Regarding stolen Wellstone signs: I got a replacement today from 5th District DFL campaign HQ at 2722 University Ave near Prospect Park. On the accompanying sheet it says if your sign is stolen or damaged, call David at 612.623.0424. They say the thefts are statewide. But they do have signs at 5th district HQ.
Emilie Quast:� the police from the 2nd precinct were testing the bumps with an SUV, which, of course, had no trouble at all. � A good argument against speed bumps. They won�t affect all the SUVs at all. My idea for �traffic calming� would be to close off all but one lane with barriers and �road work� signs. I try to avoid streets like that. By the way, my brother-in-law, a traffic light engineer for decades at MNDOT has a sadistic, vicious idea for handling red-light runners that I positively LOVE! Anyone who has parked in a lot on the east coast knows those tire-puncture devices they use to prevent people from leaving without paying. My BIL says put those in dangerous intersections coordinated with traffic lights. Have them start raising at the light is sitting on yellow. After a few cars destroy a couple hundred bucks worth of tires, people will start slowing as soon as they see a yellow. Tim Bonham:� And pedestrian-only streets? I thought we had them already -- they're called sidewalks� Hey, here�s an idea. How about converting some sidewalks to �bike only� and then leave others as �no bike�. On political campaigns, those concerned about more ultra-right judges on the Supreme Court, go to this web site: http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/activism_process.cfm Robert Schmid:� There are 323,637 native born US citizens in Minneapolis. Native born US citizens - just like the terrorists who blew up the Oklahoma City Federal Building. � Touche! Mr. Schmid. We tend to forget our own ability to hatch terrorists like Tim McVeigh and Jon Salvi (who gunned down receptionists in Massachussetts birth-control clinics) Pioneer Press: �New brokerages sold on area BY TIM HUBER Pioneer Press There's a gold rush of sorts developing in the Twin Cities. A handful of large securities firms from around the country are quietly trying to break into a local market that has long been dominated by homegrown firms. While it's hardly unusual for firms from New York, Chicago or even Milwaukee to set up shop in the Twin Cities, they typically limit their efforts to recruiting retail brokers.� http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/business/4102646.htm This raises a question about Victoria Heller. This story is obvious endorsement of what is being done here. Some people seem capable of conducting their business. So is your conduct of your business in Minneapolis, which causes you so much rancor, like some sort of bad marriage you�re unwilling to leave behind? Why aren�t you in business in a city you actually respect? Are there no real opportunities better than in Minneapolis. Please tell me because I want to know. Brandon Lacy Campos: �Instead we have a Council member who signed a confession saying that he accepted illegal plumbing work and then proceeded to use his office to support the union that provided the plumbing work. � What is wrong with using any office to support a union? My point being there is no inherent harm in supporting unions. Is that Brandon�s intent, to paint union-support as inherently criminal? Neal Levine:� Assuming my first paragraph is accurate, I think it's a little disingenuous to confuse due process with trying to get yourself off through legal loopholes when you knowingly betrayed the publics trust, abused your power and admitted you did it. Elected officials must be held to a higher standard. Period.� Uh, real nice, Neal. But where pray tell HAVE they been held to that standard? I have a little PROBLEM with the implication that this is a �standard� to which we are holding Biernat. No, no, the standard is MUCH lower, and most people I know have voted for mostly people who accept that lower standard. For example, something like 48 million voters accepted it with Bush. He has a history of addiction and law-breaking. Plus he is one of those corporate evil-doers. Yet we�ve �enjoyed� a year of hearing about 80 or 90 percent of the voters considering him �admirable�. Now, you tell me in what way he is superior to Joe Biernat. I can�t wait to hear. ===== Jim Mork Cooper Neighborhood ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vote Wellstone! One of the few people in Washington who'll stick his neck out for BOTH the stockholders (combatting management fraud) AND the working people. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________ 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
