[Mpls] School Funding

2001-11-08 Thread Diane Wiley
Now that the campaigns are over, is there a way to do something about the lousy shape that our schools are in? As an active public school parent, I know that there is too much administrative expense in the Mpls budget -- such as the so-called Area Superintendants -- but even so, if all the "fat"

[Mpls] JADT Riverview Supper Club development

2001-11-08 Thread Fran Guminga
The JADT proposal for redevelopment of the Riverview Supper Club site is the unfortunate result of a badly flawed process for the development and implementation of the Above the Falls Plan for the upper river corridor. Discussions about this individual project miss the point. The Graco river front

[Mpls] Community-Oriented Policing Training

2001-11-08 Thread Jay Clark
Training on COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING Community-oriented policing has been hailed as a new approach to crime-fighting that builds partnerships between the community and the police and aims to proactively solve problems before they occur. This training includes: Comparing community-oriented

RE: [Mpls] Correction for List on DFL/Green Counts

2001-11-08 Thread Walt Cygan
Brenda Van Vugt wrote: "Too bad, I would have liked to maintain a DFL mayor for Minneapolis as well as gaining one for St. Paul not just because I am blindly loyal to an old, outdated party but because I really support the platform of the DFL and would prefer to have governing officials who do

[Mpls] Stonewall Endorsements and other comments (long)

2001-11-08 Thread Lee Schneider
Thank you to Eva, Karen, Wizard, and Eric for your remarks. First off I must admitt that there were some mistakes in my last statment, which was sent out very late and on little sleep. Yes, Stonewall DFL Endorsed Brian Heron back in February, becouse he was the most qualified person for the job.

[Mpls] thank you to the list

2001-11-08 Thread Sheldon Mains
Well, the shock has about worn off. I lost. But it was great fun--talked to people all over the city, got to just about every neighborhood festival in Minneapolis, had some great policy discussions with people. This list is where I announced my candidacy for library board. I want to thank ever

Re: [Mpls] Re: Somali Neighbors

2001-11-08 Thread Rosalind Nelson
The mood at North Country Co-op this morning was very somber. They missed their usual Somali customers, who were not there because the exchange place in the same building was closed down. Also, when the feds raided yesterday, they entered the building through the back, and were ready to brea

Re: [Mpls] Huzzahs at one remove

2001-11-08 Thread DeWayne Townsend
> A couple of corrections to this posting. Mr. Zerby's first name is > Paul. And there are now four lawyers on the council- Scott Benson is > also an attorney. Plus there are 3 St. Olaf alumnus- Ostrow, Lane and > Benson. Fram Fram St.O So where did the rest get their education? -- DeWayne

[Mpls] Painting the Town (in concentric circles of) Red

2001-11-08 Thread Chris Steller
Downtown Target Report, Month 2: Still not many shoppers in the evening. Lots of staff. Unattended carts whisked away faster than at the airport. A few kids this time. One mom, trying to do the groovy shopping cart escalator thing, just put the cart, kid and all, on the regular escalator (everyon

[Mpls] Correction for List on DFL/Green Counts

2001-11-08 Thread Brenda Van Vugt
After reading all the posts about which party won how many seats, I felt I must write to clear up the perception that RT Rybak was a DFL candidate for mayor. You'll have to put his win in the Independent column - at least that is what a piece of literature delivered to my doorstep on November

Re: [Mpls] Voting

2001-11-08 Thread Annie Young
Tim's message reminded me that I was fairly blown away when I compared numbers of my last election and realized that the numbers this time were only slightly higher than my first election in 1989 and I mean slightly. This was amazing since my campaign this year had figured I would need more votes

[Mpls] Sayles Belton's final budget proposal

2001-11-08 Thread List Manager
Two days after her defeat, mayor drops $6 million HRA levy in deference to mayor-elect; would have helped replace lost TIF authority. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/815542.html David Brauer List manager _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your f

[Mpls] Harmon Place Historic District

2001-11-08 Thread Richard K. Anderson
Tomorrow morning the City Council will vote on the designation of the Harmon Place Historic District. I want to thank all of you who have contacted your Council Member to voice your support of our effort to preserve this area. If you have not done so already, please do so tonight. Already, Villag

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis Snow Plowing

2001-11-08 Thread KarenCollier
In a message dated 11/8/01 12:09:52 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have heard that Mayor-Elect Rybak wants to go with a 24-Hour snowplowing system. Does anyone know how this will work? Also, I recall former Council Member Steve Minn had suggested a different method of snow

[Mpls] Elections as auctions

2001-11-08 Thread Svattheriver
My opponent worked very hard to get elected and I think she ran a good campaign. I was outspent and if someone would post the actual numbers that would be helpful. I think Brian Melendez misses my point about money and politics. Did Michael Bloomberg in N.Y.C spend 50 million of his own money to ou

[Mpls] Former Mayoral Candidate wishes R.T. good luck

2001-11-08 Thread Steven Houdek
I wish good luck to R.T., as one of the many "fringe" mayoral candidates during the primary, it was nice to meet him during one of the debates that all the candidates were invited to. I support alot of the same issues. It will be nice to have fresh faces in city hall who are open to ideas. Ste

[Mpls] Turnout

2001-11-08 Thread ScottP
Title: Turnout I was both surprised and not surprised by the turn out numbers on Tuesday.  The 20 point poll on Saturday probably did the most damage to turnout, keeping soft SSB support at home.  I did a search on the Strib and found that in the days before the Carlson-SSB election the spread

[Mpls] PiPress transition story

2001-11-08 Thread List Manager
Plenty about Rybak, but lots of council stuff too. Gary Schiff calls for the unanimous approval of Paul Ostrow as council president. http://www.pioneerplanet.com/news/mtc_docs/179525.htm David Brauer List manager _ Do You Yahoo!? Get you

[Mpls] Mayor Sayles Belton Budget Address

2001-11-08 Thread Freeman, Ann E
Below is a news release describing Mayor Sayles Belton's 2002 Budget Address. Mayor Sayles Belton Presents 2002 Budget Minneapolis: Safe City/Strong City November 8, 2001 (Minneapolis, MN)--Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton today presented her 2002 Budget recommendations to the Minneap