Am I missing something in this post? A very successful sports program which dicusses morals names their center after Colin Powell,so what. We have the humphrey dome also supported by most dflers at the time despite a large publc outcry. They can't distribute pamphlets through the schools but neither could that radical group the boy scouts. I think its time for parents to take reponsibility for their children, if something comes home read it join it or throw it away. You don't want your child playing sports with a certain group don't let them. Much of this complaining resembles the snotty kid who takes his ball home, if I don't like it no one can play. We should embrace anything that helps kids become better. Dain Lyngstad Edina/Phillips --- Dave Piehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Urban Ventures, a faith-based south Minneapolis > non-profit has been in the news twice lately. > > First, their "Colin Powell Center" is slated to > receive $4.2 million of taxper funding through > Pawlenty's (proposed) budget. The Colin Powell > center, named after the Republican politician, has > apparently impressed the current Republican state > government, anti-glbt rhetoric and all. It's my > understanding that this is expected to be part of > the > city's bonding, which normally happens through a > prioritization process at the local level. The > Urban > Ventures request has not been prioritized at the > local > level. > > http://www.budget.state.mn.us/budget/capital/2004/gov_slides040114.pdf > > > Second, Urban Ventures made the news regarding > literature that children bring home from school. > Here's the article: > > Minneapolis may ban nonschool leaflets > http://www.startribune.com/stories/362/4317674.html > > Excerpts from the article: > Urban Ventures, a south Minneapolis nonprofit group, > runs a summer soccer program. Practices include a > 10-minute "chalk talk" by coaches. It's aimed at > building character but might include a Bible verse, > said Mark-Peter Lundquist, Urban Venture's program > director. > > But a complaint from the parent of a soccer player > led > the district to bar Urban Ventures from distributing > leaflets through schools last fall for its traveling > basketball team tryouts -- cutting in half the > number > of kids turning out, Lundquist said. > > That turned into a temporary prohibition against all > outside leaflets while the policy was being revised. > Cheri Reese, the district's communication director, > said it was growing uncomfortable with its lack of > knowledge about some of the groups for which > leaflets > were going out. > > Giles said he has grown increasingly uncomfortable > with the current selective approval policy. > > Another issue, he said, is that the district could > be > exposed to negligence claims for not looking into an > after-school activity because parents assume the > district approves what leaflets promote. > > > David Piehl > Central > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" > Sweepstakes > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the > list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing > it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: > http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic > Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
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