police Brutality
When Michelle Gross speaks, you can hear her Southern
roots calling softly from her past. She rounds
Re: Homelessness and mental illness
from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Louise Bouta)
Date: Dec.27, 2003
Subject: Mpls homelessness and mental illness re Mpls Digest 1851, 1852, 1853
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I was given to understand that the subject of mental illness is
I want to thank those park board members who called the latest events at the Park Board to the public's attention.
It is important for those of you who are struggling to make the Park Board operate with integrity to keep it up.
and...come election time, I will do my best to remind people of
At 9:45 this evening something blasted through my
dining-room window, breaking the screen, storm, and
interior window. (Would've probably hit me if I had
been sitting in my usual spot at the dinner table.) I
thought it was a shoot-out or something. I switched
the light off and went for the
David Shove wrote:
They [elected officials] are supposed to be our
servants, not our masters. We have the rights, not them.
WM: I would contest this point. People are elected to be of service to
the interests of their constituents, this does not make them servants in
the traditional sense that
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