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Hey Tim. I hope you post this to the list. My questions were general in nature and geared to spur discussion, which I am pleased that it has. Although no one has really talked about the garbage and grafitti ideas yet so you bringing them up would be good. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: timothy connolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Carol Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] What do these other parties bring which is different? > Hello Carol: > > Let me try and respond to some of the questions in > your pertinent post. > > First of all: since I am not a member of any > particular party I can speak only for myself. But that > is as it should be, yes? A party's platform may > include certain ideas but in the end it is always left > to individual leaders to hold to the platform. > > Job Development > > One good thing that is already happening is the > rewiring of the downtown area. That will help to keep > business here and perhaps attract more business. > > We need to look again at the new zoning regulations > that compact the business area and scare companies > like Lutheran Brotherhood who are looking to expand. > This might go a ways toward relieving some congestion > and entice more business. > > One factor out of our control is funding for the > University of Minnesota but it ought to be of great > concern to us. The existence of a top-knotch education > establishment in such proximity to our city helps fuel > job growth. > > Michael Hohmann on this list had some interesting > ideas about power generation downtown that I want to > look at more closely. Any ideas that can lower costs > and/or improve efficiency will attract business. > District heating in St. Paul has helped downtown > development. > > We should look to both IDS and American Express as > examples of companies that have located large service > centers in downtown. There must be a reason. We can > sell that idea to other firms. > > For small businesses we drive them away with enormous > increases in property taxes, special assessments, fees > and licenses. I hate to say it but there was an > editorial in the PiPress that actually talked about > the fact that middle income property owners actually > fare the best of all property owners. If that is so, > perhaps we need to directly confront that situation > instead of the chickenshit way the city raises taxes > by property valuation. > > Education,education,education. Beef up programs at > places like MCTC to train people in all areas of the > information technology field. The city can play a > part. > > A new mayor is going to have to play the cards dealt > to him or her and right now we don't know everything > that will be there. We might stop whining about BLock > E, The Schubert, Light Rail, etc. and get cracking. > > Minneapolis could become what New Haven used to be for > Broadway productions. I would be calling Jim Binger at > Jujamycn real quick. Soon enough we'll be adding the > Mann/Pantages. If we can get things going a little > more like when Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat > started its production her then these suspect > investments might prove not to have been so bad. The > Schubert might become the jewel. Put a remodeled > Northrup Auditorium into the mix and we have some > critical mass. > > Get busy building low cost affordable housing > scattered throughout areas that are either within > walking distance of downtown, downtown, or on existing > transit corridors. With Block E and more hotels coming > on line we need workers. And we need to be using more > women and minority owned contractors and workers. I'm > sick to death of seeing beefy white hardhats walking > off their construction jobs downtown and getting in > pickups for the ride to the exurbs, suburbs, etc. I > want to think regionally but I am concerned about the > core. > > > So that I don't overwhelm you Carol, I'll send this > along now. By no means do I possess all or even any of > the answers. I would love to hear from you about job > development ideas while I put together some thoughts > on your other questions. > > Tim Connolly > --- Carol Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone tell me what these new groups - Green, > > Republican, Independent, > > would bring to the issues raised in this post about > > graffiti, clean city, > > public works infrastructure, and job development? I > > think we have had > > pretty in-depth discussion of housing policy and the > > internal debt service > > issue but what different approaches would the other > > parties bring to issues > > brought up in this post? Also, if folks do put out > > different solutions > > which cost additional money, would they identify the > > source of that money in > > their posts? > > > > Carol Becker > > Longfellow > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Russell Wayne Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 10:18 AM > > Subject: RE: [Mpls] clean city/graffiti etc. > > > > > > > Failed graffiti proposal, failed clean city > > initiative, failed housing > > > policy, failed public works infrastructure, failed > > internal debt > > > service...oh, passed wealthy subsidies to > > corporations downtown. Can the > > > picture get any clearer. We should all be putting > > our energies into new > > > leadership. > > > > > > Russ Peterson > > > Ward 9 > > > Standish > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > > timothy connolly > > > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 12:05 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [Mpls] clean city/grafitti etc. > > > > > > > > > In response to Mark Wilde and other interested > > > parties: > > > > > > As I understand what happened with the budget > > process > > > is that the council approved $300k for the Mpls. > > Clean > > > City campaign to be apportioned this way:$200K > > would > > > go for graffiti abatement and $100k would go into > > some > > > type of metro wide anti-litter campaign. This was > > > during markup and how it fared in the final budget > > > process I am unsure. > > > > > > The thinking during markup if I am not mistaken > > was > > > that the council would cut the mayor's proposed > > $600k > > > Clean City initative among other things to keep on > > > track (a popular metaphor these days) with > > narrowing > > > the $70plus million infrastructure gap. Nobody > > really > > > seemed happy with the proposal but it did pass in > > > markup before the entire new approved budget > > > ultimately failed and the mayor got her way. > > > > > > Please correct me if I am wrong. I hope I made > > things > > > clearer. > > > > > > Now, I think the whole thing is B.S. Here is a > > mayor > > > who has essentially gutted public works services > > such > > > as picking up trash from city owned receptacles > > > everywhere but the so-called MALL and perhaps > > certain > > > special districts where business owners have been > > in > > > effect double-taxed for what were once basic > > services, > > > then coming back wanting to put $600k into a Clean > > > City Campaign which has also been taken away from > > > Public Works and put under Licenses and Regulatory > > > Services. > > > > > > If you understand this rationale, please enlighten > > me. > > > > > > I read recently in SWJournal a letter from John > > Meehan > > > od Top Shelf and his neighborhood assn(Lyn-Lake) > > his > > > disbelief when the city came around and removed > > three > > > trash receptacles because businesses had not > > "adopted" > > > them. > > > > > > And last night I walked by a receptacle at > > Franklin > > > and Lyndale brimming with trash, one apparently > > not > > > yet adopted and no doubt slated for removal. I > > ask: > > > What will happen to the cups, plastic containers, > > etc > > > that are now put away in those receptacles and how > > can > > > $600k or however an amount of money be seen as > > > anything other than a waste of money when > > receptacles > > > are removed from the streets???? > > > > > > I suppose we'll get some glitzy multi-million > > dollar > > > PR campaign from a revolving door politician > > cashing > > > in complete with public service ads playing at 2am > > > urging all Minneapolitans to "carry it with you" > > or > > > "don't drink outside" or What???? > > > > > > I do not understand! Is there something in the > > water > > > in this community that a) makes people come up > > with > > > these "solutions" and b) makes us collectively nod > > our > > > heads in agreement like so many bobbleheads saying > > > "sounds good to me."?? > > > > > > Does anyone out there understand English? > > > > > > Tim Connolly > > > Ward 7 > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! 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