In Saturday's Pioneer Press' story by Patrick Sweeney and Aron Kahn, about how
Gov. Pawlenty might try and get the Twins to come to Saint Paul, there was a
very interesting comment by Hennepin County Commissioner Mike Opat, the
architect of the Twins - Hennepin Co. stadium plan.
Thanks to the Star Tribune for bringing this story to light and to Shawn
Lewis for sharing the issue of workforce diversity with the list. Shawn also
asked where candidates for city office stand.
I think that the city can do a much better job of tracking and communicating
about this in three
I am seeing lots of references in the media to race
being a central part of the conversation in the 5th
ward race when it seems to me the real issue is Don
Samuel's comments(alleged?) which could be intepreted
to disclose a deep bias towards his constituents and
neighbors based on their skin
Wizard and now David Strand have touched a tender spot with me - partly from
my recollection of the tensions at redistricting time and partly because I'm
one of the old heads albeit not a person of color. Age is easier to
address because I live it every day. Race/ethnicity/national origin and
David said:
So, for the edification of us all, I'd like to hear, outside of the context of
this campaign, what are listmembers perceptions relative to color based bias in
Minneapolis? How much of a problem is it and what can or is being done about
it in our community?
Me:
If you look at
Michelle,
The redistricted map was drawn before Don Samuels ran
in the special election to replace Third Ward CM Joe
Biernat. Before. The moment Don ran to finish Joe's
term, he knew that he was residing in what would be
the new Fifth Ward, that was represented by
Johnson-Lee at the time. At the
I tried to tone down my response, but here is how I really feel. If CP
Samuels had struck to his own declaration, and not ran in the 5th ward against,
CP
NJL, I would not have had the opportunity to know how he really feels about
African-Americans. Finding out is an eye opening scary thing.
Dear Don Samuels:
I attended a candidate debate for 5th Ward Council held at North high school.
You and Natalie Johnson-Lee are the candidates that debated. Stunningly,
during a candidate and policy debate, you called Travis Lee, NJL's husband, a
pornographer and alluded to the Trendsetter.
Dear Minneapolis,
So, for the edification of us all, I'd like to hear,
outside of the context of this campaign, what are
listmembers perceptions relative to color based bias
in Minneapolis? How much of a problem is it and what
can or is being done about it in our community?
I offer my
The best thing about this race is that the African American community has
produced two viable and experienced candidates for this office. How they
got there, i.e. redistricting, is another subject and as far as I can see,
not the fault of either. The fact is they are running against each
Peter makes excellent points, illustrating that the greatest
gains in energy efficiency can be made right in our own Minneapolis
structures, and pointing out the roadblocks our city has placed in
the way of anyone who dares conserve energy and switch to renewables.
I write tonight from
I thought that wood burning stoves produced a lot of particulates. If
many residents started relying more on wood burning, would there not be
a significant increase in air pollution in the city? Is the same true
for corn and pellet stoves?
Gena Berglund
Saint Paul
Working temporarily in Mpls.
I don't think it's fair to lay all the
responsibility on the fifth ward.
The eighth, which had been represented by African
Americans for 20 years
running, did not, in the end, support another
African American in the
primary this year. In some ways I'm at a loss to
understand this,
I hate to respond to post from Anne McCandless, because her insight is always
great, however, I think my point has been missed.
ANNE SAID:
The saddest part of this race is that the only things they seem to argue
about is who is more African American and who loves black people more.
MICHELLE
Anne McC wrote:
The best thing about this race is that the African American community has
produced two viable and experienced candidates for this office.
Ms. McCandless, have you not heard what people in the fifth have been
saying? The subtext is that Mr. Samuels is Jamaican and Ms.
I have been following things closely and kept my mouth shut, but this is my
area of expertise and I have devoted many years of study debate to this
sort of subject so I decided to chime in. Long before Don Samuels called
The Trendsetter pornographic, many woman in my life have had this exact
Dorie Rae Gallagher wrote:
...the word has come out in our neighborhood that only
a small predetermined, preselected group of people
would be involved in the 10-year Transportation Plan.
One person has already appointed/annointed himself to
represent the south area. This is the first formal
Have others seen the small blimp/balloon that has been hovering around
downtownMinneapolis for the last few days? Does someone know who is doing it?
It appears to be some kind of advertisement, but I'm not sure what it is for.
The blimp has been one of the highlights in my of my 3 year old
Yup, Darrell did clear up the misinformation and I thanked him for it...
dorie gallagher/nokomis
Dorie Rae Gallagher wrote:
...the word has come out in our neighborhood that only
a small predetermined, preselected group of people
would be involved in the 10-year Transportation Plan.
One
One of the TV stations tried to find out about it last week and failed.
Seems an unknown party rented the thing for a month (?) and not even the
pilot knows who or what the message means. Interesting, huh. I would
imagine it's advertising some product or other.
Anne McCandless
Jordan
Michael Bischoff asks:
Have others seen the small blimp/balloon that has been hovering around
downtownMinneapolis for the last few days? Does someone know who is doing it?
It
appears to be some kind of advertisement, but I'm not sure what it is for.
The blimp has been one of the
It made its first appearance above the marathon last weekend, as best I can
tell. It was above Cirque Du Soleil last night, but was also making very
wide cirlces around most of the city.
It says Have you had it up to here? or something very close to that on one
side, and a phrase I cannot
David Strand asks:
So, for the edification of us all, I'd like to hear,
outside of the context of this campaign, what are
listmembers perceptions relative to color based bias
in Minneapolis? How much of a problem is it and what
can or is being done about it in our community?
I'm tempted to be
I guess I'm not really sure where Ms. Smith's post was going, but I'll throw
in another view.
Considering the Supreme Court even has great difficulty defining
pornography, it does indeed fall upon each person to define it themselves.
And that's where it should stop. With the exception of
--- Eva Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think it's fair to lay all the
responsibility on the fifth ward.
The eighth, which had been represented by African
Americans for 20 years
running, did not, in the end, support another
African American in the
primary this year. In
Michael Thompson wrote:
The Trendsetter (or any other pornographic publication) isn't
bringing women down, nor is the cabal of publishers and the
concentrated media ownership society. Men who allow
porn to negatively impact their interactions with women are
bringing ALL of us down. But
Well, here's my two-cents. Yes, the term pornographic is very subject and
for the most part, remains in the eyes of the beholder. Wheter or not the
trendsetter is pornographic is not, nor should it be the sole context from
which CM Samuels statements on the matter are viewed.
Had the tables
In response to David Strands question about race in Minneapolis.
There is a fine article in the London Observer entitled The Paradox That
Divides Black America. It is well worth reading in relation to this
discussion.
In an attempt to organize stadium tax opponents, I have just started a new
Anti-Stadium Tax Yahoo group; NO Stadium Tax.
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/NoStadiumTax/
No Stadium Tax is dedicated to fighting the giveaway of our hard-earned tax
dollars to Billionaire Sports Team
I know that this is a few days old, but I've been out
of town.
Bill Kahn said:
[...] Greens are powerless for a reason; a reason
that I pointed out and a sore spot as Shove's post
attests: most of them left the Democratic Party in
frustration to bring about the changes that many of us
want, and
Since the blimp says Enough is enough on one side and Had it up to here on
the other, maybe the Minneapolis Citizens for Park Board Reform hired it? :-)
Anne McC wrote:
One of the TV stations tried to find out about it last week and failed.
Seems an unknown party rented the thing for a month
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