[Mpls] questions for school board candidates (long)

2001-10-28 Thread Dennis Schapiro
I appreciate list members responses. Apologies for the length. Just trying to give reasonable answers. Later this week, I’ll post an outline of the issues that I’d work on if elected. <<1. DO YOU ACCEPT THE SEGREGATED STATE OF THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SYSTEM AS ACCEPTABLE GIVEN THE ALTERNATIVES A

[Mpls] Urban Myths surrounding Hollman

2001-10-28 Thread Dean Carlson
I'm sorry to burst the urban myths surrounding this project but the Hollman project did not eliminate housing without planned replacement. All 770 units that were demolished were and are planned to be replaced. Nearly 400 of the units have been replaced and the other 370 are committed and are go

[Mpls] Strategic Voting

2001-10-28 Thread Tony Hill
There are ways to maximize the chances of your vote making a difference in a multi-member race. Suppose you've decided who the candidates most likely to be elected to board X are. If you want to maximize the chances that candidate A will be one of the winners, you vote only for candidate A. If

Re: [Mpls] Question for board candidates

2001-10-28 Thread DeWayne Townsend
I agree with David. I once liked the bigger schools for the multitude of choices, but I now think the loss of community involvement was/is too high a price. Students need parental involvement in their school for high academic achievement We need community schools, so lets fix the communities.

[Mpls] This Week in The Minneapolis Observer

2001-10-28 Thread craig
T H E M I N N E A P O L I S O B S E R V E R A Weekly Digest of All Things Minneapolitan Vol. 1, No. 11 October 29, 2001 ** THIS WEEK IN THE OBSERVER: * A Downtown Affordable Housing Tour * Faint Praise from the Star Tribune * The City's Sa

Re: [Mpls] Re: account of Hollman

2001-10-28 Thread PennBroKeith
In a message dated 10/28/01 2:50:23 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << However, the ill treatment of the families displaced by this project is very sad, and has come to overshadow any good that may have been intended. Dave Stack Harrison > Date: Oct 26, 2001

[Mpls] Coldwater Exhibit now at Fort Snelling

2001-10-28 Thread Dean Lindberg
Camp Coldwater: The Birthplace of Minnesota "Early in the Spring [of 1820] Col. Leavenworth discovered the fountain of water where the troops now are, & to which they moved as soon as the ice would permit. It is a healthy situation, about 200 feet above the river, and the water gushing out of a

Re: [Mpls] 6th ward race

2001-10-28 Thread Tamir Nolley
Kudos to Barb for saying what most of us are thinking about the increasingly negative campaigning in the 6th. I will say that I don't think Dean Zimmermann or any other city official can mandate that any type of business be opened in one place, nor is that what the local goverment should be doing

Re: [Mpls] Al Garcia profile

2001-10-28 Thread Many Crows
As usual, I'm sure this is all legal and above board, but only seems to come out during the election year. But ever so slowly it seems. I'd like to know what's the latest on the Herron investigation. It looks like influence bought with money, and I believe is not healthy for local or national poli

[Mpls] Nordstrom in the Strib

2001-10-28 Thread Kurt Waltenbaugh
The people have spoken! "Nordstrom, owner of a garden firm and a former high school English teacher and softball coach, has both impressive credentials and endorsements [DFL, Labor, Sierra Club, NOW, DFL Stonewall, DFL Feminists, Citizens for Better Calhoun, ...]. She's waging an energetic campai

Re: [Mpls] Al Garcia profile

2001-10-28 Thread Rosalind Nelson
I'd love to know what other people think about this piece. Is it big news, or are we to understand that this is business as usual? Rosalind Nelson Bancroft, Ward 8 At 07:56 PM 10/27/01 -0500, List Manager wrote: >This is a major piece the Strib has been working on for some >time...about Al Gar

[Mpls] Public Meeting on Xcel RIverside Coal Plant

2001-10-28 Thread Fran Guminga
Riverside Power Plant Public Meeting We need you to attend a public hearing on the Xcel Riverside coal burning power plant. 7:00-9:00 PM Thursday, November 29 Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church 1509 27th Avenue NE, Minneapolis 6 blocks east of Central, on the corner of Lincoln St. and 27th Ave. (

[Mpls] Re: [whittier] 6th ward race

2001-10-28 Thread Jamie and Jennifer Mc Donald
Here, here! I too would like to hear answers to the issues raised in Barb's email. I went to the poorly attended candidate forum at the Whittier Community Center last Thursday as undecided and left undecided. Neither seems to know the issues in the other's neighborhood yet as the elected counc

[Mpls] Whither the MPS?

2001-10-28 Thread KTrain9003
Thanks to David B., Mike Atherton, Kathy Kosnoff and Patrick Peterson for the conversation on school issues that's been going on these past few days on the list. It's helped me clarify my mind on who I want to support in this race as opposed to having to pick people to vote against. The entire iss

[Mpls] Quroum Debate Reminder

2001-10-28 Thread Alan Hooker
Just a reminder that Twin Cities Quorum, the metro area's chamber of commerce for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender business community, and its' allies, will sponsor a mayoral debate Tuesday night (see information release below). We invite all metro area candidates listed on this Novemb

[Mpls] Lynn Levine for Park Board

2001-10-28 Thread Mary Jamin Maguire
> Lynn Levine's passions are clean water, youth, and > open public process... > LYNN will work to > > Clean up our lakes and preserve the unique nature of > each. > > Protect green space, including no more tree loss. > > Bring grassroots democracy into Park Board process. > > Expand and di

[Mpls] 6th ward race

2001-10-28 Thread Barbara Lickness
I read my Whittier Globe this weekend and found nearly a page dedicated to "he said" "she said" over the prostitution issue. What a waste of paper. My views on this issue are that the profession has been around for at least 2,001 years if not more. No matter how we huff and puff we have neithe

Re: [Mpls] Pickle Seeds

2001-10-28 Thread wizardmarks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > criticism of the Portland Place > project on two > major points: 1. the bulldozer- (now called Hollman-) effect of eliminating > the housing for a very vulnerable section of our population without planned >replacement; The very vulnerable section of the population w

[Mpls] Re: account of Hollman

2001-10-28 Thread Dave Stack
The original reasoning for the lawsuit brought forward by the NAACP and the Legal Aid Society sounded good and rational to me. Also, the vision and plans for the rebuilding of the Hollman area appear very innovative. However, the ill treatment of the families displaced by this project is very sad,

RE: [Mpls] Dedicated reformers

2001-10-28 Thread David Brauer
I should mention too that if Dore & Jim "bought" their high ratings from City for Neighbors, it was a pretty silly expenditure. Neither of them are running for re-election to their council seats. David Brauer King Field - Ward 10 _ Do You

Re: [Mpls] SD61 Republicans know how to throw a party

2001-10-28 Thread Gary Bowman
Steve writes, "The next Governor of the great state of Minnesota made an appearance..." Why would a Democrat attend a Republican party? ;-) Gary Bowman Ward 1, Precinct 1 --- Get your free web based email from Crosswalk.com: http://mail.crosswalk.

[Mpls] test

2001-10-28 Thread Many Crows
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RE: [Mpls] Dedicated reformers

2001-10-28 Thread David Brauer
Don Jorovsky writes, of City For Neighbors' overdue disclosure form. > But wait! I forgot! It's OK when RT's supporters do stuff like that! > They're the pure reformers who are going to change those terrible > things down at City Hall, so it's all justified in the name of the > greater > good.

[Mpls] Students on Neighborhood Boards

2001-10-28 Thread Megan Thomas
Title: Students on Neighborhood Boards Actually the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association does have two spots reserved for students on their board that they ask be appointed by the two student government organizations at the U. I work for one of them and if anyone is a student and lives in the M

[Mpls] Dedicated reformers

2001-10-28 Thread Don Jorovsky
Good morning all! Hope you enjoyed the extra hour of sleep. Here's a link to an interesting story in today's StarTribune: http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/787673.html The headline reads: Holding others' feet to fire, group gets burned and the subhead is: Oops: Accountability group's fo

Re: [Mpls] civilian review board - correction

2001-10-28 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
One Correction to my last post. In describing the background of the community movement that led to the city council forming a Civilian Review Authority, I stated, > "The "straw that broke > the camel's back" was the police shooting in the back Tycel Nelson, a 17 > years old and unarmed. This wa

Re: [Mpls] civilian review board

2001-10-28 Thread Jordan S. Kushner
The Civilian Review Authority in Minneapolis was established in response to an almost massive mobilization in the African American, Native American, and progressive activist community in the late 1980s, in response to an out-of-control police department. The "straw that broke the camel's back" wa

Re: [Mpls] civilian review board

2001-10-28 Thread Andy Driscoll
No real authority and no real guts. Most CRB have been completely co-opted by the cops or de-fanged by City Councils under tremendous pressure by police departments and chiefs who want absolutely no "second-guessing" of police behavior in the street. Never mind that we're back to simply another ve

[Mpls] SD61 Republicans know how to throw a party

2001-10-28 Thread Steve Sumner
News Flash The next Governor of the great state of Minnesota made an appearance at a very well attended SD61 Republican party last night. Everyone had a very fun time, great food, good drink, engaging speakers, and even a drawing for priceless prizes. I'm sure the event will be the talk of the t