*sigh* Andy Driscoll Saint Paul ------ "Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action." - Benjamin Disraeli
> From: "List Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 06:44:40 -0500 > To: "Mpls list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Mpls] List scope - keep it local > > Folks, we've been sliding away from the list's purpose as a place to > discuss Minneapolis-centered issues & effects. I want to get us back to > what we are: a place where local issues are prime. > > I believe most members are well-intentioned, but we're using the > thinnest of pretexts to call things "Minneapolis" in the last few days. > Three recent examples: > > DQ and irradiated beef. I didn't rule this one out of order because DQ > has been a Minneapolis-specific issue thanks to the Park Board. However, > near as I can tell, DQ is not selling irradiated beef in Minneapolis, or > certainly in Minneapolis specifically. This is simply not an issue, to > use the Walt Cygan principle, **because** of Minneapolis - it just > happens in Minneapolis, like Moline and Boise, because we have DQs here. > I admit there is a local factor because of the recent Park Board debate, > but the issue quickly became beef irradiation (not local), not any local > policy decision, which has been made. > > Xcel Energy. Yes, they're based here, but that's about it. Their stock > price or lack thereof has nothing to do with Minneapolis specifically. > Again, it doesn't happen **because** of Minneapolis, and there is no > debatable Minneapolis-based policy that specifically affects Xcel's > stock. In other words, not a local issue. > > Race summits. Race is certainly an issue worth discussing here. However, > if this thread is to go anywhere, we need to keep Minneapolis prime - > why a "white persons" summit **in Minneapolis,** not Tampa or Falcon > Heights? General thoughts on race relations are simply too broad for > this local list. The debate must center on Minneapolis needs and > Minneapolis effects, or I'll ask that the thread be snipped. > > In general, this list is to discuss local policies based on local > effects that people are more likely to have experienced because they > happen literally close to home. It is meant to hash out policies > directly affecting Minneapolis and with unique local facets. > > It is not meant as a place for generalized and often abstract > ideological debates...there are plenty of Internet forums for those. > > David Brauer > List manager > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
