City Council Members Scott Benson and Sandy Colvin Roy will host a
Public Meeting this week to review the latest developments concerning
the Metropolitan Airports Commission's Updated Part 150 Residential
Sound Insulation Program.
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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. 32
March 25, 2002
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I am a member of what you
would call the working poor and I think what we need in affordable housing are
multiple bedroom units that are pretty inexpensive for people who DO NOT get any
public assistance. Lots of us work and work hardwe are on your bus
system we live in marginal neighbo
I missed the TV coverage, but I was at the rally. There were a few sour
notes for me--mostly because I don't generally enjoy demonstrations all that
much, even if I am one of those "white progressives." But I was pleased with
a lot of what I heard and I was encouraged to see such a large and div
In a message dated Sat, 23 Mar 2002 7:40:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Audrey
Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[Trainor]
> > I'm sorry, but I don't follow the logic here.
> > If the per-student Title I allocation is $565, and
> > the
> > money is allocated on a per-student basis, then
I'm glad Craig Miller responded to the Good Samaritan situation; I
wanted the challenge to our legitimacy in this matter. I'll try to
address Craig's points briskly, and cover other members' thoughts in a
separate post.
Craig writes:
> Many of the said potholes are the neighborhood group and the
In a message dated 3/23/02 12:22:34 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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From Ray Stoltzman of North St. Paul in today's
PiPress
"Well, the city of Minneapolis and it's bleeding heart
Dfl political clique has finally reached the pinnacle
of success in making the city of
>March 21, 2002
>
>The Honorable R. T. Rybak
>
>City of Minneapolis
>
>Room 331, City Hall
>
>
>
>Dear Mr. Mayor:
>
>The Community Collaborative requests a meeting with
>you prior to April 7, 2002, to talk
>about ways in which the interests and perspectives of
>poor African American
Time for an all encompassing critique from a housing provider.
> A couple of nights ago, we met with a developer named Ned Abdul. Ned has
> struck a deal with the owners of the Good Samaritan nursing home, 4425
> Nicollet, a former 105-bed hospital that has been on the market since
> 2000.
>
>
I have to say after reading this morning's Pioneer Press story on RT Rybak
that, as I proudly suspected you would, you have in R.T. a person of
extraordinary means to bring Minneapolis together in ways no other has - and
I must, in some ways, include the great Don Fraser.
This guy has the job by
I was very disappointed last night to see how I believe Channel 11
covered the march to the courthouse Saturday. In particular, they
suggested that the march was representative of the Somali community, and
was less conciliatory than at the recent meeting they had with the
Mayor.
I attended the
To me, the one part of this post that sticks out like a sore thumb is the
following:
"Our neighborhood board has housing guidelines requiring 30 percent of
any new more-than-duplex development be rentable at 30% of MMI, 30
percent at 50% MMI, and the rest market rate. Otherwise, we don't
recommen
In a message dated 3/23/02 11:55:30 PM Central Standard Time, PennBroKeith
writes:
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Anyway, Mr. Mayor please beat the drum for safe neighborhoods and commercial
corridors. Do it loud and do it long. I believe you are to little/to late on
this one now. Please prove me wrong. I will work wit
I'm re-posting this (slightly modified) to make it clear that the
inflamed-language rule is in force...
Re: "North St. Paul Ray's" letter quoted from the PiPress:
Mr. Stoltzman clearly means only to incite, not encourage facts or
reasoned debate. Still, I'd appreciate it if list members would ke
When I read Tim Connolly's "translation" of a letter to the editor of the St
Paul paper I was stunned initially but quickly appreciated the brave
confrontation he made to the writer's bigotry. Political correctness can also
have the effect of providing bigots protective cover and can anaestheti
Let's hear it for Patrick Henry High School Patriots. State Basketball
Champs.
RT you better be up on the Northside Monday morning if not already.
Craig Miller
Former Camdeninte
Camden Property Management
PO Box 11032 Minneapolis, MN 55411
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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