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Vol. 2, No. 11
October 21, 2002
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If I may ask for a clarification: when you say that we should speak only one
language, are you saying that every American should at least be able to speak
English (which I agree with), or that Americans should only know English?
In fact, the first foreign language I learned was not Somali, or Fr
Re: Library:
Ok, not exactly the library, but a side comment from
the thread:
- - - WM wrote (excerpt) - - -
WM: The director of the library is not a public
official; the board members of the library are public
officials. The director of the library is their
employee. So you elected this board t
Forwarded on behalf of Steve Minn... - David Brauer, list manager
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I'm not a subscriber anymore, but I do monitor the list as an interested
participant in Minneapolis Issues. I provided fair and reasoned info in
response to an inaccurate post by Ms. Heller. I thought Mr. Rocker's
post on 10/18
--- Begin Message ---
>About the referendum - let's get the word out on this one.
>annie wrote these comments: Getting the electorate to vote "NO".
>
>BYLINE:
>CREDITLINE:
>HEADLINE: Editorial: Sneak attack / Revenge motivates a referendum
>
>Mischief is lurking near the bottom of the ballot th
In a message dated 10/19/2002 2:44:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, Jim Mork writes:
> Michael Atherton asks about cities with
> Republican mayors:
> "U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno issued a
> written statement Monday, noting that across the
> country "homicide is at its lowest point in 33
> years
In a message dated 10/20/2002 1:01:01 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Tim Bonham wrote:
>
> A few possible reasons for so few lawn signs:
> - Lawn signs are expensive, both in actual cost, and in volunteer
> effort needed to call for permission, drive around putting the signs up,
> drive a
