Paul Ostrow, favored contender for Council Prez crown, seems to create a new
oath of office for the incoming class of 2002 Council. He proposes they all
sign up to his draft of a cooperation pact(?), with him as the top
cooperator. Other current and future CMs, and the voters who put them
From: Michael Atherton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
. . .
We should no sooner expect parents to teach their own children as
to fix their own electronic equipment. If you took your TV in to be
fixed, would you expect it to come back with a note that said that
it was 50% repaired and you could finish the
Keith R. writes:
Paul Ostrow, favored contender for Council Prez crown, seems to create
a new
oath of office for the incoming class of 2002 Council. He proposes
they all
sign up to his draft of a cooperation pact(?), with him as the top
cooperator. Other current and future CMs, and the
Andy Driscoll wrote:
Mr. Atherton asks if he's deluded. The answer is yes.
I may be. It maybe impossible to change the educational establishment,
but one should not accept social injustice just because change is illusive.
Mr. Atherton suggests that only the schools are responsible,...
i attended my step-son's school last night to take
part in a holiday sale. some of the classes had made
little holiday knick-knacks to sell to raise money for
a field trip. they were also selling t-shirts etc. to
try and raise money. there was more than one teacher
there and many volunteers and
Michael Atherton writes:
Unfortunately, unlike middle class parents, poor parents
can't afford to take their business elsewhere. And in Minneapolis it
appears
that the middle class parents just don't give a damn as long as their
children when the lottery.
Data, please?
Has anyone else
There does seem to be a whiff of extortion in the air. It
was one thing to contemplate a city council with Ms. Cherryhomes
still at hand. Weve had to shift political gears what with the startling
outcomes in Wards Five and Six. Having my Tenth Ward CM-elect fill his
predecessors seat as
The posts on Minneapolis city debt is interesting.
If I did my math correct it works out to $10,000 to $11,000 per household
(depending on which figures you use).
Does anyone know how this ranks with other cities in the metro?
Better/worse?
Tom Holtzleiter
King Field
I've seen him in action a several public hearings - he looks like a deer in
the headlights!
Barbara Johnson is BY FAR a superior choice.
Vicky Heller
Ward 2
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In a message dated 12/7/01 8:56:57 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This is much more subtle than taunts about “losers”. If Seventh Ward CM Goodman becomes fast friends with MCDA, we’ll be fighting the affordable housing battle with the same cast of characters who seriously
AMEN
Mr. Parra! In one fell swoop Mr.Ostrow and company has vetoed citizen
opinion, now and in the future.So what if the people voted, just
sign on the dotted line and we will all be back to business as usual just absent
a few players, butwith othersto take their
place!What's next,perhapsa
David Brauer wrote:
My kid's ability to enter a good school is certain -
we've already found three and we're guaranteed one.
I must live in the wrong neighborhood. When I tried to get my daughter into
a Minneapolis school. I was guaranteed one that I wasn't happy with. My
daughter's chance at
Ann Berget wrote:
I think school is rather more like seeing a doctor and getting a
prescription for your problem: if you get the Rx filled and take it and do
the other things the doctor recommends, you are much more likely to recover
quickly than if you put the Rx in your pocket and
I
wanted to pick up on a comment from Roberta re. the council organization being
something that I have "orchestrated."
This
is not the case.
When
Ostrow stepped forward to challenge the existing leadership of the council I
stood up with him and others to say it was time for a change.
Roberta Englund writes:
AMEN Mr. Parra! In one fell swoop Mr.Ostrow and company has vetoed citizen
opinion, now and in the future. So what if the people voted, just sign on
the dotted line and we will all be back to business as usual just absent a
few players, but with others to take their
I promise not to spam people with more emailsand I'm about to go back
into a cave for a few days... but wanted to also pick up on this point from
Eva:
What bothers me is RT seems to be spending much more of his time
and energy on the Twins stadium that he has on the issues he ran on --
At 10:51 AM 12/7/01 -0600, you wrote:
I want to play the responsibility game. And, here's how
you play: everyone accepts that they are part of the problem and works
as hard as possible to achieve a solution. When someone says, Well,
we offered summer tutorials and nobody came, they are playing
In a message dated 12/7/01 11:21:09 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
As far as the coverage of my actions, this is true. But it's not the case.
This afternoon I'm meeting with David Fey and our affordable housing task
force, which has been working very hard over the
In a message dated 12/6/2001 3:42:20 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I could go on, but that's not really my point. My point is let's deal with
the issues. I'm not certain if you're actually reading your notes Doug,
but
you keep taking quotes out of context and much
I was thinking about what impact this would have on
Marshall Terrace in terms of property acquisition and
housing loss should they choose to expand north of the
avenue. In terms of housing, we don't have any
apartment buildings between University and the river,
but we do have several homes
I saw an article in the current SW Journal.
I apologize for not being able to include one of those
groovy blue lined addresses that all you have to do is
click on and VOILA, you're somewhere else.
The article was about Whittier Alliance wishing to
reallocate $173K from their NRP Phase 1 money,
I forgot to sign my recent post.
More importantly I clicked the wrong box.
I was in the process of editing and had intended to
delete the final few sentences relative to our soon to
be new Mayor.
Seriously!
I want nothing more than for R.T. to have great
success for that will bode well for
I have a suggestion for RT and the new council. City inspections at the
behest of the city attorneys office are pressing the landlords to take over
another responsibility of the city's. Seems some court ruled that the city
can't take landlords notice as sufficient notice to perform a city
With all the discussion of education issues, here's a Strib story today
about a $3 million McKnight grant to the MPS for reform of its high schools:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/880951.html
also, Lynell Mickelsen wrote:
I still think the involvement of families in their children's
Slight correction to my dollar figures-- a family of one mom, two kids,
receives $532.00 month in MFIP benefits, plus an additional $269.00 for
food. Imagine paying rent on that. The $437 figure is for a single
parent/caregiver and one child. Ooops, sorry.
GDL:
Bravo to Lynnell on
I am infected with a virus that automatically mailed itself to you.
Don't open the attachment in the previous email! SORRY. I am working
to fix it.
Barbara
--
Barbara Nelson
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues,
but the parent of all the others.
Cicero
I can tell you one of the ways that happens.
Phase I NRP was predicted on a five-year timeline.
Neighborhoods with lots of plans and big needs could not
anticipte some of the red tape involved in their most
intricate solutions to their problems. Each problem which
required a bureaucracy to act in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The culture of poverty theory helps the school board justify keeping things
the way they are, in and outside of a courtroom setting.
Does naming a cluster of facts the culture of poverty,
automatically constitute using it as a theory to maintain
the status quo? I
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What's really cool is that the next Mayor is continuing to read this list, respond
from time to time, and, as he becomes an inevitable target . . . keep his cool.
David Lillehaug
Downtown
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Greetings: I'd like to let you all know about an effort at the state
legislature to restrict the sale and use of phosphorus lawn fertilizer. I
understand there was some discussion of this issue on the list when the
Mpls. City Council took action on it. The group I work with, the Minnesota
--- R.T.Rybak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think that's what people elected us for. They DID
NOT elect us to get into
personality squabbles that detour us from bringing
about real change.
Eric writes:
People also elected you because you talked a good line
about limiting subsidies for
The last couple issues of Insight News covered the issue of reparations.
The issue two weeks ago talked about how the reparations committee was
working on convincing the African American community of the need for
reparations. Last week's issue covered the Lucille's Kitchen forum with
special
Constructive - I'll give it a shot, although I must admit my guts are all in
knots in hopes of a continuing sodomy discussion...
I'll start out by saying that I think every parent has a responsibility to
ensure that his/her child makes use of the very education system you speak
of - which
In a message dated 12/7/2001 4:08:25 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does naming a cluster of facts the culture of poverty,
automatically constitute using it as a theory to maintain
the status quo? I cited 'culture of poverty' to identify one
way in which kids fail
It's cute as a button, but stubbornly undevelopable. Lisa Goodman calls
it a pit and the Strib's Linda Mack says its interior has melted.
However, Goodman also says restoring the still-intact concrete tower is
the perfect project for tax-increment financing. The council may well
approve the deal
I know that David is probably ready to hit the delete key because it
looks like I am going to talk about state issues- but this message is
directly focused at Minneapolis- please bear with me on this post-
This week it was announced that the state is facing a nearly $2B
shortfall as a result of
Another list member mentioned to me this afternoon that it was time for
a face-to-face gathering. We haven't had one for awhile, so it seemed
like a good idea to me.
Of course, she's just an idea person, and I'm already emitting my sweat
equity, so is anyone up for organizing a gathering? I
In a message dated 12/6/01 12:17:40 PM, wizard writes:
Some legitimate research group (Dennis Shapiro, member of
this list, could give you the name) reports that each and
every kid needs 41 different resources to succeed. Kids who
are not succeeding do not have 41 resources, they may not
have
I would like to provide some clarifying information in
reference to Tim's post.
The redirection of NRP funds that are being proposed
by the Whittier Alliance is done on a regular basis by
ALL NRP neighborhoods.
Powderhorn completed a like redirection as did the
Corcoran neighborhood. I am
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