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. 31
March 18, 2002
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THIS WEEK IN
The Downtown story Bill Dooley referenced over the weekend is now
on-line. There was another one I spotted too. If the links break, go to
http://twincities.bizjournals.com and click the print edition button.
Skyway 6 has new owners, feud
Barbara L. Nelson wrote:
Are more of these offenders placed in the inner city than in suburbs or rural areas?
If that is the case, perhaps the best alternative is to work with a coalition of
urban
legislators, since that is the squeaky wheel, to change the law and keep these people
off
Here's a link to the story Barbara Lickness referenced from City Pages
concerning the concentration of sex offenders in poor neighborhoods and a
grisly murder that occurred at a Phillips residence:
http://citypages.com/databank/22/1087/article9843.asp
The Pioneer Press had a story on this topic
Last fall, I wrote about the problem of having
snow plowed into our driveways. I am repeating
part of that message and adding some additional
information. I don't appreciate having snow
plowed into my driveway, especially if it should
happen soon before I need to leave for an
important
Liz Greenbaum wrote:
Men are not concerned as deeply as women about always having eyes in
the backs of their heads. We constantly live our lives that way.
Would any of you women disagree with me here?
This may be true, however, I am deeply concerned for the continued safety
of my wife, so
Scott McGerik wrote:
This may be true, however, I am deeply concerned for the continued safety
of my wife, so I am concerned about HER having eyes on the back of her
head. Everytime that she is late coming home, I run through whole
scenarios of what might have happened. I wish I lived in a
Sue Herr wrote:
Certainly the word wasteful was bandied about..)
I was one of the people that offered the word wasteful. I still say that 3
pieces of the same mail to one address is wasteful. My tenant has no
responsibility for shoveling, so one piece of mail to me and my husband
would
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's difficult to admit, but the Governor has just proposed a stadium
financing plan makes a lot of sense.
The way I understand it is that the State floats $330 Million worth of
bonds
for construction of a baseball stadium. Interest costs are about 6.5% a
year. The
Michael Atherton wrote:
There's a simple solution to this problem: make the penalty for
first offense pedophilia a mandatory life sentence or the death
penality, then everything is legal and there's no violation of
civil rights. Then all you have to do is decide the age at
which it becomes a
on Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:56:45 -0600
Walt Cygan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I was involved with creating the Predatory Offended Registration
application that the BCA is now using to track the whereabouts of these
offenders.
As I recall, there are restrictions in MN law concerning
Mr. Piehl technically is correct. The Twins could decide they don't want
to pay their 10 million and renege on the deal. Presumably there would be
an agreement between the State and the Twins regarding default provisions
and penalties for default. Otherwise the State could always sue
snip:
I have yet to find whether or not is would be acceptable to notify
businesses in the area - particularly bars and liquor stores, in this case -
of this individual's presence. The mediator at the notification meeting
instructed us to notify police if we see this individual in such a
In response to Wizard Marks' post regarding the library's history of
fundraising and grantwriting:
The Minneapolis Public Library and The Friends of the Minneapolis Public
Library both have a strong history of fundraising and grantwriting. A
significant portion of the library's revenue comes
List,
The numbers don't support the inital contention that this is a strong
history of fundraising or granwriting. In 2000 grants represented less
than 4% of total revenue. And with a small background in fundraising
that I have, a nonprofit whose purpose it is to raise money should
Gibson, Kristi wrote:
In response to Wizard Marks' post regarding the library's history of
fundraising and grant writing:
The Minneapolis Public Library and The Friends of the Minneapolis Public
Library both have a strong history of fundraising and grant writing. A
significant portion of the
In his post, Joseph Barisonzi wrote: with a small background in
fundraising that I have, a nonprofit whose purpose it is to raise money
should certinally baable to build a donor base of more that 120 thousands
dollars after more than 50 years.
A little context: Last year, The Friends
1. A problem experienced...
Yesterday, my wife and kids and I walked from our home at about 39th and Pillsbury to church at about 31st and Aldrich in South Minneapolis. We crossed many intesections rendered impasable to stroller, wheelchair, or even to folks who might be feeble or frail. Several
Gary:
I think this would be something to propose to neighborhood
organizations and block clubs. I know someone had
suggested it is Powderhorn Park, but I never saw anything
happen.
Matthea Little Smith
Powderhorn Park
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Proposed Free Solution
I believe it
Does anyone have a comprehensive listing of city/other
government/non-profit/for-profit groups that will accept and move (if
possible) houses? After the Ace Hardware discussion, perhaps some list
members are experts.
If there is no list, but you do this or know of a group that does, please
feel
Michael Atherton wrote:
There's a simple solution to this problem: make the penalty for first offense
pedophilia a mandatory life sentence or the death penality, then everything is legal
and there's no violation of civil rights. Then all you have to do is decide the age at
which it becomes a
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Will the City be publishing or posting the results of the Jeilani
investigation, for better or worse in some accessible fashion? Or will
citizens have to live with what the corporate news decides to print?
Has there been any serious discussion
Does anyone have a comprehensive listing of city/other
government/non-profit/for-profit groups that will accept and move (if
possible) houses? After the Ace Hardware discussion, perhaps some
list
members are experts.
Neal - I have no list, but I'm pretty sure Lyndale Neighborhood
I wrote:
The other group that came forward is People Serving People. They were
very professional and experienced and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend
them.
That would REALLY be Project for Pride in Living. They were the
experienced, professional ones. Sorry about that.
David Brauer
At a Whittier Alliance meeting tonight,
representatives from the Childrens Theatre Company
unveiled their plans to expand their facility at the
2500 block of 3rd Avenue South. The Michael Graves
design is absolutely breathtaking. Somehow Graves
managed to be sensitive the existing architecture
To jump on the bandwagon with Dean, I'd like to add that the bonding done
for a ballpark wouldn't be general obligation bonds that are backed by tax
revenues. Also, the fund established by the upfront payment would likely be
reviewed every four years or so to make sure it's performing as
michael libby wrote:
Will the City be publishing or posting the results of the Jeilani
investigation, for better or worse in some accessible fashion? Or will
citizens have to live with what the corporate news decides to print?
In the past, the investigations have lasted a long time--I
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