Re: [Mpls] SOS;Council Members;Crime Reports; Un So Weiter
> Caveat: ALL of the schools have giving pages on their web sites with the goal of raising millions of dollars for the expenses that are NOT covered by the tuition.<< Much of the fundraising money covers tuition for children on financial aid. Academy of Holy Angels $7200 Benilde St. Margaret's High School: $7,720 Junior High: $6,510 Friends School Kindergarten through Fourth: $7575 Fifth and Sixth: $8015 Seventh and Eighth: $8515 I don't believe the public school figures tossed about before were specifically for high school. I think some of the lower schools of the schools Jim Mork lists have lower tuition rates (as he indicated). N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN http://minneapolis.about.com - Original Message - From: "Jim Mork" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 12:21 AM Subject: [Mpls] SOS;Council Members;Crime Reports; Un So Weiter > For those out there who think it can be done for way less, here are some figures from online sources of local private schools: 1. Minnehaha Academy, tuition is $8420 or $9575, depending on level; 2. St Paul Academy, $14,500; Cretin-Derham Hall, $14,210; Mounds Park Academy, $14,140. 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] My love-hate relationship with Block E
>Matinee tickets(before 6pm) are only $4.00 which I > thought was a real bargain when I treated many of my > visiting relatives to a 5:45 pm showing of The Two > Towers. We went to Hard Rock Cafe before hand We went to a matinee of Two Towers on Block E on Dec. 31. Our tickets were $5 apiece. There were about 5 other people at the showing. The seats were great, but the staff kept walking in, talking on walky-talkies. My son had been there two other times and said the theaters had been just as empty. He also warned me not to bother checking out the price of popcorn since it was outrageous. > closer convenience of Border Books with it's later > hours than others downtown Just a little warning. A Borders employee told me that over the lunch hour, at the Block E Borders, there is an extra half percent tax on food. I may be totally out of the loop, but an ice cream on E Block for $3.50 before tax seems way out of line. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN http://minneapolis.about.com ___ 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] No Access for bikes on Lake and Nicollet
- Original Message - From: "ken avidor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >It assumes that pedestrians like to walk past long stretches of empty > "green space" Did they bother to ask the pedestrians there now why they > walk on Lake Street?...if they did they would learn that they walk to > get somewhere..to work and to shop... So true, It's probably the main reason New Yorkers walk so much. If they were pedestrians, they > would realize that the sort of "green space" they depict in their plans > and models will for most of the year not be green, but cold, barren > windswept areas > If the planners of this project were pedestrians they would see how > awful it would be to cross a widened Lake Street...the medians only add > insult to injury. Imagine standing on a median in winter, the noise and > pollution, the slush splashed by cars on all sides...waiting...now > imagine you are crossing with small childrencarrying bags of > groceries...or that you are blind or in a wheel chair... > For reference, on the summer day when, unencumbered by packages, I clocked it, it took me about 55 minutes to walk from Lunds on Lake Street to City Hall, without crossing against any light, but it took more than six of those minutes to cross Hennepin Avenue (legally) at the Walker because of traffic lights that are designed for cars, rather than pedestrians. If one doesn't want to walk against the light, there is a wait for each and every light across Hennepin at that multi-lane intersection. (The bridge is an alternative, but it's even colder, windier in winter, and no shorter -- especially if you're trying to get from the Walker to St. Mark's -- but at least it isn't as frustrating as missing each one of those confounded %$##@! lights.) Presumably this would be true for any median on Lake Street. Waiting six minutes at a/multiple median/s within a large expanse like an 8-lane street would be so cold and windy as to make some pedestrians look for an alternate route. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN http://minneapolis.about.com/ About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com/ ___ 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] Garages and Politics
> > I like to walk and bike because it's fun and it would be even more fun > if more car drivers joined us... that's a message car drivers and > transportation policy makers also need to hear. > This really isn't in response to this specific thread, but to the pro-walking threads that keep cropping up. A month or so ago there was an announcement on morning TV that the mayor's office would be giving out donuts in celebration of the opening up of one of the downtown streets that had been blocked by construction all summer. Since I had been inconvenienced by this blocked zone probably a hundred times in the course of the construction season (and since I really wanted a Krispy Kreme), I stopped by at the appropriate hour. I was told the donut program was only for drivers. If I wouldn't tell anyone, though, they'd give a VERY crestfallen me a donut anyway. I felt like a cheat and even guiltier than usual when I devoured the fat-laden nutrition-free confection, but I was also very angry, which is why I didn't post anything here at the time. Pedestrians are just as inconvenienced as drivers and need to be considered in public policy decisions even for something as inconsequential as a gala celebration of the re-opening of a downtown intersection. Drivers rarely sprain their ankles when hobbling across construction zones and while they may suffer no less frequent detours than pedestrians, at least they're sheltered from inclement weather. N.S. Gill (pedestrian) About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN http://minneapolis.about.com ___ 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] Bicycle Registration
I was told I was not required to register my son's bike. If such advice was accurate, then having mandatory registration only for adults with bicycles who live in Minneapolis wouldn't help with identifying children. Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com - Original Message - From: "Phyllis Kahn" > As the original author of the Statewide Bicycle Registration System, I > would urge Mpls not to remove the requirement. Low as participation has > been, this step would make it even worse. Here are a set of reasons to > keep it. < SNIP> > -It is also a safety feature, primarily for children who don't carry > wallets and drivers licences with them. There was a least one story of a > child in an accident (unconscious) identified only because he was riding > a registered bike. > ___ 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] Krispy Kreme?
When I travel, I look for bakeries. Since I don't eat chocolate, this makes more difficult my quest for treats. Very high prices or odd tasting shortenings, and too much chocolate make Minneapolis a less than ideal place for someone whose idea of the dream of a lifetime is a bakery tour of Europe. When I visited Las Vegas, I hated the sun, heat, crowds, glitter, gambling, and the noise of the machines. It would have been a miserable business-related trip had I not found a Krispy Kreme oasis. Their non-chocolate donuts were simply excellent. I, for one, will truly celebrate when they open a donut shop in Minneapolis. Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com > some knowledgeable person with years of experience purchasing baked goods explain to me why > this is being covered so rigorously? Judging by the popularity of this joint, should we be > anticipating the opening of one in Mpls soon? > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/456/2250474.html ___ 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] Grow on Rybak on Olson: is the mayor aiming at the wrong target?
On TV, a Somali leader indicated he thought Olson should be removed. Grow's article talks about the NAACP and the Black Police Officers Association. If Rybak ousts Olson, he may not be responding to the needs of the *dominant* black groups, but he would still be responding to bad race relations. Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com > At 09:02 PM 04/17/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >For example, Grow notes many in the black community are not calling for > >the Chief's head... > > > >http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/2239244.html > > > from the article: > > But, particularly among blacks, there seems to be great suspicion about > this deal. To black leaders, it doesn't seem as though the mayor is > responding to community needs. Rather, it appears that he's paying off a > political debt to the Minneapolis Police Officers Federation, which has > chilly relations with the Black Police Officers Association and is seen by > many blacks as a haven for cops with 1950s social attitudes. ___ 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] bad driving
I was honked at once while bicycling downtown because the light had changed while I was crossing the street. The driver didn't know that. All he saw was me there with a red light. But the honking didn't help me get to safety any quicker. In fact, it was indirectly responsible for my falling off my bike. Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com - Original Message - From: "Steve Sumner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I honked at one person blowing > thru a stop light in downtown, and he just gave me the finger! ___ 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] stadium money
Perhaps if there were games every day, downtown would be a bustling place in the evening, but thankfully, there aren't. Perhaps when E-block is completed, I'll be able to evaluate how busy Hennepin traffic is, but for now I avoid it as much as possible -- past Davanni's going north. It still has a dirty, dangerous feel. In the areas of downtown I frequent (south of Davannis or east of Hennepin), my experiences are much closer to Roxana's. In the central area of downtown, just about the only place that is open in the wee hours is Kinko's and you can't get a decent cup of tea there. Most of the skyway food areas close after lunch and most of the stores of any sort are closed all weekend (in other words, people who aren't on the street level are not purposefully in the skyways after about 2 p.m. Friday). The area near the dome, itself an eyesore, is a wasteland of parking lots. Still, I've been very pleased to see people on Nicollet Mall on occasional weekend days (no one but milling sales staff in Neimann Marcus and Saks; quite a few in Marshall Field's and Target). It's not crowded, inside or out, by any means, and it's nowhere near as busy as it was in the days of Woolworth's etc., but some weekends it does look as if downtown Minneapolis has risen from the dead. Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com - Original Message - From: "Mark Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I don't mean to sound disrespectful Roxana, but have you been downtown > lately? I share your preference for not adding taxes onto Minneapolis-only > if it can be avoided, but the downtown you describe sounds nothing like what > I know. > [snip]Oftentimes before games, I'll go downtown early and > get a haircut and visit the shops before tip-off. > > It is not dead downtown at 5pm by any means. Now, the streets may not be > packed in the winter because of that neat invention called skyways, but it's > definitely not dead. Hennepin Ave is quite busy and with foot traffic [snip] > Nicollet Mall generally has foot traffic, which I'm either a part of when I > go downtown early or that I see before games when I get downtown right > before tip-off, since I park at the ramp on 9th and LaSalle. Heck, I see > people at Marshall Fields still shopping AFTER the games, when it's nearly > 10pm! ___ 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] Minneapolis' Snow Policy - Impossible for newcomers
People who have lived in Minneapolis for decades get their cars towed during snow emergencies for many reasons, but chief among them is confusion. The rules go in effect at odd times. There is a time by which cars have to be moved. There's probably even a grace period during which cars can be on either side of the street, but you pretty much have to call the snow emergency line every few hours for the first day and a half to make sure your car is where it should be parked. Or have an offstreet parking spot. If you live in St. Paul or a suburb with sane regulations and get stuck at work in Minneapolis during one of these snow emergencies, you'll probably get back to your most assuredly ticketed car before it has been towed. However, if you've recently moved here, the rules and enforcement can make you feel as though someone in charge of the rules is capricious, power-hungry, or about three years old. Last weekend I rode the bus sitting next to a woman justifiably complaining on a cellphone about her last 24 hours. First she talked about how she expected her insurance rates to go down when she moved here from Chicago, but now she's paying an extra $100 a month for car insurance because of high local auto theft rates. Then she talked about how she couldn't find a cab near her apartment on 13th and Hennepin. Finally, someone agreed to drive her to the shop she had to open (apparently, between Uptown and Loring Park) for $10 -- an outrageous amount, she thought, but necessary for her to keep her job. (I wondered if a cab would have cost less, but kept my mouth shut.) The reason she was looking for a cab came out next. Her car had been towed the day before. She had parked it in the evening in a spot that had already been cleared and that was the right spot for when she woke up the next morning. She couldn't understand why it had been towed and, I would have added (if I had thought it my place to confuse her further), why a policy -- supposedly for handling snow emergencies -- deals punitively with people who try to use common sense and don't know that they need a direct line to 348-SNOW. Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.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] Homeless during the day
Good idea! A domed homeless shelter seems a much better idea than a money pit for profligate sports teams. Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com > On Thursday 28 February 2002 08:16 pm, Michael Hohmann wrote: > > > Instead of rolling expanded shelter space into the new library, how about > throwing that into the new stadium it looks like we'll be paying for > against our express wishes? Eh? Homeless access to the locker rooms in the > off-season? Just make sure they have places to sit and the locker room > already has temporary storage for personal belongings, showers... well, > you get the idea. > > - -Michael Libby, Cleveland/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] Homeless during the day
It's not an official shelter, but I know that people congregate in the downtown library on the second floor, and play games on those large round tables. There isn't any coffee, and I'm not sure if they can snooze, but there is a bathroom. Peace. N.S. GillAbout Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paulhttp://minneapolis.about.comAbout Guide to Ancient/Classical Historyhttp://ancienthistory.about.com - Original Message - From: wendy To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 7:46 PM Subject: [Mpls] Homeless during the day Does anyone know the answer to this? On a day as cold as it was this morning, where can homeless individuals take shelter in Minneapolis? Are there any day shelters available (similar to Dorothy Day in St. Paul) where they can keep warm, use the bathroom, get some coffee, read the paper, play cards, snooze? Are there certain temperature guidelines which dictate when shelters stay open during the day, and if so, what are they? Seward
Re: [Mpls] This week in Skyway News
I really enjoyed the second of the two articles (below). The first just made me mad -- especially this part: 'Opat countered that the tax is fair because new Twins stadium will create a more vibrant Downtown for everyone. "I think people live Downtown for the excitement, and there's a little bit of an upcharge for that."' As Julie Swenson so eloquently explains, there are a lot of reasons to live downtown and excitement may very well be one of the aspects of daily life downtowners are seeking to avoid. People live downtown to avoid all the petty, noisy, South Minneapolis hassles of kids knocking over garbage cans, throwing bricks through car windows or using pellet guns to crack windshields, of fireworks nightly from the fourth of June through mid-July and round-the-clock overhead jets in busy flight paths. People also live downtown for myriad reasons having nothing to do with sophistication, noise avoidance, or excitement seeking. Many live downtown because they do not drive. Some who live in modern apartments and condos have handicaps. Some empty nesters move downtown because their houses have become too big, empty, and lonely. Some ecologically-minded live downtown because that's where they work and by living downtown they can avoid using cars or buses. The downtown tax in restaurants is already higher than elsewhere in the city. I don't think we really "deserve" to pay more. Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com > You say it's an entertainment zone, we say it's our neighborhood - > Downtown stadium taxes (and list members in the news) > http://www.skywaynews.net/display/inn_coming/downtown02.txt > Downtown: where luxury is cheaper than it seems > http://www.skywaynews.net/display/inn_voices/voices01.txt > > ___ 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] Library Selection-Now-Access for Suburbanites.
There are many (and always unsightly) parking ramps downtown. If we need parking for library patrons, why not provide vouchers for the already existing ones and spend on books any extra money that would otherwise be used to build parking ramps? Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com Ken wrote: But since the City chose to make this a > Minneapolis project paid for by Minneapolitans and not a REGIONAL library, I > think we and only we should decide what our needs are...and we don't need a > parking ramp at Hennepin and Nicollet, the very heart of our bus system. > ___ 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] Library Site Selection- Open the stacks
Comments from a non-driving Downtown resident and library user: I used to be a heavy user of libraries, but because the material is not up-to-date enough and because I moved downtown a few years ago, I haven't used it more than once a month for a few years. I still go to Walker Library occasionally, but I detest the downtown library because of the wait and the surliness of staff. If I want a history book, a technology book, and a sociology book, I have to wait 10 minutes at three locations for the books to come down from the closed stacks. The local libraries I've been in don't have closed stacks. For me it is often faster to have the books all sent to the much friendlier Walker library where I can pick them up together at one desk and use the trip to buy groceries. If the sections of the library were moved onto different floors, but were not in closed stacks, it would be no more inconvenient than the wonderful Wilson Library at the University. To me the stacks situation is the main issue. The library is out of the way now. To get to it one has to walk outside of the skyways for more than a block. (This reduces the room in the book carrying bag because the warm clothing has to go somewhere.) Moving the library further away would mean I would use it even less often. And, if I'm cheap enough to walk to Uptown to avoid spending $1.25, I'm certainly not going to pay 50 cents each way to use a shuttle. Another objection to a shuttle would be having to wait for it in the cold. I think the open spaces with tables for reading or playing board games are useful. Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com >I also have to admit that I am shamelessly a heavy user of the > libraries, someone who has a rule that she can't check out more books than > she can carry at one time because it is just too tempting to get more. (and > yes I read just about every one...) Given these three things, I have spent > a large amount of time talking to citizens about what they want this new > library to be. I > First off, I think the overarching selection criterion should be what builds > the best library. Once this criterion is met, other criteria can be taken > into account. But we have a crappy building right now because people > compromised on what made a library a good library. And we need learn from > this and put the needs of the library as a library first. > The North site is only two thirds the size of the existing > site and you simply can't fit as many things on the first floor because the > first floor can't be as big. It may mean moving the Teen room to the second > floor. It may mean moving Fiction to the second floor. Or it may mean > making these areas smaller which then affects how many books we can have in > those areas and what retention policies we can have. > > > Pedestrian Access: For pedestrians, most walking traffic will come from > the core. For people who have walked from the center of downtown to the > library, you know that it is quite a haul. Moving the library would add > another block to this walk. I think it is better for the library to be > closer to the people who are going to use it. > > Open Space: If the Library is built on the existing site, there is room for > some open space. This is currently presumed to be a plaza. This area could > be used for people who want to sit outside and read and it could also be > available for programming by the library. The alternative site simply isn't > large enough to accommodate a plaza and this option is lost by selecting > that site. ___ 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] Affordable Housing - Move in tomorrow......
I know that some apartment buildings in the Loring Park area, and probably elsewhere as well, will not rent a one bedroom apartment - regardless of square feet -- to three people. Some buildings insist that there be a separate bedroom for a child of one sex if it is living with a single parent of the other. So, for adults with dependents this means that there may be few options on the list below -- two bedrooms at NE Filmore at $695, in the Loring Park area at $895 or at the unspecified location and size and probably at the $935 max. rent -- an average rent of about $850. According to the tripled figure Gary Bowman suggested representing required yearly income, such families would require $30,600, $14.71 per hour for full time work, with a take home income of $1836/mo. Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com - Original Message - From: "Gary Bowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 11:59 PM Subject: Re: [Mpls] Affordable Housing - Move in tomorrow.. > I'm not certain of what Ms. Heller is implying in her post below. My guess is that she is implying that there really is affordable housing in the city, if we'd just look for it. If I'm mistaken, please accept my apologies and I ask for a correction. > > That said, I would respectfully offer some thoughts, on the assumption that my guess is correct. > > The rents shown below seem to run around $600/month. Most landlords ask for three times rent as minimum income for their tenants. This would mean that a tenant, in order to afford a $600 rent, needs to make $1800/month. $1800 is $21,600 yearly, or $10.38/hour at full time. This is also gross income, not net. Assuming that appoximately 28% of gross income goes to taxes and other deductions, take home income runs around $1300. All of my quick math means that the roughly median rent will require almost half of your monthly income, if you have a job that pays enough to qualify for the apartment. > > Now, if you're a single person with no dependents, an argument can be made that you COULD get by on this budget. Nothing luxurious, but you'd be off the street , able to feed yourself, and make enough to buy a bus pass. However, add a dependent or two and this tight budget quickly becomes unmanagable. Or, make less than $10.38/hour (and many of the people in needed entry level jobs make less than that) and the budget quickly becomes too tight. > > I'm not arguing that people of modest means are necessarily entitled to hand-outs just because they're of modest means. On the contrary, I don't support hand-outs to individuals much more than I support hand-outs to corporations. People can and have gotten by on very modest means by hard work, my family being at that point also when I was younger. If anything, I'd argue that if we agree that restaurant workers, retail workers, hotel housekeepers, bank tellers and many other jobs are needed in this local economy, then it is in the best interests of all to see if we can work with private developers to find housing that workers of modest means can afford. > > Just a few thoughts while I'm staying up much too late for the new job I need to be at in the morning. > > Gary Bowman > 1-1 > > P.S. Looking at the NE Mpls. rents, apparently NE landlords have changed their outlooks on rents. I remember that NE always used to be the area where you could get cheap rents in safe neighborhoods, as long as you didn't need glitzy neighborhoods. However, it appears there's little difference in NE rents from other rents nowadays, Uptown excepted (gotta pay for the glitz around Hennepin Avenue ;-) ). > > On Mon, 07 January 2002, "Victoria Heller" wrote: > > > > > Apts & Condos - Minneapolis (Monday's Star Tribune Classifieds) > > I just randomly clipped a few.. > > > > * LORING PK & STEVENS SQ * Studios $435-$510 1BR's $550-$650 Hwd flrs, > > quiet bldg, professional landlord ref's req'd 612-871-2155 www.copenet.com > > Published 07-Jan-2002 > > -- > > > > LAKE OF THE ISLES Emerson Av 1924, studio apt $445/mo, avl immed, ph > > 612-374-3284 Published 07-Jan-2002 > > -- > > > > EAST RIVER TERRACE 2101 On the River. Beaut studios & 1 BR apts. Hdwd > > floors. Ht pd. $600 & $750. 612-333-2057 Published 06-Jan-2002 > > -- > > > > STEVENS AVE S 36XX Huge 2BR, hd
Re: [Mpls] White Privilege, Parent Involvement and Vouchers
Many homeschoolers learn to read late without any stigmatization. Not all kids are ready to learn to read in first grade. Sure, most of them can be forced, but one of the many advantages of homeschooling is that learning can take place according to the kids' timetable. Nine and even ten is not too old to learn to read, but if a child has already been stuck in a dummy's class, it is probably too late for the child to avoid considering himself a failure. Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com > MPS data suggests that third grade kids who are not on track to pass the MTSB > reading test on their first try are very likely to dropout or be pushed out > of high school. They are also far less likely to get a job and far more > likely to become prison inmates than the kids who learn how to read well. ___ 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] Sunday Oct 28 Fundraiser
This weekend appears to be a busy one for big events and fund raisers. Saturday's Red Cross benefit and Stonewall event were mentioned on this list. Here's one for Sunday: Kierans's Irish Pub will have a fund raiser to benefit the police and firemen involved in the 9/11 disasters on Sunday Oct. 28, from noon to midnight. 20 bands will perform. Cost is $10 for individuals and $20 for families. All the proceeds and sales for the day will go to the relief fund. www.kierans.com 330 - 2d Ave. So. 612 339-4499 N.S. Gill http://minneapolis.about.com http://ancienthistory.about.com
Re: [Mpls] NE Cooperative
While I enjoy shopping at the Wedge, the last time I worked in a Co-op was probably North Country in 1971. If a modest annual fee were all that would be required for a downtown co-op, I would be all for it, but I'm afraid the fee would be high and on-site work might be required. I, too, have wondered why the SuperValu by Surdyk's isn't better. I usually walk to Lund's on Lake Street for groceries once a week. Lund's smells better, has a better selection, better prices on what I buy, and a better feel. - Original Message - From: "Many Crows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mpls Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 8:22 PM Subject: [Mpls] NE Cooperative > There was an inquiry about the North East Cooperative opening next > spring. I thought I would pass the website along to the list if anyone > else was interested. For those who were thinking of starting a downtown > coop you could look at what they're doing and call them for advice. What > do people on the list think of a coop downtown? > > http://tcfreenet.org/org/efc > > Robert Yorga > new3 > > ___ > 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] grocery stores
New York City is very different from Minneapolis. New Yorkers have different shopping patterns. Shopping every day on the way home for work is normal. Many Minnesotans try to buy a month's worth of groceries at one time. New Yorkers can walk granny carts filled with groceries home on smooth, snow and ice-free sidewalks 364 days a year. New Yorkers can walk for many blocks without suffering from the cold. The same can not be said of Minneapolis. Although most of the downtown sidewalks are cleared quickly, there are curbs and islands where there are piles of crusted ice which make it necessary to lift up grocery carts. I am afraid if we started having local delis downtown they would turn out to be brown-edged-lettuce selling Tom Thumb chains rather than the lovely independent delis in New York and Ireland that sell exquisite produce. Peace. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com - Original Message - From: "Michael Hohmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pluchinsky, Christopher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 10:16 AM Subject: RE: [Mpls] grocery stores I don't think the 'suburban > grocery' model is appropriate for the downtown environment. > > New York City is fraught with local 'deli's' that, to a large extent, meet > local resident's needs for groceries... fresh, dried and canned, including > wine and beer, and great fresh sandwiches; all with no parking lots. It > seems that, with the proper business incentives (and I don't mean public > dollars), several smaller, urban grocers could adequately meet most needs of > downtown residents without the need for expansive parking ramps and lots, > and more public subsidies. > > I hope that upcoming 'studies of downtown grocery needs', as recently > referenced on this list, examine more than the 'suburban grocery' model that > seems to be continually presented for review by our local development > officials and certain local suburban grocers. > > Michael Hohmann > 13th Ward > www.mahohmannbizplans.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] Re: pedestrains and right of way
I used to walk about once a week along forty-second street. The walk sign buttons around the 35W freeway bridge never worked. I called to report them repeatedly. It's hard to arrange to have paper and pencil to take location notes when your hands are gloved in mittens, and its aggravating to call to report broken lights, especially when nothing is done about them. That route is no longer one that I walk, so I don't know if the buttons/signs are still broken, but in more recent years I haven't had much better response to other calls about lights that don't work as I think they should. I would also like to repeat what I said once before. Walk lights are a burden on traffic-law abiders. I am the only one I ever see waiting for the light when there is no traffic. Once the don't walk light system is in place it is against the law to cross when it says "don't walk." If new lights are to be installed, I would hope they would be a very quickly responsive kind for which a pedestrian could push a button, instead of the normal lighting system which demands that pedestrians wait at automated intervals regardless of non-existent traffic. Otherwise, I would hope there would be a law passed (repealed?) making it legal to cross when the light says "don't walk," provided there is no traffic. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com > - Original Message - > From: "Bruce Gaarder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 10:12 AM > Subject: [Mpls] Re: pedestrains and right of way > > > > All of my descriptions have pretty much been predicated upon obeying the > > law (on both sides). In the example about "capturing the intersection", > > it was meant that the car was turning right on a green light, legally. > > > > If you know of intersections where the WALK light doesn't seem to function > > properly, you should report it to the city. I don't know whether there > are > > still signals without walk/don't walk lights. I would imagine that if > such > > exist, they are at lesser used intersections and might be hard to convince > > the powers to upgrade the lights. > > > > Bruce Gaarder > > Highland Park Saint Paul > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
Re: [Mpls] Pedestrians
I usually cross at traffic lights and always when they say "walk" (unless they're broken). This means I wait at most corners (even when there are no cars coming) and I get waved on by drivers in their cars who think I should cross because, regardless of what the light says, it's safe. I wait. Although I know it's absurd to wait when it's ten below and there isn't a car in sight, I see no reason to break the law, so I wait. In order to cross from the Guthrie to Loring Park I have to wait for five lights. I fear the direction this discussion may be headed is towards more lights or other laws -- which only someone as compulsive about trying to obey the law as I am would dream of obeying. I sincerely hope I am wrong. The last thing I want are more lights and long, cold waits for nothing more than the letter of the law. In fact, I think a lot of the walk lights should be removed, perhaps to be replaced by those swinging globe things -- whatever they are. N.S. Gill About Guide to Minneapolis/St. Paul http://minneapolis.about.com About Guide to Ancient/Classical History http://ancienthistory.about.com ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
