We came We saw. But, we did not concur. That's the scoop from the recent
Open'' Redistricting Commission hearing. People (of color, mostly) filled to
overflow the lovely hearing room and hallways of the 3rd floor of City Hall.
All were observers, unless and until, that fortunate fraction of
The crowd that packed the city council chambers last night to protest the
proposed ward map might as well stayed home.
With only minor changes, the plan that was drafted behind the public's back,
the same one denounced Thursday night with near unanimity by community
members from across the city
First, thanks also go to Vic Thorstenson for his work on the NAACP plan.
Tim Connolly mentioned how hard it was for non-geeks to grapple with
this (one of my best friends on the list deleted every single
redistricting post, not wanting to cling to a steep learning curve). Vic
took his
A correction to my lengthy redistricting post:
The Jordan neighborhood was moved out of Joe Biernat's Ward 3, not Barb
Johnson's Ward 4. My apologies. I guess what was thinking was that if
Jordan ended up in Ward 4 instead of Natalie Johnson Lee's Ward 5, you'd
have two wards with 60-plus
I got the following in the mail from Sen. Berglin:
Dear Eva:
Thank you for your phone call to my office regarding your concern about The
Colin Powell Youth Center and Urban Ventures.
The County is the fiscal agent for the Colin Powell Youth Center. Peter
McLaughlin is in support of the
Just in case anybody missed this account of the last meeting, featuring
quote from list member Jonathan Palmer
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/2225546.html
Martha Bolinger
ECCO -- and still 10...
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David Brauer wrote:
The highway was built as an intentional racial moat and now the
political heads have forced more of us to leap it. There's good that can
come from that.
I agree. One good thing that may come from it is an increased resistance
to MDOT's plans to make the moat wider.
-Ken
I realize the big whee today is redistricting issues but the sun is
hanging ten in a clear blue sky, there are kestrals flying loops around my
downtown apartment (sun must have them confused too) and I'd rather stick to
non-wonk areas.
I didn't receive any cooperation from Ma
I'm not sure what to think. These changes or nonchanges--and the change in
Phillips is immense--need some time to sink in and consider. Here's my
layperson's initial and off-the-top-o' the-head take:
Phillips and Wards 9 and 6. Getting rid of the Ward 8 chunk of Phillips (a
good idea) and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] suggests, regarding the Ice Out contest,
I also really like the small town idea of placing an object on the ice to
determine the exact date and time. Something like a junked out car or some
other such eviscerated hulk.
A 'junked out car' is not a good idea. Oil, brake and
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Ward 10 is another one to watch - we just lost a chunk of the south part
which is less green but gained a bunch to the west which may (I only glanced
at it last night) include part of uptown. We keep the progressive wedge.
If elections are coming in another year, the
I am having trouble readng Terrell's map (it doesn't come in too clear on my
computer). Can someone tell me in which ward Powderhorn is now located?
Looking at the map, it looks as if it is in Ward 8 now or the, but again, I
can't read the map that well on this computer. I am on 34th and 15th.
The new 6th ward boundaries have Ventura Village and
West Phillips in the ward in their entirety. East
Phillips and Midtown are in the 9th ward in their
entirety. Sorry to those who object, but, the days of
one Phillips neighborhood are about to be over.
Ventura Village applied for independent
We wouldn't be in this jam, if the council would not have went
to 4 year terms.
Craig Miller
Former Fultonite
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We came We saw. But, we did not concur. That's the scoop from the recent
Open'' Redistricting Commission hearing. People (of color, mostly) filled to
overflow the lovely hearing room and hallways of the 3rd floor of City Hall.
All were observers, unless and until,
It hasn't gotten as much attention, but the Redistricting Commission
also passed a new plan for Park Rec Districts. It can be viewed at:
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/redistricting/docs/Tentative-Park-Plan.p
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David Brauer
List manager
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Well, what a week in beautiful Minneapolis as people of color, the poor,
the disenfranchised and the Greens got trashed! About two weeks ago I
thought I was going to lose my council member and my block would be only a
slice of the pie going into Ward 9. But NO we all got sliced over to
I agree with David's points about the unfortunate disconnection of Kingfield from the other neighborhoods that share its general concerns. I'm still going to be more concerned about the issues that affect me personally (my kids schools, shops, the lakes), even those just happen to no longer be in
There are Republicans, and there are Republicans. I don't
know personally either of the RPM commissioners on the
redistricting commission, but they certainly didn't speak for
me when they voted to accept the final plan. This is
precisely the sort of back-scratching, log-rolling, go along
to
Zimmerman has talked about moving to remain within Ward 6 boundaries. Has
Lilligren said anything similar?
As for benefits for Ward 8, a number of people feel that Ward 5 has lost
influence because of losing the prosperous downtown areas. Ward 8 is losing a
chunk of Phillips but gaining the
STOP IT EVERYONE - WE ARE NOT WITHOUT
REPRESENTATION AND WE DO NOT KNOW FOR HOW LONG.
When you wake up tomorrow morning you will still have the same
Council member and call the same phone number with your issue or problem
as the plan has not been finalized - there are still some more parts to
the
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