> I find it very ironic that a task force appointed by our city council to > draft an ordinance to control smoke filled rooms engages in smoke filled > room policy making because they afraid of that the public might hear > what they are saying. > > Thanks to Scott Russell's reporting in the current issue of the SOUHWEST > JOURNAL,
Thanks for the mention, Jim: Here's the Web site link for other members: http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/news/news07.txt Other stories of note: Smoking bans: reviewing the evidence http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/news/news11.txt http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/news/news12.txt 10th Ward's Niziolek won't seek relection - detailed reasons why http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/news/news04.txt City liquor rules lead to Happy Hour deals http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/news/news01.txt Junked cars cost city taxpayers $3.6 million http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/news/news06.txt Quietly, city keeps salary-cap pledge http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/news/news08.txt Task force may decide Walker Library's future http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/news/news03.txt 20 $1-million homes for Bryn Mawr's Anwatin Woods http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/news/news02.txt Profile of Whittier business activist Ramon Leon http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/swjlife/life01.txt Profile of Jon Hinchliff, city's Sex Offender Notification coordinator http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/swjlife/life01.txt Langauge maps reveal what your neighbors speak http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/neighbors/neighbors03.txt "Enhancing" Uptown: an editorial http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/opinion/opinion01.txt Tow truck drivers wake the neighborhood: a column http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2004/07/08/opinion/opinion02.txt David Brauer Kingfield Editor, Southwest Journal 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