Everyone:
A reminder about a couple of rules:
4. No insults, threats, and inflamed speech for the sake of personal
argument are allowed.
5. One-on-one arguments, disagreements, and disputes of a personal
nature must be taken off list.
The discussion of Michael Atherton's comments is sliding
i think that Phyllis Kahn and Ellen Anderson have a very good and
practical proposal. it is also a test of whether the owners who control
baseball are willing to act for benefit the community, or are only
willing to take the community's money to for personal profit.
Jordan Kushner
Powderhorn
Eva Young wrote:
I've never had a statistics class, but I have had calculus, through
differential equations, and I'm not sure what Atherton is refering to with
his reference to regression models and variances. It kind of reminds
me of how computer techies talk -- and when you ask questions
kathy kosnoff wrote:
Atherton writes (and writes and writes):
Let's bring this tread back to issues. I've made a number of proposals
which no one has commented on..
~Time for some self-reflection here, Mr. Atherton. Why do you suppose no
one responds? Could it be that most others
I have ALWAYS been a huge fan of the Minnesota Vikings, and I have always been a strong supporter of any sports franchise that adds value in terms of dollars to the local economy while sustaining themselves nationally as a sports league. I am NOT in favor of a baseball stadium subsidized by the
This may sound naive, but I find it amazing that class size is considered
such a major issue with relation to quality of education discussions. I
attended gradeschool in St. Peters, Missouri (which upon relocating from MN
seemed like the deep south to me at the time) In those days, Minnesota
I have it from an unimpeachable source that Sheba the Donkey, former star
resident of Nicollet Island, is hale and healthy in Eastern Iowa at 33 years
old. 33 is the donkey equivalent of 99, so a dowager she is.
Lisa Kugler
Tangletown
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Minneapolis Issues
I for one have greatly enjoyed the lively education-related discussions on
this list in recent months. While I've been busy and found it difficult to
keep up with at times, my interest in education and respect for the many
people taking the time and making the effort to inform us of their varied
Michael Atherton wrote:
Let's bring this tread back to issues. I've made a
number of proposals which no one has commented on.
I'd like to hear what the school board
members think of them.
So would I. I'd also like an answer to my
questions about new PCs v. refurbished PCs -
if the
At 09:11 AM 11/21/01 -0600, Michael Atherton wrote:
kathy kosnoff wrote:
Atherton writes (and writes and writes):
Let's bring this tread back to issues. I've made a number of proposals
which no one has commented on..
~Time for some self-reflection here, Mr. Atherton. Why do you suppose
Denise Tolbert wrote:
If there ever was proposal to publicly fund a football stadium I will be one
of the first people on the bandwagon. Football makes money for the local
economy. Football is one of America's most popular sporting events next to
Basketball. Football makes the public relations
RE:
I also, would like to hear what list members
think about the education gap between poor and middle
class children in the MPS.
On a related note, isn't the education gap really predicated upon the INCOME
gap? Numerous studies tell us that poor kids move more, have a higher rate
of
-Original Message-
From: Calvert, Ann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 11:46 AM
To: Calvert, Ann
Subject: Invitation to Minneapolis Bikeways Master Plan Open House
For those of you interested in bikeways along the Mississippi River and/or
Denise mentions,
I do know the City of Minneapolis taxpayers did vote for $10 million dollars to be
used towards the effort of securing a stadium, but that was the limit of it.
Respectful correction: The charter amendment, which I happened to be involved in the
collecting of signatures for,
Michael Atherton wrote:
I am not opposed to arts courses. However, my point was that our
FIRST priority should be to insure that ALL students have the
basic skills necessary to succeed academically.
My point is that the arts are not extras, but should be
viewed as core curriculum for all
In a message dated 11/20/2001 9:13:41 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
n the extract from What Matter Most cited above, Linda Darling-Hammond
says,
In an analysis of 900 Texas school districts, Ronald Ferguson found that
teachers’ expertise—as measured by scores
I'm with Molly Schultz on this.
R.T. specifically said no money for a stadium, money
for parks
It was never going to be.
The thing now is to keep the number $10 million in
mind and look for the loopholes to get around that
number.
This is a done deal if the Twins are sold.
When Jim Niland
The city council postponed the zoning and planning decision for the Riverview
supper club until Dec. 14, 2001.
In my opinion neither the city council nor the Park Board is willing to do
the heavy lifting on being responsible for taking the blame and / or lawsuits
for what the master plan
While I believe Ms. Kosnoff was properly chastised for her dismissive post regarding
Mr. Atherton, I, and I daresay other list members, share her frustration with the
gadfly nature of some of Mr. Atherton's (and, to a lesser extent, Mr. Mann's)
education posts. Allow me a few minutes to
I've come to the conclusion that I've griped enough about funding a new
stadium, so I've decided to send Carl my two cents in the form of a check.
Anyone know his address off hand?
Sure hope he cashes it right away so I can balance my checkbook...
JHarmon
Cleveland
I hear you, but I don't know if I *can* gripe too much about it. At least,
not until the proposals to fund a stadium have a stake driven through their
hearts and are dead and buried. Vigilance is key! I don't want that $10
million slipped by Minneapolis taxpayers and a bigger tab passed on to all
Michael Atherton wrote:
In other words,
the three variables (parent involvement, teacher quality, and class size)
may account for say 20% of the total variance, leaving 80% of the
variance unaccounted for by this model, but we don't know
because this article never reports what amount of the
I have ALWAYS been a huge fan of the Minnesota Vikings, and I have always been a strong supporter of any sports franchise that adds value in terms of dollars to the local economy while sustaining themselves nationally as a sports league.
I am NOT in favor of a baseball stadium subsidized by the
This could have gone completely unnoticed due to its being buried in another story, but today's Strib reports that John Ashcroft is asking police chiefs around the country, including here in Minneapolis, to assist with interviewing 5,000 young men who recently entered the country from regions
In a message dated 11/21/2001 2:25:25 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
While I believe Ms. Kosnoff was properly chastised for her dismissive post
regarding Mr. Atherton, I, and I daresay other list members, share her
frustration with the gadfly nature of some of Mr.
I think a lot of people have missed the 24 hour post office at the airport
while all the construction has been going on out there. The new one is now
open (last week) and I mailed items from there last night. It is big, bright
and harder than the devil to find. So for all those who might
Hi, Jan. Thanks for the info. It may be that the 24-hour post office was
missed most by those of us who foolishly spent our youth posting late night
political mail. Nonetheless, I'm glad to hear it's back at the airport where
God intended it to be.
Jack Kryst
Kingfield
- Original Message
A not-so-buried story:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/847244.html
To their credit, the Minneapolis and St. Paul police don't
seem eager to participate.
Rosalind Nelson
Bancroft Neighborhood
At 12:59 PM 11/21/01 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This could have gone completely
There is some hope that the Minneapolis and St. Paul police will do the
right thing and refuse to participate in Ashcroft's ethnically motivated
witch hunt. Chiefs Olson and Finney, within the past six months,
publicly advocated that undocumented immigrants be given drivers
license. In that
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