[Note: Park Board aficionados should note the links at the bottom of this post.]
Doug Mann writes: > Why is city hall not providing info from the affidavits of candidacy (the > forms we filled out when filing), such as street address and telephone number? The policy apparently changed after the forms were sent out. It involves a city interpretation of recent state Data Privacy law changes. Here's a story on the matter from the new SW Journal: http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news06.txt I'm sorry I haven't been of more help to citizens' efforts to compile info this year, but the city change has upped our professional workload (especially Scott Russell's) in what is an unusually busy election year to cover. Speaking of, here are stories of not from the brand-new Southwest Journal: Park Board at-large race: http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news02.txt (intro) http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news05.txt (profiles) Public-private problems for Park Board's Fort deal http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news03.txt City may shift traffic cops to police department http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news25.txt Aug. 24 mayoral public-safety forum set http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news08.txt City's graffiti response time improves; abandoned cart policy questioned http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news09.txt Aug. 20 Library forum http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news12.txt Feds fund bike trail, Lake Street project http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news13.txt Calhoun Square plan tweaked after neighbor concerns http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news16.txt Crime updates: Whittier double murder http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news24.txt Wedge robbery suspect stabs cops, is killed http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/08/12/news/news22.txt There's more, new, at www.swjournal.com David Brauer Kingfield Editor, Southwest Journal/Downtown Journal REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
