If anyone thinks the mayor should not tolerate criticism, and that a citizen
activist--admittedly one running for mayor--should shoulder full responsibility for
the mayor's duties, what does that tell us (once again) about the climate of openness
(or lack thereof) that exists in City Hall?
How about a stroll down memory lane to Joan Niemec's
proposed Charter Amendment in '93 which suggested the
city council go to staggered terms and which passed in
the city-wide elections.
Part of the reasoning for that change was to draw
greater attention to odd-year elections for the school
"[Last August] the Minneapolis City Council passed a
resolution condemning genetically engineered food and
asks the city, including the School Board to consider
purchasing Organic Food.
The first meeting to push for this to become a reality
in Minneapolis Schools is Thursday, February 22th at
The Strib has a nice online piece about Mayor Sayles Belton's announcement
today:
http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?template=metro_a_cach
eslug=mayo16
(If the link breaks, go to their home page (http://www.startribune.com) and
look toward the bottom under Headlines.
R.T. noted:
I couldn't help noticing that the first stop Sharon is making today on her
reelection tour is the Nokomis neighborhood.
As the host for today's stop in Nokomis I want to clear up the actual reason the
Mayor was in my neighborhood. The focus at Lake Nokomis today was the
The 3 school board seats that are up for election will actually be three
year terms as the Board, a few years ago, decided to bring school board
elections in line with other elections to have a greater voter turn-out and
to save the city money on the cost of running an "off year" election. In
Michael Atherton wrote:
At the very least Ms. Kelly should have provided the parent with
a referral and steps that could be taken to help his child.
Ms. Kelly couldn't do that, because Russell Peterson does not have a
child in the MPS.
Catherine Shreves
Minneapolis School Board
My apologies in advance to list members for what may seem
to be personal sniping. However, I believe that the defensive
mindset of those in change of the our schools is part of the
problem in education today.
Ms. Shreves:
Whether or not this particular individual has a child in your
schools
I would suggest that R.T. would not have provided chronological data in his
recent posting regarding the Mayor's first stop on her election tour had he
not been intimately involved in the issues to which he speaks.
Interesting that R.T. should be held up to a higher standard than that of
More and more I evaluate candidates based on whether they are willing to
participate in forums such as the Minneapolis Issues forum. This forum is
distinct from the precinct caucuses because the caucuses are partisan, and
this listserv has people from all different parties.
A while back, I
I don't really have a "read" on Neva Walker yet and I never asked her about the
sodomy law. However, even though she is, by all report, a smart woman, she's
only been in the legislature about one month, coming in just before session
started. It is unreasonable to think that she would take the
I attended the celebration at Sabathani for Neva a
couple weeks ago. When I heard her speak I heard a
women who knows she is new and a woman who shows the
determination to learn what she needs to learn to be
effective. I have every confidence that Neva will
work hard on behalf of her
- Original Message -
From: "Russell Wayne Peterson" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 7:58 PM
Subject: [Mpls] Sayles Belton Polling
I got a call tonight from the Sayles Belton hired gun pollster. Here were
their questions:
Thanks for the
I'm going to have to use up both my posts for today:
First, this message from Russ really interested me because I got the
same polling call. They didn't ID themselves as working for Sharon, they
said a name like "Decision Research Associates" or something. I'm deaf
the right ear so - of course I
people do not mention that even fornication - defined as sexual intercourse between
any man and single women - is still a crime in Minnesota (Minnesota Statute
609.34). So anyone could still legally be arrested if found to be having
non-marital sex. Although a married woman having sex with a
Why is it hard to believe that a legislative rep would not have time to read this
list? My former Senator (Carol Flynn) often responded to issues I raised re
Transportation and also about the Hi-Lake shopping center (she was pro LRT). My
guess is that her aide flagged these posts for her,
Oops.
That first sentence should have read:
Why is it hard to believe that a legislative rep WOULD have time to read
this
list?
b. NELSON
sEWARD
--
Barbara Nelson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies.
Gene Hill
I promised I'd use both my posts tonight.
First a little background.
Those of you who know me or have read my resume
(http://tcfreenet.org/~riese/fam/Erik.html#rs)
know that I'm an avid skater. I rollerblade year-round, the lakes and
trails in the summer and the Dome in the winter. Each winter
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