[Mpls] Third Ward race & more
Congrats to Don Samuels for a well run campaign and his victory in the 3rd. And, I hope the DFL party appreciates supporters like Vanessa as much as Vanessa appreciates and believes in the DFL. Supporters do help win elections. Now that all neighborhoods (Wards) are again represented at the table, the City Council can refocus on important business in areas like affordable housing policy, community development, budgets and services. Should community development/housing funds and programs be centralized downtown or decentralized in the neighborhoods, and to what extent? What is the overhead cost associated with maintaining neighborhood control of some development funds-- in dollars and as a percentage? What are the benefits of maintaining decentralized neighborhood control-- over the short term and the long term? Are the benefits worth the cost? How can the overall process be improved? I'm sure Council Member Samuels will hit the road running and bring many important issues to the table, adding new dimension to city leadership in Mpls. And a tip of the hat to mpls.issues/mnforum for providing an open forum for discussion of this election, unique as it was compared to the normal CC elections where candidates are running in 13 Wards simultaneously. I'd be interested in hearing comments from list members on what if any role this issues-list played in this election- your perspective, relative to the conventional lit drops, live forums and door knocking associated with political campaigns? Fewer than 2300 votes cast in this election. Does this medium (and this particular forum) hold value in future elections? Michael Hohmann Linden Hills > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > V.L. Freeman > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 10:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] The Futureof Third Ward > > > > I am still a believer in the DFL party and always will be. This > election has > given me time to reflect on community and a sense of purpose. I > just would > like to say, that I will be on watch. Making sure that the > "whole" ward gets > proper representation. I will be checking everyday about the > progress of the > promises that were made. > > The good thing about this election is the term is only for a little under > two years. During that time, I will work hard and strongly for > the DFL party > to recruit people of all races and backgrounds, and bring their voices to > the table, so they can be heard... snip > > Good Night All > > Vanessa Freeman > Hawthorne > TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Nothing to Fear...The winner is DON!
There is no need to fear, Don had (long before the election) been working all over in the Northside, not only in Jordan! Now it is so exciting that NE has played a key role in deciding that Don is the representative needed in City Hall! He will work for both sides of the River and the City as hard as he has worked in the Northside. I am merely a neighbor, volunteer, and friend of Don's. In November of 2001 I met Don on the corner of 26th and Knox along with the group of neighbors who made tonight's victory possible. It started with a group neighbors picketing on 26th and Knox, then a Community garden on 26th and Knox, then the Jordan Livability Forum, then the Northside Neighborhood Action Group, etc. - this is an ongoing trend (throughout history) of groups of people from different backgrounds coming together to for shared interests and common goals. It will not stop tonight, it will continue... We (the neighbors) begged Don to run, we poured our hearts and souls into his campaign, and regardless of the outcome we still would have won. Why? Because residents from Jordan, Hawthorne, and McKinley formed a strong coalition with residents in the NE neighborhoods of Sheridan, Bottineau, Columbia Park, St. Anthony west, Marshall Terrace, and Holland. This is a network of strong neighborhoods I hope will continue to work together in the years to come... Smiling in the 3rd Ward for the 3rd Ward! Kelly Phillips Jordan TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] County Board censors Black Historty Exhibit
According to tomorrow's Star Tribune Article, County Board chair Mike Opat ordered that the Black History Month Exhibit in the lobby of the Government Center remove a large picture of the notorious mob lynching of three black men in Duluth in 1920. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3631791.html Opat's compromise was to allow a much smaller picture of the event, apparently so that it would not draw people's attention. "We're not an art museum, so we don't get into provocation," asserts Opat. The article states that even the compromise did not completely satisfy Opat, indicating that he would have preferred that the public not observe this atrocity at all. While Opat did not want the public, and especially juries, to see evidence of Minnesota's atrocious racial history, I believe that it is most pertinent in the building that houses one of the most racist institutions - the Hennepin County criminal courts, which are most responsible for Minnesota having the highest racial disparity of Black prisoners of any state in the country. This is a typical Minnesota "Nice" response to racism - hide and minimize it as much as possible, and definitely do not deal with it. Jordan Kushner works downtown, walks through Government Center almost every day, and would appreciate seeing a meaningful statement for a change. TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] The Future....of Third Ward
I am still a believer in the DFL party and always will be. This election has given me time to reflect on community and a sense of purpose. I just would like to say, that I will be on watch. Making sure that the "whole" ward gets proper representation. I will be checking everyday about the progress of the promises that were made. The good thing about this election is the term is only for a little under two years. During that time, I will work hard and strongly for the DFL party to recruit people of all races and backgrounds, and bring their voices to the table, so they can be heard. This is a promise ;) The fear of the this election is that most neighborhoods, other than Jordan, may continue to be neglected and overlooked. It is my deepest wishes that this does not happen, but the fear is still there. Good Night All Vanessa Freeman Hawthorne _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] Starting a Dialogue with the suburbs (was Rationalizing government).
I think you are posing the right questions and a productive approach to engaging the suburbs in a dialogue about what is best for the region. This probably isn't the only way for sanity to prevail at the legislature as local aidcuts are made, but it certainly is an attractive way to begin. I fear you will turn out to be right about the degree of resistance being exponential to the excellence of a proposal to rationalize government, but I say -- take heart! Forty years ago a group of men got together and conceptualized The Treaty of Rome. They had a blueprint in mind for creating a United States of Europe. They knew that creating a central bank & monetary policy and a common currency was fundamental, but they didn't start there. They mapped out a series of baby steps over the course of 30 years before they even reached the issue of "borderless" countries (for trade purposes). All this was preparatory to creating the common currency which will lead to the need for a Central Bank. Once they have that, they have the de facto United States of Europe, whose number of consumers will nearly match the number in the United States. (Whoever has the biggest consumption rules world markets.) My point in telling this story is that Rome, er the United States of Europe, wasn't built in a day, and neither will a more regional government entity. But the advantages of getting there should make the journey worthwhile. We need some leaders whose visions beyond their parochial interests and whose minds can grasp the driving forces of the future and what's at stake if we keep doing government the way we've always done it. Barbara Nelson Burnsville who has heard far too much suburb-bashing on this list Once and future Minneapolitan -- Barbara Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn." David Russell TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] Predicting the winner in Ward 3
9:48, 8A and 8B are in and its... Samuels 1199 Moore 1059 Looks like Samuels kept it close in NE and won big in North Dean Carlson East Harriet, Ward 10 - Original Message - From: "Fredric Markus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 9:45 PM Subject: [Mpls] Predicting the winner in Ward 3 > At 9:42 with only 8a and 8b left to report in on the city unofficial > website, Samuels has pulled ahead 1061 to 1023 for Olin Moore. 8a and b > are in the Jordan neighborhood. Need I say more? > > Fred Markus Horn Terrace Ward Ten, in the Lyndale Neighborhood > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 1/27/2003 > > > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. > 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. > > > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Predicting the winner in Ward 3
At 9:42 with only 8a and 8b left to report in on the city unofficial website, Samuels has pulled ahead 1061 to 1023 for Olin Moore. 8a and b are in the Jordan neighborhood. Need I say more? Fred Markus Horn Terrace Ward Ten, in the Lyndale Neighborhood --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 1/27/2003 TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] "Infrastructure of Peace" Gathering This Friday
For those interested in local action to promote peace in our neighborhoods and around the world, the Sustainable Transportation Project is sponsoring an informal gathering. You are invited! When: Friday, February 7, 6 to 9 PM Where: Lyndale UCC, West 31st Street (one block SW of Lake/Lyndale intersection) We'll have an informal potluck -- bring snacks or simple things to share for a wintery evening. There will be plenty of time just to relax and talk with others who are interested in creating an infrastructure of peace in our city. We'll have the video "Bike Like You Mean It" for those interested in watching this terrific documentary about bike activism in Autin Texas -- including Eric Anderson, who got his start working on Minneapolis' own Midtown Greenway project. There will be plenty of time to meet other activists for peace and for peaceful and sustainable infrastructure in our city, and to just curl up in a comfortable spot to talk in small groups and such. We can live so that our very lives create peace here and around the world. The Sustainable Transportation Project is all about liberating us to do just that! For more information, feel free to e-mail me off-list. Thanks! -- Gary Hoover -- pedaling for peace from King Field
[Mpls] See Unofficial 3rd Ward Election Results
See Unofficial General Election Results. Precinct results will be posted as they become available, and the Web site will be automatically refreshed every 15 minutes until midnight. Results will be certified on Wednesday, February 5 by the Minneapolis City Council. http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/elections/Ward3General.asp Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- ___ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Meet Singles http://corp.mail.com/lavalife TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Apologies to Peter McLaughlin
I have already apologized to Peter McLauhgline in a private post... Peter also stopped by (not for a photo op either) and stayed and talked with people at the campout. Over the years I have found Peter to be quite kind and respectful.. so I wanted to correct my oversight...not intentional on my part. Margaret Hastings-Kingfield-Mpls TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Battle of the Jug Bands
The 21st Annual Battle of the Jug Bands took place Sunday, Feb 2nd at the Cabooze Bar in Minneapolis. Minneapolis politcos Annie Young and Dean Zimmermann were in attendance, as was Met Council member James "Red" Nelson. Dean was spotted taking bribes from members of the band The Cheeptons. I'm really not sure why they were bribing Dean - he wasn't a judge and had no influence on the judges decision. He was also caught red-handed stealing the much coveted waffle-iron prize, which is oft stolen by Minneapolis musician Judy Larson. Judy is a member of the of the Cheeptons, who actually won the contest fair and square. I suspect some kind of collusion here, but I have no hard evidence of that. This year's event was memorial for Dave Ray, long time Jug Band Battle organizer and battler. The proceeds will be going to the Dave Ray Memorial Fund at Heart of the Beast Theatre in Minneapolis. The Battle is a bunch of old West Bankers idea of how to beat the mid-winter blues and has been held exclusively in Minneapolis for 21 years. There are off-shoots of the Battle in Duluth and Effie Minnesota. If you want to hear about next year's Battle, please e-mail me off-list with your snail mail info and I will see that you get on the mailing list. I will try to remember to post in advance of the Battle next year. MJ Mueller Jug Band Battle Emcee Wife of Dave Ray Resident of Seward Worker in Phillips _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Urban Indian Day at the Capitol
Anin, The Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors welcomes everyone to the Second Annual Metro Urban Indian Day at the Capitol. The event will be on Wednesday February 5th, from 10:00am to 11:30am with legislative visits following. The theme for the event is "Self-Sufficiency is Shared Responsibility". We, as a community has shown positive growth, but cannot succeed without continued good investment by the State of Minnesota. So, please join us in celebrating within the Capitol Rotunda. If you have any questions please contact Justin Huenemann at (612) 596-7601 or Tony LookingElk at (612) 370-3000 x 2239.
[Mpls] Where were all you anti-war activists last Friday?
Where were all you anti-war activists last Friday when City Council Member Paul Zerby attempted to get a hearing on an anti-war resolution? We knew this was coming up, and while the chamber was packed with affordable housing advocates and homeless people who had slept out in the cold and the snow the night before, only a handful of you could be seen. How can we hope to make a national or global impact when we pass on the opportunity to make a local impact? Demonstrations in Northeast, Downtown and Uptown are all very fine, "sexy" perhaps. I have as much fun as anyone else marching down Lake Street. But if we really mean to challenge the status quo then we must also bear the tedium of City Council meetings which are anything but sexy. Yes, we all have other obligations like jobs and school and child care, especially on weekdays, but you can't tell me that local political organizations and faith-based groups such as WAMM and Joan of Arc can't find enough folks among their ranks to fill the council chamber. Paul Zerby, Dean Zimmerman, Gary Schiff, Robert Lilligren and Natalie Lee Johnson stuck their necks out on this issue and certainly deserved a lot more support from us than they received on Friday. Perhaps my representative from the 10th Ward, Dan Niziolek, sometimes a swing vote, would've voted differently had he seen more than one or two faces from his district (unlike Scott Benson, Dan's not completely in the lap of Paul Ostrow yet). Whatever the case, please DO NOT ask me again to get on the bus to Washington ,DC, or to make a $125.00 donation so someone else can go in my place (which I did). For as long as long as you lack the brains and initiative to act locally, then I'm not giving you another dime. Furthermore, I'm through with attending your pep rallies.-Peter Schmitz TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Affordable Housing - The National Front?
Mayor Rybak and List Members: I was cleaning up my email account today (darn those pesky Hotmail account size limits) when I came across a message from Mayor Rybak to the List from last January (1/24/2002). The message was about the recently inaugurated Mayor's trip to D.C. for a meeting of the Conference of Mayors. Discussions on the issue of affordable housing figured prominently in the message. I bring this up because there has been a lot of discussion lately on the List about the Mayor's perceived lack of attention to affordable housing (whether in the form of budget priorities or taking the time to grant interviews). Obviously, this is a concern to many people, myself included, who voted for R.T. in 2001 because we saw him as the candidate who was most committed to addressing this issue. I have no interest in adding to that discussion here. (Although, my gut feeling is that I should give the Mayor the benefit of the doubt on housing given the challenges he faces while trying to govern in the midst of a budget crisis). I want to (momentarily) shift the discussion on affordable housing away from how the shrinking local budget is being sliced up to what is and can be done to increase the size of that pie (and fight funding cuts due to HUD accounting errors). Some points from this year-old message from the Mayor to consider: Mayor Rybak wrote: "I was put on the Conference of Mayors Housing Task Force, and I'm chairing a Housing subcommittee. This means I will also be helping them draft their national housing proposals to be passed at their convention in June. I talked to city council members when I got back this afternoon and suggested we have a common national housing agenda...I'll bring that through the conference of Mayors, they can through the League of Cities...and Minneapolis can be driving the national housing agenda." My question: "Advocate aggressively at other levels of government" is on the Mayor's list of Top 10 Affordable Housing Strategies (published on 9/12/2002 and available at: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/mayor/priorities/affordable-housing/20020912statusreport.asp). I'm wondering what has come out of the Mayor's role as chair of the Council of Mayors' Housing subcommittee? What efforts have taken place or are planned to allow Minneapolis to drive (or - since it's currently not on the national media's radar - create) the national housing agenda? How can citizens assist in this effort? Mayor Rybak wrote: "[I] went to a reception for at the home of Sen. John Kerry of Mass. He's carrying housing legislation in the Senate and his staff asked me if people here would be interested in hearing him talk about it. (He's probably running for president so this would be a good way for Minnesotans interested in this issue to find out how good he is on thisand to help force this issue onto the national agenda in this year's race.)" My question: Did we ever get Senator Kerry out to Minneapolis to talk about national strategies for affordable housing? Now that he officially IS running for President, what can be done to help get housing issues onto the national agenda? Is there anything that can be done to leverage this relationship or relationships with other potential national allies on the housing issue? Mayor Rybak wrote: "I'm pushing . . . to restore the tax incentives for housing investment that were taken away in the 1980s." My question: Has anything happened on this front? Is this still a possibility and would it help if it did happen? Given the Bush Administration's focus on tax relief instead of spending as the preferred tool to stimulate the economy, might there be an opportunity to get this included in whatever stimulus package actually passes Congress this spring? I'm addressing these questions to the List, as well as the Mayor because I think that others might have constructive thoughts or ideas. The bottom line is that Minneapolis can't hope to solve its affordable housing and homelessness problems alone. We don't have enough money. More importantly, we can't wait for Democratic leadership from Washington on this issue (or any other). Here in D.C., the Democrats are not in power. Leadership needs to come from the places where the Democrats and other progressives ARE in power. Mayor Rybak can be a real positive force in this area - if he chooses to become one. Paul C. Rohlfing Former Linden Hills and Lyndale resident, temporarily in Bethesda, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. I can forward the full email from Mayor Rybak if anybody wants to see it. -PCR _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A C
RE:[Mpls] Third Ward Thoughts
(BM) I respectfully disagree with Jonathan that "if Olin wins, it will be a DFL victory. If Don wins, it will be a 3rd Ward victory for everyone . . .. It will be a victory for the people." Democracy is a good thing even when your candidate doesn't win, and it is a victory whenever citizens go to the polls and freely vote their consciences--in secret, without fear, without a shot being fired or a life being lost. In every nation at some time, and in every era in some nation, even today, men and women have fought and died just for the dream of that opportunity whose reality we Americans take for granted... (VF) I wholeheartedly agree with what Brian has said. This is true Democracy at it finest. At the end of the day, it is because of those who came before us fighting and dying over what LOT'S of people take for granted; The right to vote freely and without hassle, the right to be able to walk into a voting poll with out violence, threat or intimidation and vote for someone of your choosing, and feel good about that vote. To feel as though you made a difference in the world. My hope is that eveyone who lives in the Third-Ward, get out and vote. It is your right, it is your duty and it is an honor. Vanessa Freeman Hawthorne _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Of potential interest to the self-reflective:
http://www.tolerance.org/hidden_bias/02.html It uses an interesting methodology based on left/right brain association. They check for hidden biases regarding various minorities, genders, ages, body image and sexual orientations. To get an accurate result, it is important to go quickly enough so that your reactions are reactions rather than thought out. It could certainly be debated, but the methodology seems pretty reasonable to me as far as such things go. Of additional interest beyond the test results might be to try to pay attention to your emotions during the test and when you get the results. If a test reveals no bias, does it make sense to feel proud about it or is that like being proud that you didn't beat anyone up today? If a test reveals bias, do you try to justify or minimize them? Are you comfortable with your bias? Do you want to try and change it? To be clear, while it is, of course, your choice, I don't expect anyone to post their results to the list. The positive use I see is for introspection, not to try and get a gold star. - Jason Goray Sheridan, NE __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
RE: [Mpls] Loppett and homelessness
"In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive." Lee Iacocca Again, for a balanced life. Martha Sandberg, kingfield Come now List Members, what does the above quote have to do with the two issues? Unless it is being said that R.T. was stressed because of the homeless situation of people actually LIVING outdoors in the snow, so he chose to attend the Loppet and PLAY in the snow to relieve that stress, IMHO that quote was quite inappropriate. And insensitive. Again, let's not make excuses. Pamela Taylor (For whom staying out of the snow seems to be the greatest stress reliever to date.) P.S. Since I have used up my posts for today, I am saying CONGRATULATIONS in advance to Council Member Elect Don Samuels!!! Until tomorrow TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
RE: [Mpls] "Loppett" and homelessness
"In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive." Lee Iacocca Again, for a balanced life. Martha Sandberg, kingfield Come now List Members, what does the above quote have to do with the two issue? Unless it is being said that R.T. was stressed because of the homeless situation of people actually LIVING outdoors in the snow, so he chose to attend the Loppet and PLAY in the snow to relieve that stress, IMHO that quote was quite inappropriate. And insensitive. Again, let's not make excuses. Pamela Taylor (For whom staying out of the snow seems to be the greatest stress reliever to date.) P.S. Since I have used up my posts for today, I am saying CONGRATULATIONS in advance to Council Member Elect Don Samuels!!! Until tomorrow TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] "Loppett" and homelessness
"In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive." Lee Iacocca Again, for a balanced life. Martha Sandberg, kingfield > A private life is one thing, this was quite another. When candidates are > campaigning for constituent votes, Saturday and Sunday are just like Monday > and Tuesday. Working days. When public officials make promises they should > endeavor to keep them.The Loppet was not simply fun and games, it served > as publicity of sorts as well for the Mayor. If all R.T. gave to Margaret on > the subject of homelessness was fifteen minutes, and could give a undisclosed > amount of time to that type of ³important business² according to his aide, > IMHO that is pathetic. > > > > Pamela Taylor (Tampa, where Thank God, it is warm and sunny and no signs of a > Loppet) > TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Third ward Election Thoughs:
Northsiders should vote for Olin Moore. Olin Moore understands the issues that we face. He lived on the Northside for more than five years and his own story is similar to that of many people I know. Olin was raised by a single mom, and he knows how hard life can be especially if you dont feel safe in your own neighborhood. Olin hasnt just gotten involved in the community recently he has been a neighborhood activist and a devoted public servant since he graduated from college. I know that, as our council member, Olin Moore would be committed and dedicated to improving life on the Northside. The reason that I am supporting Olin Moore is not just because he will be a strong voice for all of our neighborhoods the most important thing to me is that he has the experience necessary to be an effective leader on the City Council. More than anything else, the Northside deserves to be represented by someone who will be capable of achieving the results that all of us want. Im voting for Olin Moore because I strongly believe in his abilities as well as his commitment. I hope youll vote for Olin Moore too. Vanessa Freeman Hawthorne _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Re: AZIA Restuarant
A co-worker of mine is quitting Figlio to work at Azia. I need to try the place out. Whittier/Uptown has the best restaurants. I didn't know what I was missing in St. Paul. -Mike Jones Uptown _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Formatting Vandalism
This is to all list members: Could you all please figure out how to send a post without the crazy fonts and formatting that inevitably screw up the rest of the digest (for us digest-subscribers)? It is inconsiderate, and even when it works out, it's like "wow. a blue font. super-duper." -Mike Jones Uptown see? i can do it _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] "Loppett" and homelessness
Title: Re: [Mpls] "Loppett" and homelessness From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 20:19:58 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] "Loppett" and homelessness MH “And then I read about the Mayor spending hours at the Loppett (whatever that is) when his aides told me continually that I had to understand how very busy he is with very important issues, and he might give me an interview. “ Margaret Hastings-Mpls.-Kingfield MS The Loppett was on the weekend, I doubt RT ever has Saturday and Sunday “off”. I think we all have to remember that even our elected officials need a private life. Their families need them as much as our causes do. I’m glad we have a mayor who promotes our city in such a positive way. I’m glad the ski race was human-powered, supported by the Park Board and numerous volunteers. MH What an outrage, MS Homelessness, yes. Balanced life, no. Martha Sandberg – Kingfield
[Mpls] GreenSpace Partners Update
New on the GreenSpace Partners web site this month: *A tour of community gardens in The Bronx *Minneapolis Arbor Day 2003 *Neighborhood tree planting projects *Our 2003 work plan Please stop by for a visit at http://www.greeninstitute.org/GSP -Corrie Corrie Zoll, Program Director GreenSpace Partners A program of The Green Institute 2801 21st Avenue South, Suite 110 Minneapolis, MN 55407 Telephone 612-278-7119 Facsimile 612-278-7101 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.greeninstitute.org/GSP
Re: [Mpls] Snow Emergency Alert for Minneapolis 2/3/03
On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, City of Minneapolis wrote: I just want to take a moment to thank whoever thought to subscribe the e-mail list to the snow-emergency system. That was really great. Josh TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Snow Emergency Alert for Minneapolis 2/3/03
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[Mpls] Third Ward Thoughts
Jonathan Palmer wrote, "I think what Dennis was surprised at was that a Sample Ballot was done for only one race. Granted it's the only one going on, but generally ballots that have special circumstances like only have one candidate are financed by a specific group other than a party as I understand it. For example, in 2001, there was no endorsement for Mayor so the DFL did not do a sample ballot, but the Stonewall DFL did and sent it out to at lease DFL members(Brian or someone correct me if I'm remembering incorrectly). It seems strange because these are usually done by a party or organization so that all of their supporters know ALL of the candidates they are supporting. It can get confusing with a lot of candidates. If it's getting confusing with just one candidate, I don't know what that says..." [BRM] There was a DFL Sample Ballot in 2001--in fact, there were two, one for the primary and one for the general election--that listed the DFL-endorsed candidates for the City Council, Board of Education, Board of Estimate & Taxation, Library Board, and Park & Recreation Board. The DFL Party did not endorse any candidate in the 2001 Mayoral election, so the 2001 Sample Ballot did not list a Mayoral candidate. (There were also some City Council elections in which the DFL Party did not endorse a candidate, so the 2001 Sample Ballot for those wards did not list a candidate for City Council either.) The DFL Sample Ballot in the Ward 3 special election was "financed" by the Minneapolis DFL Party, not the State DFL Party. But because the State DFL Party holds the mail permit under which all sample ballots anywhere in the state are mailed, as I explained in response to Dennis Plante's message on Saturday, the cost is first charged against the State DFL Party's account with the Postal Service, then passed along to the endorsing organization or organizations whose candidates are listed. Because the Minneapolis DFL Party is the only endorsing organization involved here and will bear this sample ballot's complete cost, we did ask if the disclaimer could identify the City Party rather than the State Party, but were told that the disclaimer must identify the State Party even in this unusual circumstance. The sample ballot's primary purpose is identifying the endorsed candidate or candidates to the voters--that is, letting the voters know whom their elected delegates have heard and have recommended for their favorable consideration. The sample ballot is often the only means by which the Party itself (as opposed to the candidate or his or her campaign) communicates directly with the voters. When the ballot contains many elections, then hopefully the sample ballot does help lessen some confusion, but that purpose is secondary to communicating the endorsement to the voters. I respectfully disagree with Jonathan that "if Olin wins, it will be a DFL victory. If Don wins, it will be a 3rd Ward victory for everyone . . . . It will be a victory for the people." Democracy is a good thing even when your candidate doesn't win, and it is a victory whenever citizens go to the polls and freely vote their consciences--in secret, without fear, without a shot being fired or a life being lost. In every nation at some time, and in every era in some nation, even today, men and women have fought and died just for the dream of that opportunity whose reality we Americans take for granted. I congratulate Jonathan on the birth of his daughter. BRM Brian Melendez, Chair, Minneapolis DFL Party Downtown TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Third Ward Thoughts
Jonathan Palmer wrote, "I think what Dennis was surprised at was that a Sample Ballot was done for only one race. Granted it's the only one going on, but generally ballots that have special circumstances like only have one candidate are financed by a specific group other than a party as I understand it. For example, in 2001, there was no endorsement for Mayor so the DFL did not do a sample ballot, but the Stonewall DFL did and sent it out to at lease DFL members(Brian or someone correct me if I'm remembering incorrectly). It seems strange because these are usually done by a party or organization so that all of their supporters know ALL of the candidates they are supporting. It can get confusing with a lot of candidates. If it's getting confusing with just one candidate, I don't know what that says..." [BRM] There was a DFL Sample Ballot in 2001--in fact, there were two, one for the primary and one for the general election--that listed the DFL-endorsed candidates for the City Council, Board of Education, Board of Estimate & Taxation, Library Board, and Park & Recreation Board. The DFL Party did not endorse any candidate in the 2001 Mayoral election, so the 2001 Sample Ballot did not list a Mayoral candidate. (There were also some City Council elections in which the DFL Party did not endorse a candidate, so the 2001 Sample Ballot for those wards did not list a candidate for City Council either.) The DFL Sample Ballot in the Ward 3 special election was "financed" by the Minneapolis DFL Party, not the State DFL Party. But because the State DFL Party holds the mail permit under which all sample ballots anywhere in the state are mailed, as I explained in response to Dennis Plante's message on Saturday, the cost is first charged against the State DFL Party's account with the Postal Service, then passed along to the endorsing organization or organizations whose candidates are listed. Because the Minneapolis DFL Party is the only endorsing organization involved here and will bear this sample ballot's complete cost, we did ask if the disclaimer could identify the City Party rather than the State Party, but were told that the disclaimer must identify the State Party even in this unusual circumstance. The sample ballot's primary purpose is identifying the endorsed candidate or candidates to the voters--that is, letting the voters know whom their elected delegates have heard and have recommended for their favorable consideration. The sample ballot is often the only means by which the Party itself (as opposed to the candidate or his or her campaign) communicates directly with the voters. When the ballot contains many elections, then hopefully the sample ballot does help lessen some confusion, but that purpose is secondary to communicating the endorsement to the voters. I respectfully disagree with Jonathan that "if Olin wins, it will be a DFL victory. If Don wins, it will be a 3rd Ward victory for everyone . . . . It will be a victory for the people." Democracy is a good thing even when your candidate doesn't win, and it is a victory whenever citizens go to the polls and freely vote their consciences--in secret, without fear, without a shot being fired or a life being lost. In every nation at some time, and in every era in some nation, even today, men and women have fought and died just for the dream of that opportunity whose reality we Americans take for granted. I congratulate Jonathan on the birth of his daughter. BRM Brian Melendez, Chair, Minneapolis DFL Party Downtown TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
RE: [Mpls] Historic plane crash photo needed
David, In response to your request for historic photos -- try the Minneapolis Public Library. MPL has a 600,000 item picture/photo archive that is heavily used by researchers. It is one of, if not the best photo/picture collections outside of the New York Public Library. Traditionally it's been based at the Central Library; due to the interim situation, it has been moved to Northeast Community Library on Central Avenue. To get started, you can call librarian Cathy Camper (630-6101), who has overseen the collection; or try Northeast Library directly (630-6900). If your request is specific to Minneapolis history, you might also try the Special Collections department, which has the largest collection of historic documents related to Minneapolis outside of the MN Historical Society. For special collections: 630-6350. Colin Hamilton Executive Director Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library 612/630-6172 612/630-6180 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
RE: [Mpls] NRP Hypocrisy?
Barbara Lickness wrote: > As the NRP staff person assigned to Prospect Park I > would like to respond with the following: > > The 52.5% housing expenditure mandate is on the > program over the 20 year period. NRP has NEVER > required or dictated what each neighborhood spent > individually on housing in Phase I of NRP. While some > neighborhoods have spent nearly 80% on housing, others > have not. > Secondly, to say that poorer neighborhoods have not > invested in things in their neighborhoods that go > beyond housing is just plan flawed and untrue. My own > neighborhood spent nearly $2M of it's $7.7M on the > park and school complex. We also spent money on > programming for the park and school and provided > program funds for youth serving agencies in the > neighborhood. We paid to build the bookmobile and > Prospect Park kicked in some NRP funds for books. We > did commercial loan funds for businesses and invested > in a plan for Nicollet Ave. I never said that poorer neighborhoods did not expend NRP funds on items other than housing. I said that wealthier neighborhoods might be in a better position to allocate funds to community schools. What I do say is that expending funds on the types of activities you mention above does NOT adhere to the original state statues that created the NRP and that the NRP is "neighborhood realization" run amuck. To claim that the majority of funds did not need to be spent on housing in Phase I is disingenuous to say the least (especially given the fact that there might be no Phase II to speak of). Please identify which of the purposes stated in the statute below allows funds to be spent on remodeling a community center to create public school classrooms (a project that I believe be financed by the MPS budget or private donations). - 469.1831 Neighborhood revitalization program; first class city. Subd. 3. Purposes; qualifying costs. A neighborhood revitalization program may provide for expenditure of program money for the following purposes: (1) to eliminate blighting influences by acquiring and clearing or rehabilitating properties that the city finds have caused or will cause a decline in the value of properties in the area or will increase the probability that properties in the area will be allowed to physically deteriorate; (2) to assist in the development of industrial properties that provide employment opportunities paying a livable income to the residents of the neighborhood and that will not adversely affect the overall character of the neighborhood; (3) to acquire, develop, construct, physically maintain, rehabilitate, renovate, or replace neighborhood commercial and retail facilities necessary to maintain neighborhood vitality; (4) to eliminate health hazards through the removal of hazardous waste and pollution and return of land to productive use, if the responsible party is unavailable or unable to pay for the cost; (5) to rehabilitate existing housing and encourage homeownership; (6) to construct new housing, where appropriate; (7) to rehabilitate and construct new low-income, affordable rental housing; (8) to remove vacant and boarded up houses; and (9) to rehabilitate or construct community-based nonprofit and public facilities necessary to carry out the purpose of the program. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/469/1831.html - > In closing I will state that if Prospect Park votes to > support Pratt school in their redirection meeting next > week, it is within NRP policy for them to do that. Being within NRP policy does not appear to be the same as adhering to state law. I suppose that since I am not an attorney or a legislator that I must be missing the part of the law that allows money to be spent on items other than the above, please identify and post the section that repeals or modifies the statute above. > The Prospect Park East River Road Improvement > Association (PPERRIA) Board has been advised in > writing regarding NRP housing policies in addition to > legal opinions on program proposals that were > submitted to PPERRIA for funding consideration. > PPERRIA has followed the NRP Policy on Changing > Neighborhood Action Plans and has gone above and > beyond the notice requirements to the entire > neighborhood for this redirection of funds. Regardless of whether PPERRIA follows NRP requirements, does not assure that their decisions are wise, fair, or ethical. I have argued in this thread that the ability to provide funding that results in disproportionate spending per pupil for education, while legal, may not be just. Michael Atherton Prospect Park TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues
[Mpls] Historic plane crash photo needed
Dear list members: We have a fascinating history piece in the next SW Journal about a deadly plane crash in the Lynnhurst neighborhood (1114 Minnehaha Pkwy.) on March 7, 1950. My problem is that the Star Tribune, viewing us as competitors, won't give us permission to use their photos. I've also been skunked at the Minnesota History Museum's online photo archive. If any citizen, reference librarian or generous journalist knows where I might find a photo of the crash, I - and the Journal's readers - would be most grateful. Feel free to e-mail me if you strike gold. Thanks! David Brauer King Field Editor, Southwest Journal and Skyway News TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] Special Election Day in the third Ward.
Special Election Day in the Third Ward! Vote. Call a friend to Vote. Take a neighbor to Vote. This is a tight race and history will be made! If you would like to volunteer during the day to get out the vote, phone voters, drive voters to the polls, do poll watching. . . .or just be part of the action – give us a call or stop by The Conga at 5th and Hennepin NE Joseph Barisonzi Samuels Campaign Coordinator 612-518-5536 A Special thank you to S.L.
RE: [Mpls] North Oaks
I gotta say, as the first who mentioned North Oaks as a possible answer for Vicki's query, I intended it to nothing but good humor. If anyone saw it as anything other than humorous, I take responsibility and apologize. And remembering to sign my post this time... Bruce Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blaine, MN >From List Manager... Folks, let's lay off the North Oaks bashing. It's insult and inflammatory, and frankly, personal attack at this point. Yes, this rule goes both ways. But take the high road. There was nothing inflammatory about Vicki's initial post. TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] anti-war resolutions
Jason I would be willing to try and organize petition drive. I was in the 10th ward but I think I've been moved to the 8th. It would make more sense to go after Nizolek in the 10th. I think our petitions should be the same. What do you think? Should we try and do a separate, city wide one for the Mayor? People can contact me off list if they're interested in 10th ward. Linda Mann Kingfield TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
