[Mpls] Will You Be There?
Natalie Johnson-Lee will be there. Dean Zimmerman and Jenny Heiser will be there. Sue Jahn will be there. Will you be there? Only two days left before the smash event of the season. Morris Wilson and Friends will be playing and there will be food and drink for everyone. Come celebrate the season, the year and victories we've had (especially Natalie's). Remember this is a PARTY with opportunities to give, not the other way around. But if you can't make it and you want to donate you can send contributions directly to Natalie, email me if you need her address. We'll have details on the silent auction tomorrow. So come out and CELEBRATE! Original invite follows: "2000 has been a difficult year of conflict and change but also of hope and success. Let's come together to celebrate Natalie Johnson Lee's city council victory and our collective accompishments and look to the future with solidarity." The co-hosts are Al McFarlane, R.T. Rybak, Natalie Johnson-Lee, Lorraine Smaller, Nikki Carlson, Travis Lee, Steve Washington, Sharon Tolbert-Glover, Martha Bolinger, Neva Walker, Jonathan Palmer, Randy Staten, Natonia Johnson and Becky Moyer. It's Friday Night, December 28th, 2001, 7-9 p.m. at Hands On Academy, 1010 Park Av. S. Minneapolis. There will be hors d'oeuvres, full bar and live music. This is a party! We hope you will come to enjoy the company, food, drinks and entertainment. Natalie has some campaign debt to retire, so we'll welcome donations, but no obligation. We will also conduct a silent auction of very interesting items to help pay off Jonathan Palmer's campaign debt. Jonathan Palmer Stevens Square-Loring Heights ___ 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:generic editorial
Well, a good old friend of mine, Lisa Goodman, has left me scratching my head on this one. How could she have fought for the parking surface permits and zoning changes, fought over the Padilla Spear - Guthrie lots and then turned around and fought like heck for the Walker? My guess is that the neighbors won this one - they don't like traffic and parking on their streets so build a ramp - to "heck" with the counts and numbers of usefulness and efficency. And while we are at it - Annie Young says why are we stuggling between Paul Ostrow and Barb Johnson for our leadership role in this city - why not Miss Lisa Goodman and a newcomer as her VP - turn the tides and let's move on with the show. Jan. 2nd is almost here and we really want to know where the councilmember offices are going to be? - Some tongue - in -cheek - comments for a mid-week roust! Annie Young East Phillips ___ 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] Iced out
Well - let me put my hands up for you to put nails in them - but I have a hard time every day finding the cost of opening /or closing our rinks as a very serious budget consideration as each day carries on. On the ice story, we (the Mpls Park and Recreation Board) find the most useful period of time to have ice up and running is during the Holiday School Break and Holiday/celebratory season. There are many different holidays celebrated by the over 80 nations represented in Mpls so at some point it becomes Winter - 90 days give or take at the beginning or end. It cost us money to set these up - maintain them, run them, security and all that--- and then there is the question about rinks on ball fields which really doesn't happen too much anymore but never-the-less maintaining ice - tell me about it? Now, before all of you sports/hockey folks yell at me - please tell me, how am I suppposed to justify cost versus use and efficiency? For something that is not very many days of the year. And then should we talk about ice fishing - when the ice is thin - Please do not go out on the lakes yet. Responses welcome, Annie Young Mpls /city wide park Board Commisioner - Original Message - From: dsndrs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Steve Brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] Iced out > We're told that Pearl Park won't open for skating until Jan. 1 (because > the ground wasn't frozen earlier). > Dick Saunders > Diamond Lake > > > ___ > 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] Iced out
Mother Nature is not cooperating with having the ice rinks open... sorry some things cannot be controlled. We're ready - Mother Nature does not seem to be. Annie Young Citywide Park Board Commissioner - Original Message - From: Steve Brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2001 5:25 PM Subject: [Mpls] Iced out > It's quiet out there. Too quiet. > My neighborhood's ice rink isn't ready yet. > How about yours? > > Steve Brandt > Skating on thin ice in Kingfield > > ___ > 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] Neighborhood Reps to NRP Policy Board
Gregory Luce wrote: >But that was not my real point, which was the lack of ethnic diversity at this level >of the NRP as well as on neighborhood boards, etc. That, at least, deserves some >honest and open discussion, as well as more work. > While I completely agree that the lack of ethnic diversity is a problem for NRP, both on the neighborhood level and the Policy Board level, the Hmong candidate that you referred to didn't even show up for the election! From the materials he submitted about his candidacy, it seemed like he wasn't clear about what he was getting in to. Clearly not the best candidate. Maybe next year we'll have better options! Cara Letofsky Seward (a redirection neighborhood) and NRP Policy Board Elector, Nov. 29th ___ 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] Iced out
According to my friend Tim Rosener who is working at Matthews Park this year again, the rink at Matthews will open officially on Saturday(?) All day he was putting layers of water on the field. He said we could skate on it but, it's kind of choppy. I can't wait to get back out there and put the broken leg blues to rest. Rollerblading is fun but, nowhere near as precise as ice skating. I'm excited to skate outdoors on ice again. -- In cooperation, Erik Riese Decisive Moment - Decision making services. Seward, USA: a great place to live, work, learn, and play! (some pretty good restaurants too) (612) 242-8528 (612) 724-3217 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ___ 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] Parking ramp editorial
Today's Strib has an editorial on the Walker parking ramp, and how officials should better explain their parking strategy to us: http://www.startribune.com/stories/561/920187.html >From the editorial: "Taxpayers contribute not a dime from the city's general fund into its extensive parking system." Do other's on the list agree that this is true? They seem to think parking ramps in general are good, but question the validity of this one in particular ramp. What does everybody else thing? Rosalind Nelson Bancroft neighborhood ___ 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] Iced out
We're told that Pearl Park won't open for skating until Jan. 1 (because the ground wasn't frozen earlier). Dick Saunders Diamond Lake ___ 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] Iced out
It's quiet out there. Too quiet. My neighborhood's ice rink isn't ready yet. How about yours? Steve Brandt Skating on thin ice in Kingfield ___ 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] Re: Who's not welcome at Christmas?
Tim Connolly wrote: > I vociferously take issue with R.T.Rybak not attending > the special meeting of the DFL Central Committee. > ... > This forum is the back-room. > ... Let *me* take issue with your characterization of this forum. This is a very public, completely inclusive, forum of ideas and opinions. Anyone who pays the admission price (reading the posts) can play on the same level as anybody else. The same cannot be said about any political party. I consider myself to be a centrist. I vote more often but not exclusively for DFL candidates. For example, I have voted for Wellstone, but I didn't vote for Sandy Colvin Roy. I have in the past attended DFL caucuses but I had to stop. I felt like anyone who questioned the DFL dogma on issues in the context of those caucuses was looked at as the nail that was sticking out, begging to be pounded down. That is what the DFL Central Committee (aside: doesn't that title have a vaguely Soviet feel to it?) meeting smacks of. They seem to be saying: "You must conform to the DFL way or you will be punished." I, for one, see that as a problem. What makes a city strong and ultimately great is the inclusion of ideas, not unlike this forum. If Barret Lane is the right guy for Ways and Means even though he doesn't carry the party label, putting him in that post should be viewed as a strength of the DFL Party, not its undoing. Maybe characterizing the meeting as "back-room politics" is not entirely accurate, since it is being carried out in the light of day. I don't think that detracts from the point that this is the kind of behavior that soured voters on the outgoing denizens of City Hall. Thanks R.T., for calling them out on behavior that is less than what most voters want from the political process. Walt Cygan 12-5 Keewaydin ___ 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
