Tim Bonham wrote:
In my opinion, Lefler is a very poor judge. In his courtroom, he seems to decide cases more on the wealth power of the parties, and the prominence of the lawyer they've hired, than on concern for the well-being of the children involved. He has ignored the recommendations
Jordan Kushner mentioned that he didn't know anything
about Liz Pierce, who is running for Hennepin County judge. Ihave
known Lizfor years and know her to be a very principled, thoughtful
woman. I meant to write something, but have been too busy, but here is an
endorsement which I endorse
It's unfortunate that people take the time to do this. I returned from my honeymoon on October 27th to find my Wellstone sign taken. Now whether it was opposition trying to take away to visibility or someone looking for a memento, I don't know. But it's still a petty thing to do either way, and
Nutz to being okay with the businesses and homes being taken down. I too know
Edna is NOT okay with it. I think Whittier has really made the fact clear,
not build..
Nothing more to say...
BeckyOlson
Whittier
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Perhaps someone can explain to me how lawn signs are a Minneapolis
specific issue, but memorials/political rallies are not. I hope that the
difference is not that one reflects poorly on one party and the other
does not.
Michael Atherton
Prospect Park
Caroline Palmer wrote:
Hi,
We just came
Michael Atherton asks:
Perhaps someone can explain to me how lawn signs are a Minneapolis
specific issue, but memorials/political rallies are not. I hope that
the
difference is not that one reflects poorly on one party and the other
does not.
The lawn sign vandalism was located in
I nearly arm wrestled some guy to get my Wellstone sign back. When I prompted him about why he was so interested in taking my sign he replied that "they are worth money on Ebay". I haven't checked so can't verify. I am still trying to get over someone setting my flag on fire while it was attached
After the smoke clears from the election, I am wondering if anyone thinks that there could be interest in a smoke-free Minneapolis campaign. As most people probably know, even New York City is moving this direction, that is, no smoking in restaurants or bars. These city-based efforts follow
Regarding MPL budget issues:
1. I suggest that the new central library remain named the Minneapolis
Central Library, or something similar. Sell any naming rights to the
galleria lobby area (and other internal spaces) and develop some 'use
arrangements' to go with the deal; stipulate that the
Mr Mann is correct. For the first time in Youth Vote history, the young people
involved in Youth Vote wanted to announce the results before the election.
Unfortunately, the tragic death of Sen. Wellstone caused some confusion at the
schools, delaying the Youth Vote. Some schools voted yesterday
ECCO 10-3: I was voter 263 at 8:30am, out of 2,386 registered in the 2000
election. The line held 40-50 more
people, and was fairly constant while I was there.
Any other stats/predictions for turnout this year?
KtW
--
Kurt Waltenbaugh
[EMAIL
Jim Mork wrote:
I think we need a FUNCTIONAL library and we need
to build it on a BUDGET. If only to convince the
library board they can LIVE on a budget! And to
dabble in naming rights simply because they
couldn't make do with $110 of taxpayer funds is
just indulgent.
I need to clarify
ELECTION DAY IS TODAY!! NOVEMBER 5TH EXERCISE YOUR POWER TO VOTE!
Voting is a sign of self-respect, an act of rebellion to contribute your
voice to the world around you!!!
When do I vote?
Today, November 5th Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Where do I vote?
To find you polling
Please, I really hope that in the future those posting giving their views on
how others in the South Mpls. community feel about or toward the I-35W
Access Project will contact and talk with that person before stating their
opposition to the Project. Three people have been named in recent postings
Again, a post from Tom Johnson just vague enough to
imply that the folks in question agree with him. No
doubt that these people, as most everyone else, have
complex opinions of the project, but anyone who speaks
with them will not go away with the impression that
they support the Access Project,
I'm sure there was more than one reason for the hill
over Lake Street, but one that I distinctly recall
being relayed to the PAC was the 1962 need to go over
the railroad at 29th, which is now abandoned and has
become the greenway. I35W could now go below grade at
Lake, which would match the
RE: Tim Bonham's list of judges for election.
I'd probably second all of Tim's choices and reasonings. Tim
acknowledged he didn't know much about the Incumbent Judge James
Swenson race against challenger Robert D. Schwartz.
That makes two of us.
But my neighbor, who never ever puts up
In a message dated 11/5/2002 8:50:08 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Mr Mann is correct. For the first time in Youth Vote history, the young
people involved in Youth Vote wanted to announce the results before the
election. Unfortunately, the tragic death of Sen.
Hello List,
Who really cares if the library is named after a donor? Dayton's was named
for the family, and did it diminish the type of merchandise that it carried?
We have schools and other buildings named after people, and did it make
students more or less intelligent? I didn't think so.
What
Well, got to admit this election was an
education of sorts. When I got to the precinct,
there was a line reaching practically
to the outside and serpentining in the gym where
the voting was occurring. You had to go to one
door to pick up your ballot receipt then go get
in this long line. I
I suspect that I voted at the same polling place as Robert may have and I
wanted to share the I was #250 at 10:00a.m. I am embarrassed that I do not
know my new precinct numbers. I will by the time the night is over as I plan
to volunteer to help count ballots. I also live in Central neighborhood
In 11-5, I was voter #214 at 8:30 a.m. with a long
line behind me. From what my co-workers have seen in
their non-Minneapolis precincts, turnout is high so
far today. As for predictions, though, all
less-than-obvious bets are off. Talk about a
nailbiter.
Dana Bacon
Page neighborhood
--- Kurt
Barb Lickness wrote:
I nearly arm wrestled some guy to get my Wellstone sign back. When I
prompted him about why he was so interested in taking my sign he replied
that they are worth money on Ebay. I haven't checked so can't verify.
I just checked, and it's true. People have bid up to $31 for
Go to this page to insure you vote in the right
place.
http://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/
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Jim Mork
Cooper Neighborhood
Minneapolis
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Paul Wellstone: Best friend Minneapolis ever had
in Washington.
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Bruce Shoemaker wrote, It being election day and all, and as I
prepare to head off to vote, some questions are occurring to me about the
situation my area of the city seems to be in regarding our city council
representation. I am in the Holland neighborhood which has been in Ward 3.
You need to be registered in the precinct or have a current id for living in
that precinct and indicate that you know the person you're vouching for
lives in the precinct. Living in the Wedge for years I would often ask new
neighbors if I could take them to the polling place and vouch for them.
Once at Whittier Park, 2600 Grand Ave South Minneapolis, in
the crowd of voters there I overheard one person say, well I don't live here
but I want to vote for my friend who is candidate here. She had the voucher
lined up and they went through and voted. Of course, likely she had
I was Voter #518 in 8-7 at 9:00am.
My 18-year old daughter voted for the first time :-) .
8-7 polls in the King Park gym and the layout of the voting process is tortured, with lines of voters and prospective voters crossing paths in the process of picking up their ballots, marking up their
I was voter number 68 around 8:10am. Normally, I would have been voter #10 at best.
Central 8-3 (?).
On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 08:51 AM, Kurt Waltenbaugh wrote:
ECCO 10-3: I was voter 263 at 8:30am, out of 2,386 registered in the 2000 election. The line held 40-50 more people, and was
Art Himmelman wanted to know if anyone is concerned about
smoking in bars. For the past two
and a half years, Pulse of the Twin Cities has been sponsoring Smoke Free
Saturday Nights. We talk a bar
owner into letting us keep his place smoke free for part of a Saturday night in
exchange for
After the smoke clears from the election, I am
wondering if anyone thinks that there could be
interest in a smoke-free Minneapolis campaign.
There may be interest, but I strongly oppose this
idea. Government buildings and other public spaces
that need to be accessable to everyone should be
At 8:40 AM -0800 11/5/02, Jim Mork wrote about his experience at the
polls, where there was a long line that moved slowly:
First, the voting
machine was breaking down. Which was a first for
me in this precinct since we went to this kind of
counting in the Joan Growe years.
Our precinct had
I wanted to echo something said by Karen Cooper. In my ward (Painter
Park, where things seemed to be running slowly, but smoothly), the
machines were clearly tabulating each sheet, even though the readout
said each voter. Since most people voted on both sheets, one must halve
the number one saw.
I voted this morning at about 10:15am in precinct 9-4. The Powderhorn Park
building was full, and I was the 586th person to vote. During the primary, I
voted about the same time, and I think I was the 76th person to vote.
-Brandon Lacy
-Powderhorn Park
--- Ed Felien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Art Himmelman wanted to know if anyone is concerned
about smoking in bars. For the past two and a half
years, Pulse of the Twin Cities has been sponsoring
Smoke Free Saturday Nights. We talk a bar owner
into letting us keep his place smoke free for
I was really heartened by the turnout in my precinct, 11-8, on the west side of Lake Nokomis. My wife waited almost an hour this morning at 7:45 and I waited about half an hour at 9:45. While I don't love to wait, it was good to see democracy in action. I don't know what number voter I was, but
Someone pointed out to me that the comments about bad
judges wasn't clear as to who it referred to -- if you look at the post, this
was not my comment, it was passed on byMarya Hart, who worked with
battered women,who was writing about how Liz Pierce would NOT be one of
those judges, and
Socialism Slavery, indeed. Lord, help us if the people actually start
controlling their country again.
Employees, especially bar employees, often have no choice as to whether or
not they must work in a smoke-filled environment.
Any retail operation is, under the law, a public accommodation. That
Oops. didn't properly sign:
Andy Driscoll
Saint Paul
Sorry.
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From: Andy Driscoll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 13:03:44 -0600
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Mpls] smoke-free Minneapolis campaign? Please don't go there!
Socialism Slavery, indeed. Lord, help us if
I spoke with a woman I love, just yesterday, who told me she refuses to vote because
she believes the USA is no longer a free country. She told me that in one town she
visited recently, an ordinance encroaches on her civil rights by banning smoking in
all buildings! She was furious and
on 11/5/02 12:28 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was really heartened by the turnout in my precinct, 11-8, on the west side
of Lake Nokomis. My wife waited almost an hour this morning at 7:45 and I
waited about half an hour at 9:45. While I don't love to wait, it was good
The example about vehicle exhaust can really only apply if you lock someone in a room
and pump it full of exhaust smoke, although the intersection of Lyndale Avenue near
the Walker Art Center and Loring Park comes darn close.
If the idea of freedom to make personal choices is to hold water,
I developed a spreadsheet of precinct voting from 2000 a while back.
Based on reports thus far, it is fair to compare this year's voter
turnout with the 2K Presidential election.
My numbers aren't accurate due to redistricting of course but in one
case, turnout at 10:30 was already 50% of
I was voter #156 at 1:30 p.m. in W-6 P-05 at the American Indian Center on
Franklin Bloomington. Better than previous elections in a precinct that
seems to have low turnouts.
Robinson Cook
U.S. Bank
Corporate Payment Systems
1010 S. 7th Street Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: 612-973-6454 FX:
I must admit I never thought this case would go to trial. Here is the link:
http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/4449598.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
Bill Dooley
Kenny
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I had to wait in line! I can't believe it. It's never happened before in
my precinct where I've been voting since 87. I was so proud of us. At
1pm I was voter 473. The election judges were so busy that we didn't
even get to chat. Usually we exchange stories for 15 minutes or so. I'm
Hello List Members: I voted at Willard School in North Minneapolis at about 12:45 pm
today. I was #529 AND had to wait in line to cast my vote.
It was absolutely worth the wait to just to see how many people were coming and going!
The only bad part of voting today for me was that they ran out
I respect the right of people to support their candidate by placing a lawn sign on their property.
But it absolutely annoys me when people display disrespect by placing them on public property (ie street corners, bridge fences, parkways, etc.). While I'm certain there is an ordinance against it,
I am enjoying our discussion about a smoke-free Minneapolis and Saint Paul. I especially like the arguments by those who have evidently lived through repressive forms of socialism/totalitarianism/fascism and can inform us about the smoking restrictions in such regimes.
I just updated the GreenSpace Partners web site, and there
are some downright embarrassing images of attendees at our green tomato
cook-off last month. See them while they last. Pictures can easily
be removed from the site (or enlarged, for that matter) with a tax-deductible
donation to
I was told by Council Member Slater in the 1970s that it is
illegal for anyone to put any kind of posters -including campaign posters-
on utility poles, traffic signal poles or the like.
James Jacobsen // Whittier
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In a message dated 11/4/2002 7:03:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Far better to give to the community than not, I think.
Good point; I stand corrected.
Considering the well reasoned responses I received to my posting, perhaps a
donor-named library is not a bad idea
I have no personal opinion on the matter, but I do have this e-mail from a
trusted individual with whom I have worked. I'm forwarding it at her
request, although I can't imagine there are too many folks on here who
haven't already voted!
If you haven't, get going, and bring a book to read in
All I can say is, whatever these particular Norm Coleman backers lack in
sense, they make up for in sheer courage. I encountered a pair of Norm
Coleman signs planted in a tiny island of turf just where Highway 280
empties onto Terminal Road, just beyond the overpass. Whoever illegally
planted
Voting this Morning in Northwest Minneapolis
I estimate that 75-100 persons were or had voted when I voted at Creekview
Park at 50th Ave. N./Irving Ave. N. at 7:30 a.m. on my way in to work. The
line was at one point nearly running out the front door of the park
building. I have lived in
I think the machines count both ballots unless you leave one of the ballot
forms blank (which explains the odd numbers many have reported). I wouldn't
be surprised if a lot of people didn't vote for judges. The actual number of
voters is
probably a lot more than 1/2 of what is on the machine
Let us deceive ourselves no more. Perusing both
e-mails opposed to the project and those from the
Project Manager, one grows weary of that euphemistic
misnomer, Access, peddled to citizens misleadingly
by the public relations firm - Smith Parker -
strangely charged with our city's transportation
Can anyone post the school board results? If they are out yet, of course...
David Brauer
List manager
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I am happy to report that brains prevailed again
here in 12-1. I took my wife to vote, and we
agreed there was NO WAY she could try to stand in
that long line for 40 minutes. So, she took a
prinout of Phyllis Kahn's message that said the
disabled could sit down to vote and get a ballot
brought
105 of 130 counted thusfar
http://www.startribune.com/news/metro/elections/returns/skumsm.html
David Brauer wrote:
Can anyone post the school board results? If they are out yet, of course...
David Brauer
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First, it is not legal to post campaign lawn signs on public property. If I am correct, I believe the statutes that govern this say that anyone who sees a lawn sign on public property has the right to remove the sign and discard it. Not sure, but I think I remember that from the campaign last
Title: School board
Minneapolis school board
Published Wednesday, November 06 01:02:35 AM
* denotes incumbent denotes key race
Votes Percent of vote
4 seats 113 of 130 precincts (86%)
Judy Farmer* 49,712 22
Audrey Johnson* 38,396 17
Colleen Moriarty 36,984 16
Joseph A. Erickson 26,682 12
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