One good Minneapolis from the session related item: The Colin Powell Youth Center didn't get passed.
In a picture is worth a thousand words:
http://www.roadkillbill.com/UrbanVul.jpg
This cartoon says it all about what Urban Ventures is all about.
Googling on Urban Vultures
Such fun.....
Term: "<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Urban+Vultures>Urban Vultures"
Term: "<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Urban+Ventures+Jesus+Christ&btnG=Search>Urban Ventures Jesus Christ"
Term: "<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Urban+Ventures+Colin+Powell>Urban Ventures Colin Powell"
Term: "<http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Urban+Ventures&btnG=Search>Urban Ventures"
4th or 5th result down,<http://www.state.mn.us/ebranch/epb/lobby/adetail/a5374.html> this:
Lobbyists Registered Registration Number Registration Date Termination Date Kristen Amundson 4056 3/11/04 Chris Georgacas 4002 3/15/04 Robert C Hentges 6533 2/4/04 John H Herman 2035 2/4/04 Nancy Hylden 9258 2/4/04 Kristofer Schwarzrock 1317 2/4/04
EY: Yup different lobbyists to tell different legislators different stories.
Googling "Urban Ventures Hood"
This brings you to a moving section of the Urban Vultures website - <http://www.urbanventures.org/photo_hist.html>Photos of the Hood.
Yup included in this photo essay is a charming picture of a burned out house. Charming. This undermines the people trying to invest in the area and improve their houses.
A second good thing: Hennepin County taxpayers are saved from having our sales taxes raised to pay for a stadium.
Eva Young Near North Minneapolis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog is up: http://lloydletta.blogspot.com
Saying creationism deserves equal time with the theory of evolution in the classroom is like saying I deserve equal time with Pavarotti at the Sydney Opera House.
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