[Mpls] Re-Elect Krueger to Library Board
I am honored to represent you on the Minneapolis Library Board. I work hard on your behalf to help keep Minneapolis a great library system. My accomplishments include: successful passage of the library referendum for improvements to all of our libraries; circulation, library usage and outreach have dramatically increased, and expanded hours including evenings and Sunday afternoons have been added. I also have provided for a balanced approach to technology use while continuing the tradition of building and preserving our award-winning book collections. I am a results-oriented leader, helping shape a positive future to ensure responsive library service for all. I have lead the way in doubling computer access, further expansion of library hours, promotion of sustainable architecture or Green Libraries, community outreach, access,preservation of historic libraries and community library improvements. I have always demanded effective use of your (taxpayer) dollars and I am fiscally responsible. Important Issue in planning the new library? An important issue in planning the new downtown library is the balance between the new central library and other services and attractions that will be offered in this two block development. We need to keep the focus that this is a new library we are building, which is primarily funded through taxpayers dollars as a result of last years referendum and campaign, Vote YES for Libraries. The new central library is the hub of our library system and supports all of our community libraries. Library service that is provided to the public as part of this development is my number one priority. That being said, there can be benefits to this library development project such as housing, retail shops, an eatery, parking, skyway access, and the planetarium and space discovery center. These are wonderful opportunities that can compliment the library, but must not overtake or shadow the important needs of our current and future library patrons. Library services and programs Libraries offer life-long learning: from story times for young children to research for students to leisure and information for adults, and are free to all. The library provides wonderful activities for all audiences. We strive at the library to be able to continue our current service level as well as meet the expanding needs of the community. The demand for library programs includes: more library hours, children programs, Homework Helper, bookmobile, internet training to seniors, new technology, the summer reading program, story times, new formats, books, historic preservation, technology centers, book and poem readings, as well as increased service to new immigrants, seniors, families, and students. All these services can put strain on library resources. There are three ways to improve our programs; first we must know what programs the public is interested in, we must continue to survey the public to give their input, viewpoints, and feedback. Second, we must establish a grant and program office to assist with on going funding options to pay for our programming. Third, we need to seek out and cooperate with other established programs and entities, forming partnerships with the private sector, NRP, non-profits, stronger relationships with the Friends (of the Minneapolis Public Library), and other government bodies, such as the city, schools and park systems. Together we can provide the best possible services and quality programs to all of Minneapolis. Internet / Filtering The Internet has raised new challenges for all public libraries. I support a common sense balanced approach to internet and technology use that respects First Amendment rights with appropriate and legal access. Illegal use of the Internet at the library has always been and will continue to be prohibited. Our policy works to balance the rights of individuals to access information and the need to provide a welcoming environment for patrons and library employees. In our childrens area, the Library offers assistance and training to help children experience the Internet in a safe and rewarding manner, including providing Web safety tips both in printed form and online and providing links to recommended sites for children. I would support a policy that provides patrons with a choice to have to have a filtering experience, but I do not support mandatory or required filtering, such as those in CIPA (Children Internet Protection Act). Mandatory filtering or censorship does not provide a sensible solution as filtering software is not an effective tool, because there is no proven technology that both blocks out all illegal content and allows access to all constitutionally protected material. Filtering blocks information that it shouldnt and doesnt block information that it should. Filtering can bring a false sense of security. To insure that all persons have fair access to the Library's finite computing resources, the Library Board has
RE: [Mpls] Rybak leading
Yes, everyone, he was warned. A reminder yet again: our preamble at http://www.e-democracy.org/mpls requires Discussions of a substantive and respectful nature. Name-calling, insults, mockery, etc. do not belong here. If you can't abide by that rule, you need to find a different forum. David Brauer List manager -- Original message: Keith Reitman says that: The mayor appears the black-face of the DFL Minstrel Show with Jackie and Joe strumming the banjo, and calling every tune. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re [Mpls] College students in neighborhood associations
Today's students are tomorrow's captains of industry, Nobel prize winners, bonzai fanciers, and parents of those who come after us. Why tell individuals who have invested such major resources in their continuing education that they are less than welcome? Whatever would happen to the real estate market in this city were there not scores of thousands of households in the post-secondary education industry? Whence would come the next generation of workers in our overall economy? There are so many permanent and primary student residences in Minneapolis that I should think any sensible neighborhood would want to embrace and celebrate this talented and industrious part of their community, encourage integration into the larger life of the city and the region, and dissuade these representatives of society's future from ever planning to depart. These are urban advantages to be made the more permanent and primary in my view. Fred Markus Horn Terrace Ward Ten ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] K-12 Education: Is phonics instruction necessary?
Again with the phonics. Advocates of the look-say / whole language method say that kids will learn the phonetic rules of the language without any explicit instruction, provided that they get enough exposure to good literature, and so forth. However, it is pretty clear that advocates of the look-say / whole language method are wrong. It hasn't worked in the Minneapolis Public Schools. At any rate, that seemed to be the consensus at the regular meeting of the Minneapolis Board of Education on September 29, 1999. High school teachers who spoke at the meeting reported that a lot of the kids who didn't pass the reading section of the Minnesota Basic Standards test were unlikely to pass it unless they received some phonics instruction and practice. According to a newspaper article under the heading Less than a third of 4th graders can read well, it is noted Numerous government-sponsored studies over the last decade have found that explicit instruction in sound-letter relationships and phonics practice, combined with exposure to rich literature, produce the best results (St. Paul Pioneer Press, 7 April 2001 ). [The preceding passage was lifted from my school board platform] It's not enough for the district to ask Houghton Mifflin to expand the phonics component of its English language curriculum product. We need to introduce phonics instruction to K-4 classrooms as a regular part of the curriculum: Phonics instruction accompanied by classroom activities that will help kids learn the skills, like blending letter sounds; Phonics instruction and practice that is integrated with and reinforced by the rest of the English language curriculum. Not an add on. Not another phonics piece. Why does the look-say / whole language method retain a lot of support within the educational establishment? Diane Ravitch, author of Left Back: a century of failed school reforms, says you can blame progressive social engineers, and the look-say method is a method of dumbing-down the curriculum for the not-college-bound. I agree with Ravitch that it is a method of dumbing-down the curriculum. But I don't buy the progressive conspiracy theory that is woven into her history lesson. Ravitch supports a neo-conservative school reform agenda and has been a policy advisor to presidents Bush and Bush. I wrote a brief review of Left Back: by Diane Ravitch, and a few other books, which can be found at my web site http://educationright.tripod.com It's easy to dismiss advocates of phonics instruction as right-wing wackos (Republicans), but those right-wing wackos are in charge of a lot of suburban school districts that have an effective reading curriculum. -Doug Mann, King Field ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Dan Nizioleks' version of 10th Ward issues
Dan Niziolek says at the end of his message in the forum: I will let you, the readers, draw your own conclusion. Since he drew me James Anderson into the foray I'd like to add my thoughts. I'd like to start by saying that when Dan and I talked about the arrangements for this interview the first thing Dan pointed out to me was the lawn sign in front of the house I live in. He did not ask if it was mine. He simply assumed it was mine and did not stop to consider the possibility that it was put there by the owner of the house. I am not the owner. Dan then went on to say that he was worried that my bias would show in the article and Dan wanted to have someone from outside the neighborhood write the interview with us! Instead I offered both candidates the opportunity to have campaign staff in attendance at the interview, both of them declined. In order to add some context to the quote from Rosa, here is the entire unedited email that Dan quoted in his message: *** Dear Dan, Jim and I appreciate your concern. As we set up the Sept. 6th debate, it became obvious the format would not allow closer looks at candidates and their ideas. Thus, the decision was made for a post-primary interview well before the primary winners were known. To know how an item will be written for a newspaper until the event it covers occurs is impossible, unless the article is biased. Jim was conveying an idea of how he envisioned the interview would unfold when he asked you to participate. As you and Doug interacted, it became obvious that the different styles with which each of you responded were just as important as the words. The article was reviewed before it was sent to you for the number of times each candidate's name was mentioned. Doug had one more mention than you, only because in the last paragraph, to provide clarity, it was said Dan told Doug..., then Doug responded. In addition, it was reviewed for total word count in responses directly connected with each candidate to provide equal coverage. The purpose of the article is to convey to Wedge residents how two candidates for city council would serve the interests of people in Lowry Hill East as a council member. The questions asked during the interview were based, in part, on questions submitted by the audience at the debate on Sept. 6th. The rest of the questions came from research conducted before the debate, and phrased to reflect the results of the primary election. To make a statement at the top of an article mentioning a presumed bias is to create a factual bias. However, as a favor to you, Jim and I included a statement at the end of the article: Dan Niziolek expressed a concern before the interview about the implication of assumed support for Doug Kress by one of the interviewers, as expressed by a lawn sign. Mr. Niziolek asked to review the article before press and also for a disclaimer about the potential for bias as implied by the lawn sign. On a personal note, Dan, your statement as a fact that an interviewer was not one of your supporters, was, instead, an assumption. I liked some of the things you were saying during the primary forums, and looked forward to getting more details to help me decide how to vote in the general election. In addition, the committee for the debate, and thus the interview, consists of LHENA board members. As board members, Jim and I believe we have a responsibility to reflect the concerns and views of the people in our neighborhood, whether we agree with the view or share the concern. It was with this concept of responsibility in mind that we agreed to arrange the debate and to follow up with a more in-depth interview. We acted as representatives of the neighborhood, and not as individual residents. Yours truly, Rosa Field *** Rosa and I had included the statement for Dan at the end of the article as a favor to him Then after the paper had been printed Dan sent this message to Rosa: *** Rosa, I would like the statement that you added for my benefit to not be included in the article. As for my statement about supporters as interviewers, I did not say that you were not a supporter of mine. There was no reference to you since I am unaware of who you support. Thanks!! Dan *** Another point of clarification: I did not write the story! Again Dan assumed that since I had set up the debate and helped conduct the interview that I would be writing the story as well. I had asked Dan in a phone message if he had read the story; I did not hear back from him on that one. I can only assume that these other issues are far more important than
[Mpls] more lame Strib reporting
Title: more lame Strib reporting Item from If you ran the newspaper by Lou Gelfand in today's Strib Credibility Donna Halvorsen's report last Sunday of a peace rally at the State Capitol said the crowd was estimated by Capitol police at 300. Sue Ann Martinson, one of the organizers, said their count was 1,105. She said the source is Ricardo Levins Morales, who used a hand counter. She said, It's insulting that the press listens always to the police. They are never good counters. She wants the press to take their own count. Halvorsen said, No one approached me or called to say they had a number. (Full link: http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/801785.html) Lynnell's comment: Well, details, details, a discrepency of only 800 people. And hey, call me old-fashioned, but as a journalist, I always assumed it was MY job to call around or approach organizers for their numbers. I didn't realize I could sit in a cubicle and simply wait for organizers to figure out what reporter was covering their event and track me down---or that my passivity would published in the newspaper as a credibility defense. Sometimes the Strib is so bad, you have to laugh. Beats crying. Especially in a one-daily town. Reporting 101: you get the police count; you get the organizers' count. You print 'em both because there's usually a huge discrepancy. From my experience, cops routinely under-estimate the numbers at leftist-sort of rallies. And organizers are notorious of over-estimating. A guy who's willing to put his name in the paper and say he used a hand-counter is unusual. Too bad the reporter didn't pick up the phone. I suppose I shouldn't be so picky, but this little item ran after seven days of unusually bad Strib coverage of RT Rybak---which has been snide, dismissive and negative---make that contemptuous-- from the beginning of his campaign. The Strib attitude seems to have been, We Decide Who The Major Players Are. And RT (along with some other impressive candidates for a variety of offices) just didn't come up through the proper ranks. Wasn't an Insider. Didn't have the right connections. I could rant on and on and add more specific examples. But let's just say in this election cycle, I haven't been too impressed with the Fourth Estate. Although I suppose, if the polls are right, I shouldn't be bothered---the negative coverage hasn't seemed to have hurt him. The most important poll, however, is on Nov. 6th. Everyone get out and vote! Lynnell Mickelsen An old geezer at age 44 in Ward 13, Linden Hills who will be voting for List members Tracey Nordstrom (not Nordquist as I earlier posted---sorry, all those Scandahoovians sound like) and Greg Abbott, whom I failed to mention in my first post. PS: I do have to thank Lou Gelfand for including the line from last week's travel section on the construction of a large green statute in Blue Earth. The governor, Miss America and Miss Minnesota were on hand to watch the erection of the giant. I had missed this when it ran the first time. Thanks, Lou. -- ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] more lame Strib reporting, Take II
Sorry, here is the unscrambled version, sent in the right format... Item from If you ran the newspaper by Lou Gelfand in today's Strib Credibility Donna Halvorsen's report last Sunday of a peace rally at the State Capitol said the crowd was estimated by Capitol police at 300. Sue Ann Martinson, one of the organizers, said their count was 1,105. She said the source is Ricardo Levins Morales, who used a hand counter. She said, It's insulting that the press listens always to the police. They are never good counters. She wants the press to take their own count. Halvorsen said, No one approached me or called to say they had a number. (Full link: http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/801785.html) Lynnell's comment: Well, details, details, a discrepency of only 800 people. And hey, call me old-fashioned, but as a journalist, I always assumed it was MY job to call around or approach organizers for their numbers. I didn't realize I could sit in a cubicle and simply wait for organizers to figure out what reporter was covering their event and track me down---or that my passivity would published in the newspaper as a credibility defense. Sometimes the Strib is so bad, you have to laugh. Beats crying. Especially in a one-daily town. Reporting 101: you get the police count; you get the organizers' count. You print 'em both because there's usually a huge discrepancy. From my experience, cops routinely under-estimate the numbers at leftist-sort of rallies. And organizers are notorious of over-estimating. A guy who's willing to put his name in the paper and say he used a hand-counter is unusual. Too bad the reporter didn't pick up the phone. I suppose I shouldn't be so picky, but this little item ran after seven days of unusually bad Strib coverage of RT Rybak---which has been snide, dismissive and negative---make that contemptuous-- from the beginning of his campaign. The Strib attitude seems to have been, We Decide Who The Major Players Are. And RT (along with some other impressive candidates for a variety of offices) just didn't come up through the proper ranks. Wasn't an Insider. Didn't have the right connections. I could rant on and on and add more specific examples. But let's just say in this election cycle, I haven't been too impressed with the Fourth Estate. Although I suppose, if the polls are right, I shouldn't be bothered---the negative coverage hasn't seemed to have hurt him. The most important poll, however, is on Nov. 6th. Everyone get out and vote! Lynnell Mickelsen An old geezer at age 44 in Ward 13, Linden Hills who will be voting for List members Tracey Nordstrom (not Nordquist as I earlier posted---sorry, all those Scandahoovians sound like) and Greg Abbott, whom I failed to mention in my first post. PS: I do have to thank Lou Gelfand for including the line from last week's travel section on the construction of a large green statute in Blue Earth. The governor, Miss America and Miss Minnesota were on hand to watch the erection of the giant. I had missed this when it ran the first time. Thanks, Lou. -- ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Confused in Minneapolis
The Star Tribune has taken its fair share of abuse in this election season, some of which I've agreed with. But I'm hoping list members can help me understand three things as we get to the end of the campaign: 1) The Star Tribune has been said by some list members to have an agenda of getting Sayles Belton reelected. Why then did it publish a poll today showing Rybak ahead by 20 points? 2) It was said that the Star Tribune's corporate agenda dictated its editorial page endorsements. Why then did it endorse two Green Party candidates? 3) The Star Tribune's polling methods were criticized by some opponents of the mayor after the September mayoral poll. Why have they not voiced the same criticisms now that a poll finds their candidate ahead by 20 points? Steve Brandt ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
RE: [Mpls] Confused in Minneapolis
Steve B. asks: 1) The Star Tribune has been said by some list members to have an agenda of getting Sayles Belton reelected. Why then did it publish a poll today showing Rybak ahead by 20 points? Cover? A clever attempt to make Rybak supporters complacent? grin 2) It was said that the Star Tribune's corporate agenda dictated its editorial page endorsements. Why then did it endorse two Green Party candidates? Ooo, I'm serious now: this one is DEFINTELY cover. The three Greens with the best chance of winning the most powerful positions - Council candidates Cam Gordon in the 2nd, Dean Z. in the 6th, and Natalie Johnson-Lee in the 5th - all whiffed with the editorial board. Anointing Annie Young (a former DFLer and incumbent) is not a stretch. Scott Vreeland was the only surprise in the bunch, but choosing him really doesn't undo the Strib edit board's tilt. (However, Marie Hauser must be wondering what she did wrong the day she screened.) 3) The Star Tribune's polling methods were criticized by some opponents of the mayor after the September mayoral poll. Why have they not voiced the same criticisms now that a poll finds their candidate ahead by 20 points? Score one for you, Steve! David Brauer King Field - Ward 10 _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Community schools/open areas, part 2
PART 2, QUESTIONS ABOUT COMMUNITY SCHOOLS/OPEN AREAS (From Heather Martens, Kingfield) Following is resident Sarah Parsons' dispatch on Dennis Schapiro'scomments regarding the Kingfield-East Harriet open area in particular:Mr. Schapiro noted that he wouldn't be able to give a definite answer onthe topic right now. He said, "I know this group and the district have beengetting into a lot of negotiation and Kingfield and East Harriet haveput together a good group to negotiate. My guess is that that will go on forsome time. My guess is that there's no money for new construction. Idon't see a silver bullet out there that's going to do it, but I know thedistrict wants to negotiate, and I don't think it's a done deal."Mr. Schapiro asked what options the committee was interested in.Regarding increasing the size of Burroughs (one suggested remedy), he said, "Iwould stay open to things, but in general I don't like the idea of makingelementary schools bigger and bigger. There is a little bit of researchout there that shows that students do better in smaller schools. I wouldlike to start somewhere where you could have smaller schools."Mr. Schapiro asked why the committee has not been interested in LyndaleSchool. (He used to live near Lyndale and his son attended there for atime.) He said, "I know Lyndale has an image problem, but having parents whoare willing to make a commitment to a school is a terrific resource. To someextent, the quality of the schools depends on the commitment of theparents -- that's true with many of our most successful schools."He said he would like to see more discussion of Lyndale as a possiblesolution.Mr. Schapiro also noted that there is a larger problem of having a "dualschool system" of schools with parents who care a lot and are veryinvolved and schools that are unacceptable to these parents. "That's something weneed to look at too," he said.Mr. Schapiro noted that he would like to see a solution that will work forboth the district and the Kingfield and East Harriet neighborhoods."When you have parents from these neighborhoods whose kids are spread outaround the city and the parents are unhappy, that's not a good situation. Theseare parents who are a terrific resource for the city."Resident Carolyn Stark had the following email exchange with RossTaylor:I have several questions to ask of you.1. How do candidates view community schools in general?Favorably2. If you support the current community school model, why do you supportit?From the Quality Schools Study several years ago, the citizens indicatedthat they wanted a combination of magnet and community schools. Isupporttheir wishes.3. What would you tweak?We need to do more than tweak. For openers, we need to develop avision for community schools. We need to overcome the mistaken ideaheldby some that magnet schools are more deserving of financial support.4. Do you see closing "open areas" as a priority?Closing open areas is a goal. We need to work with community todetermine how well and how soon we can accomplish it.Given budget constraints (scarce funds for new school construction, andmost of that going to serve a pressing north-side need), how would you alterthe current community-school network to close open areas?We need to engage the communities involved to provide input for a plan.Your interest in improving our schools is very much appreciated.Ross TaylorResident Doug McCarron's dispatch after speaking with candidate KathyKosnoff:I spoke with Kathy Kosnoff last Saturday, Oct. 20. In response to thequestion of if closing open areas is a priority, Kathy stated that thereare 20 open areas in Minneapolis. Kingfield/East Harriet is simply morevocal about this issue than other open areas. She feels that the three choicesolution (two community, one magnet) is a fair compromise. According toKathy, of the 52 Kindergartners from Kingfield that enrolled this schoolyear, 38 received first choice, 12 received their second choice. Thisis 96% overall placement of children in first or second choice schools.Kathy does think that in the future, this policy of three choices should bemonitored and that the parents from the open areas should have a way tocommunicate to the school board how well it is working.At a school board candidate forum on Oct. 22, resident Doug McCarronasked about "open attendance" areas and how important the candidates thoughtit was to get designated community schools for these areas. Here is his summary(he paraphrased what he heard):1.. Patrick Peterson - Said that the open areas should be closed. Hestated that the three guaranteed choices is a band-aid solution. He would workwith neighborhood businesses to lease facilities for classes to establishneighborhood schools in open areas.2.. Kathy Kosnoff - The open areas do not justify more schools. Acommunity school in the Kingfield neighborhood is not an option. She feels thatthe three choice solution (two
[Mpls] lies about cherryhomes and prostitution
David Strand wrote: The candidate running this year with a real connection to prostitution in the city is Jackie Cherryhomes. According to local police offers attempting to control prostitution on the North Loop downtown, they have been stopped on several occasions from closing the sauna on Washington Ave. next door to Sex World due to the fact that half of it is owned by Jackie's husband. Concerns have been expressed to me by residents of the North Loop who were active in helping the police corral the notorious Evans brothers, who were busted not long ago for running one of the largest prostitution rings in the country and are now out on our streets again and alleged connections with Jackie via her husband. Now from what I understand Jackie's husband is a criminal defense attorney and shouldn't necessarily be held up for defending his clients well, regardless of who they are. But when those clients seem to benefit from actions of a sitting city councilperson it raises serious questions, if the allegations by neighborhood police and community members are true. Council Member Jackie Cherryhomes has made the following reply: This is a bold-faced lie. My husband does not now own, nor has he ever owned, any interest in any sauna or prostitution-related business. Furthermore, my husband does not and has not represented the Evans brothers. My husband, who is an attorney, will deal with this through the appropriate legal channels. Posted on behalf of Council Member Cherryhomes by Linda Higgins North Mpls ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
RE: [Mpls] baseball and politics
Could this endorsement be the reason that Sharon Sayles Belton was out bar hopping at the gay bars (The Saloon) on Saturday night? Does she feel she has lost support in the gay community? Chris Pluchinsky Webber-Camden -Original Message- From: Russell W Peterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 8:36 AM To: Mpls Issues Subject: RE: [Mpls] baseball and politics http://www.lavendermagazine.com/168/168_letters_10_1.html Lavender magazine endorses R.T. Rybak for Mayor. See the link above to their editorial. Russell W. Peterson Saint Michael ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] Confused in Minneapolis
O.K. Steve, I'll bite: 1) The Star Tribune has been said by some list members to have an agenda of getting Sayles Belton reelected. Why then did it publish a poll today showing Rybak ahead by 20 points? Because they took a poll and that's what they found. And they didn't want to look bad on Tuesday if Rybak cruises to a victory they didn't foresee. Or, if they were discovered to have hidden a poll with results they didn't like after the elections they would look like real schmucks.* 2) It was said that the Star Tribune's corporate agenda dictated its editorial page endorsements. Why then did it endorse two Green Party candidates? *My favorite greenie, Dean Zimmerperson, impresses me as someone who would make a great city council rep. That's not much of an answer to your questions, though.* 3) The Star Tribune's polling methods were criticized by some opponents of the mayor after the September mayoral poll. Why have they not voiced the same criticisms now that a poll finds their candidate ahead by 20 points? **Because they have been too busy campaigning. The election will be determined by the votes on Tuesday, not the StarTribune poll. I think both SSB and RT agree on this one. Dean Lindberg Minnehaha neighborhood and RT supporter ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Plugged driveways and pedestrian intersection crossings.
I enjoy the variation in weather that our Minnesota seasons provide. However, I don't appreciate having snow plowed into my driveway, especially if it should happen soon before I need to leave for an important appointment. On such occasions, there is no time for me for get help and I must remove the snow very carefully with small shovelfuls, at a time in my life when I am about twice the age of a person who might be told to hang up the snow shovel for good. For some time now, a snow plow attachment has existed that has a gate that can be lowered temporarily when the snow plowing vehicle approaches a driveway. This attachment blocks the flow of snow from the curb end of the plow until the plow has passed beyond the driveway. The result is that there is very little plowing residue left in the driveway entrance and the home owner only needs to remove the precipitated snow, if not done beforehand, not the heavy, packed snow that the plow leaves. This snow plow attachment also works at public crosswalks where many people have difficulty climbing over mounds of snow in order to cross the streets. In addition it would remove the danger of children sliding into the path of a vehicle when they might be on a crosswalk mound while waiting for a vehicle to pass. Why hasn't the City of Minneapolis been using this procedure? I would guess that to do so would be unnatural in the Minneapolis City Hall where improvements in basic services may be deferred in order to bring about grandiose schemes that should have a lesser priority, if implemented at all. But I will give the denizens of City Hall some help. The name and address of the manufacturer of the attachment that I have described is as follows: Root Spring Scraper Co. 527 West North Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007 616-382-2025 Let us all think carefully about how we are going to vote on November sixth. Neal E. Simons Prospect Park ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Re: Immediate Retraction Question
I recieved a telephone call this afternoon asking me to issue an immediate retraction of two items in a previous post entitled Jackie Cherryhomes and Prostitution. I regret having reported concerns shared with me by a number of North Loop residents and business people as fact or implied fact. My post implied that the infamous Evan's brothers were clients of Jackie's husband. I now know that to be erroneous hearsay. I have also been informed that Jackie's husband is not a part owner of the sauna next door to Sex World as reported to me by residents of the area saying they had been told so by area police officers. I am truly sorry for sharing misinformation and furthering hearsay. Are any of the adult oriented businesses in or near downtown clients of your husband that could have lead to this conclusion on the parts of residents or the police? Obviously there is some bad rumors being bandied about this part of ward 5. I am no fan of comstockery. I am curious if there is some benign client relationships with any of these businesses or their owners that could have flowered into this odious rumor. The more people I heard these statements from in the area the more verisimilitude they had. It may be in the best interest of the residents to clarify any relationships that may exist to clear the air. Thanks and with my utmost apologies, David Strand P.S. My home computer is down so I had to go out and find a public access computer to use to issue this retraction. Thus the time delay beween it's issuance and the phone call I recieved at 3:20. --- Cherryhomes, Jackie A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pursuant to our conversation at 3:20 on Sunday, November 4, 2001, I demand an immediate retraction of the posting on the Minneapolis Issues List regarding me and my wife, Jackie Cherryhomes, as an outright and willful dissemination of untruthful information. As I informed you, I do not own any interest in any saunas and I have not represented any of the Evans brothers in their prostitution case. I expect your retraction and apology to be posted on the Minneapolis Issues List by no later than 5:00 PM, Sunday November 4, 2001. __ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] K-12 Schools and the Strib's agenda
In the Star-Tribune of Monday, October 29, 2001, Star-Tribune reporter Allie Shah writes: Some have called her a performer who uses her confrontational style to get her point across. Others view her as a malcontent whose approach is not constructive. Meet Evelyn Eubanks... What would Lou Gelfand say? What's this? A biased Strib reporter? I am shocked, shocked! Some have called Allie Shah a reporter who goes out of her way to please Carol Johnson, the school board directors, and the editorial board of the Strib. Some have called the Star-Tribune a newspaper that tries to credibly defend the status quo. Others view it as a newspaper that manufactures consent for policies that keep our stratified educational system stratified. Covering a school board candidates forum at Washburn High School on October 28 [printed in the October 29 issue], Allie Shah writes: At the debate, all of the candidates agreed that the district needs to involve more community partners to help educate children. All of the candidates? Yet in the October 29 issue Shah writes: At a recent debate [the same debate covered a week earlier?], Eubanks made this pitch to the crowd: We need a different perspective. We're asking the people who broke the system to fix it. What is Evelyn Eubanks pitching? A snake oil press? That's the imagery that Shah's latest writing about Eubanks evokes. Shah's write up of the other candidates in the same story has a much different tone. For example: For years, Dennis Shapiro has followed education issues as a writer, parent and school insider. Again and Again, he's seen the same issues unfold: achievement gap, graduation rates, the struggle to get parents involved... ..But its his experience as a guardian ad litem that fuels Schapiro's campaign philosophy: That the whole community--not just the schools--has to pitch in to meet the needs of Minneapolis Kids. Sounds like something I read in a Shapiro 4 Schools brochure. It's not surprising that the Strib Editors endorsed Dennis Shapiro. His campaign philosophy nicely complements the Strib's propaganda. The Strib likes to quote people who have nice things to say about the schools, such as the schools are doing a pretty good job, the schools are making progress, and so forth. It's the kids, the parents and the black community that don't have their act together. That's the Strib's line. If you don't toe it, don't expect sympathetic coverage, or an endorsement, from the Strib. - Doug Mann, King Field ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] RE: Immediate Retraction Question
F. Clayton Tyler and Jackie Cherryhomes are in receipt of your message. We do not consider it to be either a retraction or an apology as the content of the message continues to perpetuate rumors and gossip about F. Clayton Tyler's business relationships. For the record, F. Clayton Tyler has no relationship to any adult oriented businesses in the City of Minneapolis. -Original Message- From: David Strand [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 5:59 PM To: Cherryhomes, Jackie A; issues minneapolis Subject: Re: Immediate Retraction Question I recieved a telephone call this afternoon asking me to issue an immediate retraction of two items in a previous post entitled Jackie Cherryhomes and Prostitution. I regret having reported concerns shared with me by a number of North Loop residents and business people as fact or implied fact. My post implied that the infamous Evan's brothers were clients of Jackie's husband. I now know that to be erroneous hearsay. I have also been informed that Jackie's husband is not a part owner of the sauna next door to Sex World as reported to me by residents of the area saying they had been told so by area police officers. I am truly sorry for sharing misinformation and furthering hearsay. Are any of the adult oriented businesses in or near downtown clients of your husband that could have lead to this conclusion on the parts of residents or the police? Obviously there is some bad rumors being bandied about this part of ward 5. I am no fan of comstockery. I am curious if there is some benign client relationships with any of these businesses or their owners that could have flowered into this odious rumor. The more people I heard these statements from in the area the more verisimilitude they had. It may be in the best interest of the residents to clarify any relationships that may exist to clear the air. Thanks and with my utmost apologies, David Strand P.S. My home computer is down so I had to go out and find a public access computer to use to issue this retraction. Thus the time delay beween it's issuance and the phone call I recieved at 3:20. --- Cherryhomes, Jackie A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pursuant to our conversation at 3:20 on Sunday, November 4, 2001, I demand an immediate retraction of the posting on the Minneapolis Issues List regarding me and my wife, Jackie Cherryhomes, as an outright and willful dissemination of untruthful information. As I informed you, I do not own any interest in any saunas and I have not represented any of the Evans brothers in their prostitution case. I expect your retraction and apology to be posted on the Minneapolis Issues List by no later than 5:00 PM, Sunday November 4, 2001. __ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Further information on Retraction of statements concerning Jackie Cherryhomes.
My utmost apologies to all and everyone. Jackie gave me permission to include the following email exchange in a message which clarifies that her husband F. Clayton Tyler has no relationship to any adult oriented businesses in the City of Minneapolis or ELSEWHERE. I will be sharing this information as soon as possible with those individuals who told me these obviously unfounded rumors. Again, my utmost apologies! Hopefully this has served the purpose of bringing this rumor out from under the rock where it cannot survive the light of day. My apologies for any inconveniencies, pain or hurt, or other harm caused to the parties' involved. Thanks, David Strand See messages below. --- Cherryhomes, Jackie A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may include our message, with the addition that F. Clayton Tyler has no relationship to any adult oriented businesses in the City of Minneapolis or ELSEWHERE. -Original Message- From: David Strand [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 6:18 PM To: Cherryhomes, Jackie A Subject:RE: Immediate Retraction Question Thank you for the clarifying message. I will issues an additional statement to the list (may I include this post for clarification). Thanks, David Strand --- Cherryhomes, Jackie A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: F. Clayton Tyler and Jackie Cherryhomes are in receipt of your message. We do not consider it to be either a retraction or an apology as the content of the message continues to perpetuate rumors and gossip about F. Clayton Tyler's business relationships. For the record, F. Clayton Tyler has no relationship to any adult oriented businesses in the City of Minneapolis. -Original Message- From: David Strand [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 5:59 PM To: Cherryhomes, Jackie A; issues minneapolis Subject:Re: Immediate Retraction Question I recieved a telephone call this afternoon asking me to issue an immediate retraction of two items in a previous post entitled Jackie Cherryhomes and Prostitution. I regret having reported concerns shared with me by a number of North Loop residents and business people as fact or implied fact. My post implied that the infamous Evan's brothers were clients of Jackie's husband. I now know that to be erroneous hearsay. I have also been informed that Jackie's husband is not a part owner of the sauna next door to Sex World as reported to me by residents of the area saying they had been told so by area police officers. I am truly sorry for sharing misinformation and furthering hearsay. Are any of the adult oriented businesses in or near downtown clients of your husband that could have lead to this conclusion on the parts of residents or the police? Obviously there is some bad rumors being bandied about this part of ward 5. I am no fan of comstockery. I am curious if there is some benign client relationships with any of these businesses or their owners that could have flowered into this odious rumor. The more people I heard these statements from in the area the more verisimilitude they had. It may be in the best interest of the residents to clarify any relationships that may exist to clear the air. Thanks and with my utmost apologies, David Strand P.S. My home computer is down so I had to go out and find a public access computer to use to issue this retraction. Thus the time delay beween it's issuance and the phone call I recieved at 3:20. --- Cherryhomes, Jackie A [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pursuant to our conversation at 3:20 on Sunday, November 4, 2001, I demand an immediate retraction of the posting on the Minneapolis Issues List regarding me and my wife, Jackie Cherryhomes, as an outright and willful dissemination of untruthful information. As I informed you, I do not own any interest in any saunas and I have not represented any of the Evans brothers in their prostitution case. I expect your retraction and apology to be posted on the Minneapolis Issues List by no later than 5:00 PM, Sunday November 4, 2001. __ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy
Re: [Mpls] Plugged driveways and pedestrian intersection crossings.
Great idea Neal. I've had the same problem before with similar feelings. This seems to be an issue that can and should be easily remedied, especially in an area like Mpls. where this ice is so common. CMs, prospective CMs and ditto for the Mayor and prospective mayor, what do you say about trying to implement something like this. It will obviously cost something, but I think that many of us would be willing to have our taxes rise by a few dollars to help take care of some of these livability issues. Matthew Dufresne, Central Neighborhood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I enjoy the variation in weather that our Minnesota seasons provide. However, I don't appreciate having snow plowed into my driveway, especially if it should happen soon before I need to leave for an important appointment. On such occasions, there is no time for me for get help and I must remove the snow very carefully with small shovelfuls, at a time in my life when I am about twice the age of a person who might be told to hang up the snow shovel for good. For some time now, a snow plow attachment has existed that has a gate that can be lowered temporarily when the snow plowing vehicle approaches a driveway. This attachment blocks the flow of snow from the curb end of the plow until the plow has passed beyond the driveway. The result is that there is very little plowing residue left in the driveway entrance and the home owner only needs to remove the precipitated snow, if not done beforehand, not the heavy, packed snow that the plow leaves. This snow plow attachment also works at public crosswalks where many people have difficulty climbing over mounds of snow in order to cross the streets. In addition it would remove the danger of children sliding into the path of a vehicle when they might be on a crosswalk mound while waiting for a vehicle to pass. Why hasn't the City of Minneapolis been using this procedure? I would guess that to do so would be unnatural in the Minneapolis City Hall where improvements in basic services may be deferred in order to bring about grandiose schemes that should have a lesser priority, if implemented at all. But I will give the denizens of City Hall some help. The name and address of the manufacturer of the attachment that I have described is as follows: Root Spring Scraper Co. 527 West North Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007 616-382-2025 Let us all think carefully about how we are going to vote on November sixth. Neal E. Simons Prospect Park ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
