Say what you will about the need for basements, but I haven't
fired up the woodstove in my garage yet this season, and it's 52
degrees inside tonight. That's 20 degrees warmer than the outside
temperature, and during last summers heat wave it was at least 10
degrees cooler than the
From the Strib:
Developers should display a plaque at a Lake Street property
recognizing a church that was accused for decades of preaching a bigoted
message, the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission recommended
Tuesday.
Overruling its own staff's determination, the advisory panel voted
Sigh..would would think even the Minneapolis Heritage Preservatioon
Commission is going to be fodder for another contentious grist mill. My
first reaction was that this is just another good idea/commission gone bad.
I modified my reaction to accepting a historical notation, but to explain
Dave--The parking lot was closed in response to the terrorist attacks last fall, and
the county board made a decision not to re-open the lot to the public. It currently
houses county staff that pay to park there.
Personally, I am in agreement about opening it back up.
Becky Boland
I could live with a small, two line sign that read: 'such and such
tabernacle--dates' on line one and
ask for information at your public library or bookmobile or Ask
manager for information on ... on line two. If they plaque the
building, the information of why has to be readily available.
According to Carey McWilliams(the former editor of the Nation) Minneapolis
was the most antisemetic city in the US in the 1930's and 40's.
So Luke and son were broadcasting in prime time. There is such nice
poetry to memorializing such a shrine.
David Wilson
Loring Park
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002,
Dyna Sluyter's post - Subject: [Mpls] Garage+Basement= Affordable Housing!
has finally caused me to post something on garages. (After viewing the
discussion that has gone on with a great deal of humor.) People are calling
some others Garage Nazis for advocating for garages. The other side is
Nancy Russell writes, of the plaque:
If we're going
to remember history, let's remember it correctly, eh? What do you think?
Precisely. It seems nonsensical to erect a generic plaque that doesn't
acknowledge that River-Lake Tabernacle's historical relevance is
inextricably mixed up in
THE HISTORIC PANTAGES THEATRE REOPENS ON HENNEPIN AVENUE
The Historic Pantages Theatre reopens on November 8, joining the State and
Orpheum theatres as the third live stage venue in Downtown Minneapolis owned
by the Minneapolis Community Development Agency. Please click on the link
below to read
City Hall
Bill Dooley
Kenny
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 3:24 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Mpls] Watch Dog Newspaper
Where can I pick up a copy of the Watch Dog Newspaper?
Denise Mazone
8th Ward Property
Greetings,
This is the first time I have posted on this list as I have just started to
monitor the discussion. My name is Aaron Marcus and I am a second year
student at the U of M law School. I have recently proposed to several
members of City Council a draft for an ordinance that addresses
To all Skyway News readers:
We now have links to the full transcripts of our gubernatorial interviews.
The newspaper story, plus complete transcripts of our interviews with the
four candidates, are at:
http://www.skywaynews.net/display/inn_news/news02.txt
The transcript links are on the rail
I've seen the billboard from the Taxpayers League Light Rail Brought to you
by Big Government which I found highly amusing. It left me wondering who
built the roads...
The latest one, which I haven't seen (I'm told it's in Blaine) is shaped
like a ballot box. It has four candidates that you
On the day that MCDA announces the upcoming opening of the Pantages
Theatre, we read in the paper that a small riot broke out inside the
neighboring Orpheum Theatre.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3368474.html
Apparently at least part of the problem was that the musical group
performing
A disturbance after a rap concert. What a surprise!
Bill Dooley
Kenny
-Original Message-
From: Terrell Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:03 PM
To: Minneapolis Issues List
Subject: [Mpls] Theatre riot
On the day that MCDA announces the upcoming
--- Jim MCGUIRE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've seen the billboard from the Taxpayers League
Light Rail Brought to you by Big Government which
I found highly amusing. It left me wondering who
built the roads...
The latest one, which I haven't seen (I'm told it's
in Blaine) is shaped like
Hello all,
I have been doing a lot more biking this week thanks to being carless for
the moment, and I am wondering why the city is not requiring new businesses
and apartments to provide a space to park a bike? It couldn't cost that
much, and it just might encourage more biking, (biking, as
List,
There have been literally hundreds of rap concerts in town without
disturbances. There have been disturbances after College sports events
and we don't sarcastically say A disturbance after a college game. What
a surprise! There are disturbances of hundreds of people every time
Bush or
In a message dated 10/16/2002 12:02:43 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Theatre riot
Oh, rats! When Terrell wrote Theatre riot, it didn't occur to me that he was
referring to illbehaved event patrons. I though he meant that we now have so many
theatres that it could be
Re: Socialists for Wellstone
After reading the dsausa website, I drew the same
conclusion that the original post did - that they were
attempting to import people to vote. I suppose that
would be better than standing outside a shelter with a
stack of tens and sample ballot, but it would
certainly
Jim Mork from Cooper asked about the cost of a busway. It depends on
several factors including length, cost of right-of-way, number of
stations, lanes and buses.
That said, $130 million is Metro Transit's estimate for the 22-mile
Northwest Busway along County Road 81 from North Minneapolis to
Greetings from the war zone,
Gunfire erupted again at noon today in the 2300 block of 4th
Street North in Minneapolis. This area has been an open air drug
market for years, with several murders within a block of this
location.
Todays skirmish began just before noon
Dear Peter,
Last week Jean Diederich, the President of AFSCME Local 34, asked all
candidates for County Commissioner what they would do to maintain the
existing level of service and the existing level of employees with a budget
deficit and cuts in State and Federal funding. My analysis and
Aaron, I agree with your major objective: We need to make this City a place
where we all can live.
But, your modest proposal is too modest. It corresponds pretty much to
existing conditions. The major flaw in your plan and the principal
injustice in the current situation is precisely that it
Thank you, Fred.
Fredric Markus wrote:
Note: illegal drug use
impacts all three of these venues and we are nowhere immune from crimes
against persons and property.
WM: Farmers I know in Southwest Minnesota are locking their barns so
that thieves don't have such easy access to their horses --
Forwarded to the list on behalf of Mary Watson,
Ventura Village resident and Block Club Leader:
A memorial fund has been set up to help the family of
Mary Raucho. Mary was the little 11 year old girl that
died accidently from a fall in a construction site on
Franklin and 14th Av. on Monday.
To suggest that transit involves social engineering and automobile use
does not is just plain silly.
Several years ago I had the occasion to review several dozen studies in
which economists have attempted to develop estimates of the full social cost
of automobile use, including both the usual
At 1:29 AM -0500 10/16/02, dyna wrote:
[...]
So we start with a basement. Code requires we go down at
least 4 feet, so we might as well do poured concrete walls a full 7
feet high. Keep the design pretty much square, so one wood or corn
stove can heat the whole place. Then put the
Yeah, I really enjoy their Social Engineering Ahead billboard. I always
wonder why the accompanying photo doesn't show a kid with his or her hand
over her heart, saying the Pledge of Allegiance.
Is there anything as much fun as idealogues with more dollars than sense?
Bob Alberti, President
I don't know if the education debate has been
beaten to death, but I took a walk today, and a
number of points suggested themselves to me, so I
want to make them here.
First thing that came to me is that we have to
settle just what it is we call education. If
it were nothing but basic literacy
Today I attended a work-related event in Eden Prairie,
and drove down last night to spend the night. My
displeasure at having to drive from northern Pine
County to the southwest metro was tempered by the
realization I would see The Old Neighborhood. It was
interesting to see how much had stayed
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