http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/2205982.html
Wish List:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/2205919.html
My personal favorite on the wish list: "Delete requirement that Major
League Baseball guarantee a franchise in Minnesota for 30 years."
Other items on the highlight reel:
When req
Ken-
Thank you for this fine, information-packed post regarding CM, the media, and
car culture!
While several paragraphs and points of your post bear further consideration,
I am most struck (if I may use that term) by the last paragraph or so.
A lobbyist opines to you that cars are "the engin
- Original Message -
From: DeWayne Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Minneapolis Issues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 7:50 PM
Subject: [Mpls] Re: How to Have Open Elections in Neighborhood Organizations
> Steve Cross wrote:
> > I'm always reluctant to use the phrase
Steve Cross wrote:
> I'm always reluctant to use the phrase "with all due respect" when I
> disagree with someone. That's because I suspect that what whoever is
> saying that really means "with absolutely no respect to you and your
> dumb ideas." But, in this case I know Jay Clark so I really do
here's some redistricting information. Please jump to the website below.
The NAACP, Minneapolis Urban League, Council on Black Minnesotans are
sponsoring a plan for the City of Minneapolis. The plan is presently being
supported by three members of the redistricting commission. We need the
comm
You can check www.workdayminnesota.org's bio of Nellie using the links at
the bottom of
http://www.workdayminnesota.org/daily/news/0403johnson.php
(note, if this is too long for your email program,you may
have to cut and past the link into your browser).
Alos,it's time to start the discussion of
I'm always reluctant to use the phrase "with all due respect" when I
disagree with someone. That's because I suspect that what whoever is
saying that really means "with absolutely no respect to you and your
dumb ideas." But, in this case I know Jay Clark so I really do mean
that "with all due re
timothy connolly wrote:
> I also wrote that there is no way I can ever relate to
> how an African American feels in this society.
Although it is impossible for me to know what it means
to be an African American in this society, I certainly
hope that I can relate to what it is like. It's difficu
David Brauer posted about the Commission's plan:
>Some very quick observations about what you will see:
>
>1. All incumbents are protected (the most stretchy was my new guy Robert
>Lilligren with a few Phillips blocks snuck into the new Ward 8. Dean
>Zimmermann, the other Phillips guy, survives
Michael Hohmann wrote:
It should be no surprise that property values will
increase near LRT
stations. As some have suggested, the ability for a
family to
eliminate an
automobile from the household budget represents
significant annual
savings,
given the cost of ownership/lease, operation and
ma
Minnesota Critical Mass (MCM) does not want a permit,
or the City to make Critical Mass an official ride.
The City can do that and they can call it Critical
Mass, but I can safely say that very few Critical
Massers would ride. We would prefer to have our First
Amendment Right to Peaceably A
All:
Please go to the following URL for the NAACP's
redistricting information from the Community Coalition.
Please read the site and look at the map and the ward
boundaries. Please send this email to everyone you know
and please write the redistricting commissioners with your
opinion.
The reas
Someone posted earlier (sorry, I've been using my delete key too quickly
today) with the fabulous idea that the mayor and council set aside a day a
month for honoring bicycling commuters. I think that's a wonderful idea, and
maybe they could start with April 25, which last year was designated as
E
I would like to remind everyone that although the plan was later than other
plans -- the NAACP plan should still be considered fairly. The timeline as
I understand it, still permits time for additional consideration in addition
to the community feedback which has not been heard and is not schedu
I wrote a friend off-line that I wish I had not used a
reference to the master-slave relation. It is a poor
and disrespectful analogy.
I also wrote that there is no way I can ever relate to
how an African American feels in this society.
I can tell you that each time I hear of one of these
incide
If you want to see a detailed version of the Redistricting Commission's
map, where you can scroll in to street-level, a map is now available at:
http://members.tcq.net/david/4-1-02MTRP.pdf
You need a free Adobe Acrobat reader, which you can find at
http://www.adobe.com.
David Brauer
List manage
Do those who clog our downtown streets with their automobiles after
basketball, baseball or football games obtain a parade permit to do so?
They do not.
Are they dragged from their cars, beaten and maced, and left on foot in
downtown after their cars are impounded?
Of course not. Rather, we
In a message dated 4/3/02 10:52:29 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I couldn't agree more. Along those lines, here is the remaining schedule
of the Commission, including the April 11 Public Hearing:
Monday, April 8, 2002, Room 220 City Hall: 6:00 pm
Thursday, April 11, 2002,
Minneapolis-Issues and the Redistricting Geek are here to serve...
The NAACP's suggested ward plan has been posted for all to evaluate.
Please surf to:
http://members.tcq.net/david/naacp.htm
There are also population, minority-population and compactness stats.
Now, back to my paying gig...
Dav
Several people object to my use of the words "fascist
thugs".
How would you characterize these officers? What would
you say to police who grab people by the hair, pull
their heads back and pepper spray them in the eyes?
How would you characterize a policeman who bounces a
person's forehead off t
Nellie Stone Johnson was a remarkable and wonderful woman, I
worked with over the years, and interviewed for several book
projects.
She also embodied a populist political tradition -- different than
what goes by the name these day -- which is of extraordinary
importance for th 21st century, i
Scott McGerik of Hawthorne asked: How many bicycles will each LRT car hold? Will
there be a rack on the car to hold the bicycles?
Each light rail car will be able to hold 4 bicycles on hangers inside of the car.
The low-floor cars will make it easy to roll a bicycle or wheelchair directly onto
As a 26 year ECCO resident, I like the new plan for Ward 10. It relates to the other
communities that I feel connected to.
However, I feel ECCO have very little connection to the Southwest communities that are
part of Park District 6. We have huge areas of NO housing (Lakewood Cemetary, Lak
The MayDay Parade is always the first Sunday in May, so it will be May 5th
this year. (Cinco de Mayo as well).
MJ Mueller
Seward
Heart of Beast Office Manager
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Is there a firm date for the May Day Parade? Saturday the 4th? Or mid week?
CM
Craig Miller
Camden Property Management
-Original Message-
From: Gene Martinez
I attended part of the Redistricting Commission meeting last night. I agree
completely that the NAACP plan is superior to the DFL "incumbent protection
plan".
[TB] I have been disappointed with the Redistricting Commission's failure to make the
Is there a way for the list to see this plan?
Barb Lickness
Whittier
(a neighborhood about to be chopped up)
=
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the
world. Indeed,
it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead
_
Gene Martinez wrote, "I attended part of the Redistricting
Commission meeting last night. I agree completely that the NAACP plan is
superior to the DFL 'incumbent protection plan'. Does the DFL Central
Committee plan on weighing in on this issue? Does the party consider the
opinions of the
I'm quite concerned that Matthea is attempting to excuse the late arrival
and lack of deliberation over the NAACP plan as being irrelevant to the
commission's adoption of it. There's a presumptuousness about running in at
the last minute with a plan and demanding that it be accepted with the
under
I attended part of the Redistricting Commission meeting last night. I agree
completely that the NAACP plan is superior to the DFL "incumbent protection
plan".
Does the DFL Central Committee plan on weighing in on this issue? Does the
party consider the opinions of the NAACP important in determi
Jana Metge wrote:
>
>We mobilized and organized testimony. Vans of Augustana Seniors and Elliot
>Park residents went to the hearing. They were successful in changing the
>proposed boundaries and being divided into only 2 wards vs. 5 wards.
>
>Monitor this, go to the hearing, express your concer
David Brauer writes:
The risk with thin-slicing is that you really don't have two council
members looking out for your interests. Having only a teeny slice of a
neighborhood naturally drops it down a council member's priority list,
if for no other reason than you'll probably spend less time in a
Fredric Markus writes:
I personally like the establishment of a "downtown ward" that links all
of downtown to the core of the old Fifth Ward rather than the 4-1-02
proposal that further strengthens the collection of very prosperous
areas in the old Seventh Ward.
Jana Metge writes:
Loring Park
Dean Zimmermann wrote:
>It continues to baffle me why anyone would think that it is a bad thing for
>a neighborhood to be divided by a ward boundary. I should think people
>would be happy that their neighborhood has two city council members looking
>out for their interests.
Because in some cas
The 'In The Heart of The Beasts' annual May Day parade and festival in South
Minneapolis is always
held on the first Sunday of May. This year that falls on May 5th, which also happens
to be Cinco de
Mayo. Sounds to me like it'll be a great day to celebrate spring and Mexico and life!
The parade
In response to Keith Reitman from Near North:
Modern light rail is much quieter than the trains Keith remembers from Chicago. In
fact, Hiawatha light rail will be much quieter and cleaner than automobile traffic on
Highway 55. Light rail tracks, unlike most railroad tracks, are continuously w
Does anyone have a link to the text for the mayor's 90 day speech?
- Original Message -
From: "DeWayne Townsend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:20 AM
Subject: RE: [Mpls] House File 3445 - Neighborhood Organization Elections
> Jay Clark is a
The 28th annual MayDay Parade and Festival will be Sunday, May 5, 2002
beginning at 1:00 p.m.
From: http://www.heartofthebeasttheatre.org/mayday/
Sonja Dahl
Standish-Ericsson
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Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy
Post
Jay Clark is absolutely correct. LCC spent about $1500 and a lot of
pro-bono
time of an attorney to design by-laws that fit the "Minnesota's non-profit
law".
This law had just been passed and as far as I know LCC was one of the first
neighborhood groups to deal with this issue. It has been a rea
Citysearch lists it as on Monday May 6. Monday?? :(
Kris Musser
Linden Hills
"Craig
Nellie and I were very close as well. I'll miss her.
Andy Driscoll
Saint Paul
--
> Subject: [Mpls] Nellie Stone Johnson dies
>
> A great icon of progressive politics and the DFL - and the first African
> American elected to office in Minneapolis - died yesterday. Sorry,
> confirmation came
Is there a firm date for the May Day Parade? Saturday the 4th? Or mid week?
CM
Craig Miller
Camden Property Management
PO Box 11032 Minneapolis, MN 55411
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Post mes
Fred:
I want to remind you that the reason that the NAACP did NOT
have a plan on the 28th was because it did NOT have
community approval, and that was important before we
submitted a plan to you. We wanted to make sure that the
premises for the plan were approved before a plan was
submitted.
I
Dean Zimmerperson writes:
> It continues to baffle me why anyone would think that it is a bad
thing for
> a neighborhood to be divided by a ward boundary. I should think
people
> would be happy that their neighborhood has two city council members
looking
> out for their interests.
I'll be hone
A great icon of progressive politics and the DFL - and the first African
American elected to office in Minneapolis - died yesterday. Sorry,
confirmation came quite late, so I don't have many details. I have a
personal connection to Nellie, having worked with her on her oral
history a couple of yea
I did not vote for the 4-1-02 draft redistricting plan, as I explained
last evening at the Redistricting Commission meeting, because I observed
some features in the last-minute submission of an NAACP plan that
appeared at first glance to be superior to the 4-1-02 plan for which
five votes had been
Critical Mass.
Jennifer fails to add one important message in her
report. When you e-mail me a description of what you saw or
experienced at the CM ride on March 29th, please put Critical Mass in the
subject line. Otherwise your post will get lost in the hundreds of emails
my office
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