I actually meant to say the national credit reporting organizations - I
only got through to an actual person at Trans Union.
Annie Young
East Phillips
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Before David hollers at me about this not being Minneapolis specific I
passit on out "love for my neighbors" which I consider each and everyone of
you. Election night my wallet was stolen and two weeks later found in Belle
Plaine thrown out of the car. I did all the things the article says belo
Congratulations to Thomas Swift for his critical analysis of the
problems with multiculturalism. I'm generally in agreement of what he
said, except for a parting shot he took at gays (though I agree that we
should not be injecting sexuality studies at earlier and earlier
grades).
As Swift says
David
you make a fine point here regarding the fact that those little orange signs arent much in the way of neighborhood notifications.
However... those orange official notices are all but impossible for
passers-by to read because the trees are up a hill. Politicians would
not restrict themselves
To begin with, I'm not certain which "deviant sexual proclivities" you're
referring to, so perhaps you could clarify a little more of what you meant by
this.
Multiculturalism and Diversity are both tough issues, but not the same thing
as you defined at the beginning of your post. And while it
I am convinced that it is possible for the Minneapolis Public Schools to
eliminate most of the academic achievement gap between black and white
students, and between poor and 'middle class' white students. And it can be
done without lowering the bar for high achievers. It's been done befor
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 20:26:50 EST
>. . .
>The DFL Machine has a large wad of Council Members/Currency in it's
>pinstripe pocket.
>. . .
>Keith Reitman
Well, I wish someone would tell me where that pocket is!
As Treasurer of the City DFL, I just filed a repo
No amount of money will ever fix the problems that some of these kids face.
Broken and violent home life, parents that don't re-enforce the value of the
learning process, and a school system that always plays to the lowest
denominator. Some how, some way, we need to take these troubled kids
(rega
New member Linda Mann writes:
>
> Finally, if anyone notices a crow in Minneapolis and it begins to fly
to
> another municipality, under no circumstances do I want to hear about
it. Nada!
As the maker/enforcer of the rules, I suppose I have to tolerate the
occasional cawing - er, mocking.
Howev
"Brown, Terrell" wrote:
> Michael Atherton Monday Morning Tirade:
Respectful discourse?
> [TB] Probably one good reason not to discuss that is that such an "ordinance" would
>be an amendment to the City Charter. Charter amendments are voted on in an election.
> The two (2) most common ways t
For those of us Minneapolis residents who are too old to have experienced the
evils of multiculturalism in the public schools, there are plenty of
opportunities to be corrupted as adults.
One of my favorite places for meeting the Forces of Evil is the Cedar
Cultural Center (www.thecedar.org). T
In a message dated 2/4/02 10:37:11 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<<
I have to believe that an election in ought-three would favor the Greens
more than the DFL, if for no other reason than the greater the distance
between trips to the polls the greater the chance for los
In a message dated 2/3/2002 9:07:17 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Despite Doug's tastes, the Minnesota Patriot act is not a
> Minneapolis-specific issue, it is a statewide one. Please take any
> discussion on this statewide matter to our sibling forum,
> Minnesota-Poli
In today's issue of The Minneapolis Observer, we congratulated 7th Ward
Council Member Lisa Goodman for answering all the questions correctly in
our Getting-to-Know-Our-New-Council-Members Quiz. However, due to a
late-night misfiring of production synapses, we mistakenly listed Sharon
Sayles Belto
Hello Robert,
I talked about this issue before in this forum, and
the type of educational change I was talking about.
The "experiments" as you call it have been tried in
various schools around the country with successful
results. Multiple Intelligence.
I believe some folks do not want to use
My previous post could be labeled as a taunt, but it's
not meant to be. I've addressed these issues else
where again and again, I guess I'm just getting tired.
But since I have not spoken to the issue here, I will
flesh out my opinion once again.
Multiculturalism, aka: Diversity, is racism in
Title: Salary Votes and Abstaining from said salary votes
Howdy Folks,
Just getting back to Mpls issues today and I wanted to respond to some reactions to my post regarding Gary Schiff's criticism of Mayor Rybak's staff salary decisions. David Brauer defends Gary's abstention:
I have to de
I didn’t say anything at the time, because I thought
well of the mapping effort and the nifty visual appeal. For the record,
however, none of our 40 public housing highrises made
the map, not even Charles Horn, whose three 22-story towers dominate the
skyline and the north end of the Lyndal
Zachary Metoyer writes:
David is probably right on the $25,000 from NRP funds. His being a long time
member of the neighborhood group gives him the advantage of that knowledge
over me because at the time I was not active with the neighborhood group. I
do know that these funds are from a facade gra
David Piehl Wrote:
The building to the west of 301 E Lake, 311 E Lake, got $25,000 from CNIA's
NRP funds.
Zachary Metoyer responded:
David is probably right on the $25,000 from NRP funds. His being a long time
member of the neighborhood group gives him the advantage of that knowledge
over m
Laura Sether was right in correcting the Strib for
what was a pretty bonehead report on a contribution by
Gerald Vanamerougen(sp?).It was $500.
There were are a number of items i found interesting
that never made it to the Strib report.
Mention was made of a $250 contribution from Carland
of CSM
Thomas Swift said:
>
> "In my experience the system only works for
> "mainstream", white, heterosexual "average"
> students. Students at the top and bottom, left and
> right are dis-served whether they are segregated from
> the heard by race, gender, intelligence, talent,
> sexual preference, eco
To Ken Avidor-
Yes, my neighbors and I thought that was a very cool
map. It was nice to see some literature distributed
that wasn't totally "me, me, me", but rather, "here's
a look at what can be done for the City". (Not to say
that the other candidates didn't distribute anything
similar, but on
"In my experience the system only works for
"mainstream", white, heterosexual "average"
students. Students at the top and bottom, left and
right are dis-served whether they are segregated from
the heard by race, gender, intelligence, talent,
sexual preference, economic class, and even political
Today's Barbara Flanigan article all about Hennepin Avenue also located
for us the whereabouts of Julie Idelkope... not that I have lost any
sleep over this but have occasionally wondered where Julie had gone
second buddy to our friend, Rebecca Yannisch. Hmmm -
interesting!
Eventually, Ho
On Mon, 04 Feb 2002 09:24:31 -0600, David Brauer feigned innocence:
"But wait! If the DFL is losing elections, why is Rep. Kahn's change that
forces an additional round of elections pro-DFL?
This has always been the illogic in Michael's argument; there is nothing
built-in that favors the DFL. In f
I am not sure what Pamela means, but what I mean is that I expect that
teachers will be required to continuously update their education by taking
courses in new teaching methods, keeping up with the current theories and
models of teaching being taught as general acceptable standards of teaching
by
Pamela Taylor said:
> If we
> do not demand that our teachers teach in new methods
> coming out college,
This statement worries me. As a victim of many of the
educational "experiments" of the last 30-40 years I tend to equate this
with "lowering expectations" of our children. I'm sure this isn'
List,
My comments on Councilmembers Schiff's inconsisitency had nothing to do
with his votes on how the Mayor chose to organize his staff and what to
pay them.
My comments were a clarification on the inconsistency to which Scott
Persons referred. Which had to do with the council leadership v
I agree wholeheartedly with Mr. Lohman.
Not to drudge up an old topic, but during the debate surrounding the
expanded Super America at 40th and Lyndale it became quite apparent that the
Lyndale-Farmstead Neighborhood Association had become the "100 feet within
Super America Neighborhood Associ
Michael Atherton wrote, "Or we might also discuss the fact that the
individuals posting in support of early elections, you, Ms. Khan, Mr.
Brauer, and Mr. Melendez are stanch DFL supporters."
For the record, I am a staunch [sic] supporter of the DFL Party, but
I have not posted "in
Precisely!
Andy Driscoll
Saint Paul
--
"The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who, in times of
moral crisis, remain neutral" --Dante
> From: "David Brauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> But wait! If the DFL is losing elections, why is Rep. Kahn's change that
> forces an additional round
And crows clean up a lot of our garbage. If it
weren't for the crows, someone would have to clean up a whole lot more fast food
and roadkill.
Thanks to Jean Johnstad for filling in the details about
the Ben Kreilkamp play for me. I saw the play and saw a note in the
program citing NRP fu
I think those are all good. I especially want to see
continued education and training of teachers. If we
do not demand that our teachers teach in new methods
coming out college, how do we expect to infuse any
kind of change in how ANY of our kids learn? By doing
so, you can address the issue of
ZippinZack wrote:
David is probably right on the $25,000 from NRP funds. His being a long time
member of the neighborhood group gives him the advantage of that knowledge
over me because at the time I was not active with the neighborhood group.
David Piehl writes:
Actually, I believe the yea
The State of Minnesota has a website that
is dedicated to the improvement of Minnesota
State Government:
http://www.departmentresults.state.mn.us/
See: http://www.startribune.com/stories/561/1129980.html
for a review of the above site.
I hope that Mayor Rybak and the members of
the Minneapol
I would like to comment on the idea of moving the houses now on the Ace
Hardware block. A member in an earlier post mentioned the obstacles and
lengthy time frame to move a house in the city. However, when I was chair
of the Whittier Alliance Housing Affairs Committee, the Alliance
successfully
Scott Person's claim that I am inconsistent in
salary votes is befuddling. Along with Joe Biernat,
I did NOT vote to raise the council member salary at
a time when the city faces staggering budget problems.
When faced with the option to raise a salary of the
mayor's staff 17%, I voted no. I will c
Michael Atherton wrote:
> The answer to that question is one reason why a conservative would
> vote and support the Green party, and why the DFL is losing elections.
I have to believe that an election in ought-three would favor the Greens more than the
DFL, if for no other reason than the great
The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping's 2001 Map Design
Competition has awarded a "Professional, Best of Category" award to
Roberta Avidor for Lisa McDonald's Vision for Minneapolis map.
http://www.acsm.net/mapwinners.html
Ken Avidor (proud husband)
Kingfield
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Ok, so this year there are four seats up for election/re-election on the
MPLS Board of Education...I'm taking a poll...what do folks think are
the top three issues for the Board of Education over the next year or
so...
My feeling:
1. The Budget Crisis...the new school board members are going to
Thanks to David Strand for his post of 1/31/01 regarding the advertisements
for the city's "Bait Car" program.
(David points out the placement of an advt outside the Orpheum Theater that
seems primarily aimed to scare suburban tourists on route to the theater.)
I have raised the question with the
Green rooftops sound great. I expect structural carrying capacity
limitations will be the principle limiting factor for such projects, since
the buildings were not originally designed to support the extra weight
associated with gardening... maybe a relatively 'thin-film' hydroponic
approach would
I was excited to see this morning's Strib article about
Minneapolis's Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) problem (http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/1405414.html) It's not the raw sewage pouring into
the river that's exciting, but the idea that, this time, the problem might get
fixed.
I sat
Michael writes:
> The answer to that question is one reason why a conservative
> would
> vote and support the Green party, and why the DFL is losing elections.
But wait! If the DFL is losing elections, why is Rep. Kahn's change that
forces an additional round of elections pro-DFL?
This has alwa
Michael Atherton Monday Morning Tirade:
> If you would like to talk about something that is "plain absurd," why don't we
>discuss
> why the DFL controlled city council has never passed ordinances allowing for the
>recall of
> councilmembers?
[TB] Probably one good reason not to discuss tha
Lee Schneider wrote:
> I have watched Mr. Atherton tirades for a while now.
> And his comments that DFL wants the Greens out of
> office is plain absurd!
ti-rade (tirad, ti-rad)n. A long angry or violent speech, usually of a
censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe.[French, fro
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February 4, 2002
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Thanks to everyone who has commented on our Ace Hardware situation.
Jay Clark's critique gave me pause and made me think, "Why DIDN'T I hold
a neighborhood meeting?"
This is especially disquieting for me since I've sort of gained a
reputation as a neighborhood-meeting-mad board president. In the
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