Apparently, Diane has been to Houston and did not care
much for it. I have not been to Houston so I cannot
personally comment on the atrocious conditions she has
described.
However, I must wonder, and maybe someone can provide
some more detailed information, as to how the area is
able to
Apparently, Diane has been to Houston and did not care
much for it. I have not been to Houston so I cannot
personally comment on the atrocious conditions she has
described.
However, I must wonder, and maybe someone can provide
some more detailed information, as to how the area is
able to
Mr. Turner is seeking Green Party endorsement in this
race.
Thanks, David Strand-Loring Park
--- Constance Nompelis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Bill Dooley wrote:
Does anyone know the candidates for Senate
District
61? I hear there is an African-American Green
Party
candidate and I am
Paul Lambie wrote:
As wise as councilmembers and neighborhood leaders may
be, I believe that market forces, as conveyed by
potential buyers and renters, will direct landowners
and developers to make decisions that will provide the
greatest benefit to the community.
I agree, which is another
I must say that I have lived ever so briefly in the
Houston metro area. I resided in Pasadena on the
southeast side a few blocks from Gilley's
tavern(anyone seen that old movie Urban Cowboy, it
was partially filmed there). I worked northwest of
Houston in the Woodlands- an entirely planned
With regret, I think that experience over the past 30 years is that sweat
equity has been successful in very special circumstances, for a variety of
reasons. First, the housing subsidy burden on taxpayers is - overwhelmingly -
the homeowner mortgage interest deduction. This federal housing
South Minneapolis may or may not be happy that, according to this morning's
Star Tribune (page 5 metro section) Lake Nokomis has moved to 44th and
Girard. The story did not indicate where Lake Harriet has gone. If anyone
knows, please advise.
___
Minneapolis
Constance Nompelis wrote:
I know of two other candidates: Steve Braa, a
Republican, and Luverne Turner, an Independence (I
think?) I don't know the ancestry of either. The last
time I checked with the Greens, (about a week ago)
they were not disclosing -at least to the Republicans-
who their
Hi, all --
On 4/9/02 6:40 PM, Andy Driscoll wrote:
...The woman, who
was walking calmly along and, obviously, suggested that these cops were out
of line...
I've seen similar postings on the list saying that the woman was acting in a
non-threatening manner.
Well...
Not to excuse the
Houston does not have ZONING codes, they have restrictive covenants.
This allows those purchasing the homes to set the rules as to what can
be built or not etc. I can provide a pointer or two to more info on this,
but I am not an expert.
The lack of zoning codes does not imply a lack of
I absolutely agree with Robin. Watch out...the gay, progressive, man of
color is about to rant again...I'm sure some of our more thoughtful
list-serve members will have something to say...
Further, I absolutely believe that there should not be any police officers
who serve on the CIVILIAN Review
With great fanfare we were told yesterday about misdemeanor charges against some of
the kids involved in the celebration over at the U last weekend. Why not equal
fanfare for charges against the cops we watched beating kids on the Sunday and Monday
news broadcasts? Did someone conveniently
I believe that the most recent figures on home ownership were about 75%
of the nation's households. Thus the people who get the benefit of a
mortgage deduction are most of the country, and the proportion of those who
pay significant income tax who benefit from the deduction is even higher.
The
Michael Atherton wrote:
Which precipitated the violence: the student celebration or the police
response to it?
Walt Cygan responded:
But some students quoted in the Strib, PiPress and Daily clearly thought
the crowd was out of hand.
After talking to a number of people who were there, both
Nothing to add to this thread, except for positive reinforcement to Dave
Polaschek for his reporting. It's great to see the list used by
citizen-correspondents to try to ferret out facts, irrespective of a point
of view.
Points of view are great, too, of course - our stock in trade - but I find
I think Terrell makes several excellent points in his
post. Police problems in Minneapolis have been so bad
that Human Rights Watch felt it necessary to include
us in a report documenting 18 cities (I'm not sure if
this was US or world wide) with rampant police
brutality complaints.
One of
To my knowledge, Habitat for Humanity (the developer), does
not request government assistance (taxpayers' money).
Paul -- based on the info in the newsletters I receive regularly
from Habitat for Humanity, and from conversations with people involved, I
would estimate that about 1/3
I agree. Information begets rationality. I'm second to none as most people
can discern here, in my criticism of the police culture, but that doesn't
excuse the idiocy of turning any celebration into an excuse for vandalism
and terror.
But therein lies a lesson: 1. Drunken children are going to
At 05:33 AM 10.04.02 -0500, Dave Polaschek wrote:
We encourage you to contact the U of M Green Party for more information:
Perhaps you could forward a contact address to the list? I'd be
interested in hearing more, but it's not obvious who to contact.
Thanks,
Dave Polaschek
Marcy-Holmes
Title: Re: [Mpls] Redistricting for Kingfield
Hopefully you will prevail and keep most of your
neighborhood together and in one Ward. Unlike the legislative redistricting
situation which shoves a significant portion of SW Minneapolis into a Richfield
and Bloomington legislative district.
On my one visit to Houston for League of Cities Convention several years
back we were told that the reason Houston looks so bad is that there are
no zoning codes so there is no rhyme or reason as to what building goes
next to which house or used car lot or whatever. It is a willy nilly city
Does anyone know the average ice-out dates for the City's lakes?
I have walked around Harriet, Lake of the Isles and Calhoun within the
last week and the thin ice signs are out all over the place. It would
be fun to have a pool to guess the correct date this year.
Barbara Nelson
Burnsville
--
At lunch today with a friend of mine when we talked about getting rid of
the Police Chief my friend said they'll never let him go because the city
with all its financial woes doesn't have $350,000 or more to buy out his
(the Chief's) contract.
Don't these little rumbles that keep happening
Though many are native to these parts and elsewhere, the small landlord (Homo
privata capitalum futilis) is a dieing breed. The inexorable encroachment on
his habitat by NonProfiteers and the growth of nonnative creeping socialism
have limited the grazing range of these simple creatures. Also
You can double check with Luverne, but he has been (and is) seeking Green Party
endorsement. His the only candidate for 61 one who is doing so as far as I
know.
The Senate District endorsements will likely occur in early June. Then we
should know a lot more.
Cam
Constance Nompelis
I just heard that the landlord of the Loring Cafe Bar may not renew their
lease.
Grr . . .
They are mounting a petition campaign, and also inviting letters to their
landlord, asking him to renew the lease.
If you are so inclined, please visit their Web site for specifics:
www.loringcafe.com
Annie raises a critical question about the policy and ordinance/charter
provisions in both cities (St. Paul, too) of having the chiefs of the two
public safety offices - police and fire - treated differently from all other
department heads - with so-called terms certain - insulated from
Is the Loring Cafe/Bar still under the same ownership that was accused of
using intimidation tactics against employees that were trying to unionize a
while back?
Paul C. Rohlfing
Lyndale Neighborhood - W10 P7
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Aaron Osterby I just heard that the landlord of the Loring
We have had several chiefs, but none has changed the situation with real
and/or perceived brutality against the populace. It would only be worth
our while to change chiefs if we could find a chief who would (1) know
how to change the culture of the organization, (2) be hired TO change
the
I am amazed at the vehmence with which you responded to an anti-homeownership
and/or anti-mortgage deduction argument I didn't make. For the record:
Interesting Facts and Stats ... Percentage of American Households that Own
their Home - 66.8%. (Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Let's use Calhoun as the official lake. Most viewable to most citizens.
I say 4-21-02
Craig Miller
Former Fultonite
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- Original Message -
From: Barbara L. Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Minneapolis Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 4:44 PM
Subject:
4/19/02 3:30 pm
Dean E. Carlson
East Harriet Ward ??
- Original Message -
From: Craig Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Minneapolis Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:01 PM
Subject: [Mpls] Ice out prediction.
Let's use Calhoun as the official lake. Most viewable
List,
This is what I don't get. We give everyone these
contracts with clauses in them that make US have to
pay out huge sums of money to THEM to get them to
leave once they screw up!!! How many of us can
negotiate sweet deals like that at our jobs?
Why are we signing people to contracts like
Sorry. My mind was repeating one thought that I
forgot to sign my post.
Pamela Taylor
(Tampa)
--- Annie Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At lunch today with a friend of mine when we talked
about getting rid of
the Police Chief my friend said they'll never let
him go because the city
with
Ice out for Lake Nokomis will be tonight or tomorrow. I was over there
this morning, and there was the thinnest grey film of ice covering maybe
ten percent of the lake.
I run around Lake Nokomis every day, and I write down the ice-out days
for Lake Nokomis in my journal each year. If I have
Thanks to the nifty archive on the City Pages web site, I can answer Paul's
question and it is yes.
Details were in a City Pages article published last October, which you can
find online at: http://www.citypages.com/databank/22/1087/article9845.asp
There's also a link at the bottom of that
-Original Message-
From: Craig Miller [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 8:01 PM
To: Minneapolis Issues
Subject:[Mpls] Ice out prediction.
Let's use Calhoun as the official lake. Most viewable to most citizens.
I say 4-21-02
Craig Miller
Former
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