-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 21 October 2002 15:26, Jennifer Lovaasen wrote: > For us, it's a wise business decision to include other languages. The > 2000 census estimates that about 84,000 people in the seven-county area > speak Spanish at home, nearly 40,000 speak Hmong and about 21,000 speak > African languages, including Somali.
> The final decision has not been made yet. The issue will be addressed > by the Metropolitan Council's Transportation Committee, which meets > Monday, October 28 at 4:00 p.m. at Mears Park Centre, 230 East 5th St., > St. Paul. Members of the public are welcome to comment. Considering the overall expense of the project I have to question the motive to save money by eliminating one of the (likely) smallest line items in the budget. I think Minneapolis is short about 100,000 residents. I don't really care where they come from, as long as they come and join us. In fact, I think it'd be quite impressive if I heard more than two "foreign" languages every day (if I don't hear Spanish and what I believe is Somali on the bus, there is a possibility that I got on the wrong route). I applaud the notion of offering signage and other information in three languages. I can't make it to the meeting, but please consider this a voice in favor. -michael libby (a resident cleveland/north mpls and a 7 days-a-week bus rider who doesn't think he can stand waiting until April 2004 to ride the train to the airport) <signature> <name>Michael C. Libby</name> <email>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</email> <web-site>http://www.ichimunki.com/</web-site> <public-key>http://www.ichimunki.com/public_key.txt</public-key> </signature> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9tJ6P4ClW9KMwqnMRAvkiAJ471vbF0J4EeMBH7noc7dQmLENtmACffk0O sC8F8aTfh1adOjtCKxOfAhY= =V1RG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
