Steve Sumner wrote:
As much as I like our friends riding bicycles, I have to admit that I notice
a lot of them disregarding traffic laws. I honked at one person blowing
thru a stop light in downtown, and he just gave me the finger! I've seen a
number of near misses because of this very
Hello Minneapolis I have a question for the list. I know that the state
just got new political boundaries that will effect the 2002 election. What
is the redistricting plan in Minneapolis? Are we going to be in different
wards and precincts this year? Are the voting places going to be
This is a reasonable reply. As long as you're going to re-design this entire
system, why have an empty vote?
But...then again, why not? If it's in redesign, an affirmative vote is just
as temporary and you send a signal that subpoena power is one of several
critical elements to a truly effective
Dear List Members:
I write to present a benefit of having the baseball stadium
authorized by the House and Senate stadium bills located in Minneapolis
that I haven't seen discussed on the list yet. If the stadium is located
in Minneapolis, then the city's name will appear on the byline of
Hello All,
We held an open discussion of the needs of silent sports (cross country
skiing and off road biking) on Monday night at the Theo Wirth Chalet.
The attendance was tremendous! We had approx. 65 in attendance plus 6
staff/commissioners. There is clearly an enormous interest in
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Discuss important topics such as :
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When the Redistricting Commission next meets on Tuesday, April 2, at
6:00 pm in Rm. 220 City Hall, we commissioners will have had the benefit
of the NAACP/Urban League community forum Redistricting in the City of
Minneapolis: What Will it Mean to Communities of Color? on Thursday,
March 28, from
Star Tribune Article excerpts:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/2125950.html
Minneapolis grocer Selwin Ortega testified Monday that
a fellow businessman told him he could obtain a
$25,000 neighborhood grant if he kicked back $5,000 to
a neighborhood official.
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the conversation
I agree with Robin, Neal, and Sonja that automobile drivers aren't very
careful and break laws also.
However, it seems to me that a lot of bicyclists have a purposeful disregard
for even the most basic of traffic laws. I have even heard a few tell me
that the laws don't apply to them. It seems
To answer the original question, the Minnesota State Highway Patrol, under
the Department of Public Safety, has a form on their website
(https://www.dps.state.mn.us/patrol/unsafe/report.htm) Their statement is as
follows:
Use this form to report any unsafe driving incidents that you may have
The Director of Hennepin County Library Charles Brown has decided to
dismantle the HCL Catalog and Authority which has been built over the
last 28 years or so. It is HCL's one claim to fame.
His claim, as presented to the Henn. Co. Commissioners, is that it's
expensive to catalog materials
Steve Sumner:
However, it seems to me that a lot of bicyclists have a purposeful
disregard
for even the most basic of traffic laws. I have even heard a few tell me
that the laws don't apply to them. It seems that every time I see a
bicyclist on the road they don't regard the laws at all. It
Sonja Dahl told a nice story about a police car stopping at a pedestrian
crosswalk on Nokomis Parkway.
But what is a pedestrian (or motorist) to do on a busy three-lane, one-way
street like University Avenue SE?
There you see lots of implied crosswalks with pedestrians waiting at them
David Piehl writes:
Is this a suprise to anyone? Dozens of folks in
Central and Phillips have made similar allegations,
and some have put their concerns in writing in the
form of grievances to the MCDA and the NRP. To
date,
MCDA has essentially dismissed the grievances as
concerns,
Barbara Lickness wrote:
Does anyone know what the outcome was of the
administrative court hearing on his businesses?
According to yesterday's Strib, The hearing is scheduled to end today. Beck [the
administrative law
judge] then will make a recommendation to the City Council on whether
List,
This week in Florida a man was attacked by another
with a machete. The man who was attacked had no
weapons, but managed to fight him off and survived.
He cut cut twice, and yes, he was lucky that was all.
If the cut on the back of his neck had been an inch or
so deeper, he could have
Zack Metoyer has been the business chairman and board
chairman for the Central Neighborhood Improvement
Association.
I'd be curious what Zack Metoyer would say about this -- he is on this list
-- and so could defend himself here.
David Piehl writes:
Is this a suprise to anyone? Dozens of
Dear Steve, Here is a different point of view to consider, offered by a
friend of mine
Speed limits are to cars as stop signs are to bicyclists.Car drivers speed
when they think it is safe to do so. (For that matter-car drivers also run
stop signs) If the car driver is wrong, someone ELSE
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From: Vivian Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Steve Sumner [EMAIL PROTECTED] , Mpls@Mnforum. Org
[EMAIL PROTECTED] , [EMAIL PROTECTED] , [EMAIL PROTECTED] , Garwood, Robin
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Subject: Re: [Mpls] bad driving
Date: Wed, Mar 27, 2002, 1:45 PM
Dear Steve, Here is a different
Thanks to everyone who responded to my post - it is great having this
resource. I am filing a complaint with both the city and the state. Our
neighborhood SAFE officer, Jennifer Nesemeier responded to me privately with
a form document I can use with the city.
As an aside - I did call the city
Barb Lickness asked: Does anyone know what the outcome was of the administrative court
hearing on his businesses?
Steve Brandt here: The administrative law judge's recommendation to the City Council
in this matter is not expected for at least two months. I'll be reporting it when it
is
Pamela Taylor wrote:
This week in Florida a man was attacked by another
with a machete. The man who was attacked had no
weapons, but managed to fight him off and survived.
He cut cut twice, and yes, he was lucky that was all.
If the cut on the back of his neck had been an inch or
so
Selwin Ortega is trying to save his 24 (I think) stores. He is going to
fling accuations this way and that--he has shown that he will.
Personally, I have always thought Ortega was not a stand-up guy. I think
anything he says in these admin. hearings is worthless. The INS has been
in his
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I was honked at once while bicycling downtown because the light had changed
while I was crossing the street. The driver didn't know that. All he saw was
me there with a red light.
But the honking didn't help me get to safety any quicker. In fact, it was
indirectly responsible for my falling off
Mark your calendar! Neighborhood sustainability meetings, April 2nd through
April 30th
Hello NBHD list serve folks, many of you attended the Neighborhood
Environmental Sustainability January 26th, 2002 . 250 Mpls folks and 100+
St. Paul folks attended. Participants will receive the conference
Pamela Taylor writes:
In defense of Zack Metoyer in this incidence, I sat on
a sub-committee along with a few others which included
Judy Paul, Karen Forbes, Pauline Thomas, etc., etc., etc.
Jana Metge writes:
All I can say is..., get on with your life, let go of the anger...this is
over
List,
Point of Clarification: The reason that I made a point
in my previous post of saying that this incident
PRE-DATED the Blue Crew board election was so that
everything would not have to reflect on that
particular group.
There were problems at CNIA before thenm, and far too
many of the
A number of years ago I spent six months in Negril in
the west of Jamaica.
Most every day I found a reason to ride my bike from
where I lived with a friend into town or farther up
the cliff.
I had one hangout down the road a piece that was no
more than a shack by the side of the road where a
As an addition to my earlier post - I've tried to get into the state highway
patrol site for two days per Dan Fehler (and other's) suggestion and have
gotten an error message that the site is not available.
D. Klein
Kenwood
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Eva Young wrote:
Zack Metoyer has been the business chairman and board
chairman for the Central Neighborhood Improvement
Association.
I'd be curious what Zack Metoyer would say about this -- he is on this list
-- and so could defend himself here.
David Piehl writes:
Is this a suprise to
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