If you know of a photographer that would be interested in this photo op,
please forward the event information to them or send me their name, e-mail,
fax info and I can get details to them. Lake Harriet Candlelight Peace
Vigil, 9 p.m., Friday - Jan. 17, The event is also posted on the WAMM and
Unit
An interesting story---I walked out of my house yesterday, up the street from Rudolph's Barbeque, and heard the squawking of several crow sitting in a tree over my parking lot. I look around, and see that a hawk has a smaller black bird pinned to the ground. It was tawny grey, small beak, a dist
Jim Mork and Barb Lickness express the experience of most neighborhoods.
The suggestion that MCDA might be more protective of the poor and minority
communities' interest is absolutely laughable. Exactly who does that person
believe was responsible for tearing down the thousands of units of
afford
Jim:
Without a doubt, you probably invest heavily of yourself on community-related issues. I am sure you have reached both a level of awareness and reality of how much your involvement can, and will impact your community.
Sometimes, in order to first find-out what the "truth"
I've watched this discussion and struggled in vain to see the point of the arguments.
The VIRTUE of a project cannot be measured by who is active in it. Is there ANY proof
of any attempt to keep minorities inactive? Are they holding secret meetings? In my
neighborhood, everything is out in t
I read with interest Britt's piece on the 3rd ward, but was a little surprised at the closing which said that both candidates needed to be specific on the issues. Surprised because Don Samuels' website (www.donsamuels.org) has his Campaign Platform right there on the site. And since I personally
EDITORIAL
Show the courage to challenge your leaders
By: Pauline Thomas
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Originally posted 1/16/2003
People may ask themselves, What is all this
bickering about that is going on within the
Black community? Some members of our
community apparently believe that
I appreciate Gregory Luce reference to the Teamworks study. This is just the
sort of thing I was looking for after reading Pauline Thomas' editorial. You can
see it for yourself in parts or in whole here:
http://www.nrp.org/R2/Resources/Reports/Teamworks/Teamworks.html
This 192 page tome is nice
Just to chime in here...
As someone who uses a short stretch of Hiawatha pretty much daily, and
studiously observes the 35 MPH speed limit, I can tell you the 45-55MPH is
the defacto speed limit now. Everybody just whizzes past me, especially
those southbound folks who think the plane will lea
Barbara Lickness wrote:
> I think you are making the box too small Mike. You
> cannot judge NRP participation by how many people
> attend meetings. There has to be other ways to
> measure participation. Participation in a neighborhood
> survey or focus group is participation. Participating
> in
An keenly argued idea from CARAG resident and arts impresario Dean Seal. His
case is reprinted in the current issue of the SW Journal:
http://www.swjournal.com/display/inn_opinion/opinion01.txt
Also, the paper has a small news story on this idea, too...
http://www.swjournal.com/display/inn_neigh
For all the discussion of what is or is not wrong with NRP inclusivity,
I thought I'd throw out for comment what we (the Tenant Issues Working
Group) has actually requested and recommended, presuming NRP even
survives the budget ax. It's the only known recommendations for change
that we know of at
It's good to see that there are varying opinions regarding Hiawatha. For the longest time after the "new" road opened, I was under the impression that the general contractor for the project had somehow gotten ahold of the wrong set of plans, and had erroneously re-worked the road and turned it in
My observations regarding minority paticipation at the neighborhood level as it relates to Jordan at least, is that it hasn't been as good as it should be. A couple of observations:
1) If I'm not mistaken owner occupancy (in Jordan) is only roughly 60%. For the remaining 40% that are renters, th
Can anyone give me more information on these candidates for District 8
Metropolitan Council Seats.
Council finalists named
The Metropolitan Council Nominating Committee has selected 87 finalists for
seats on the Metropolitan Council. About 340 candidates applied for the
16-member board. Public hea
It was Mark Anderson that advocated for 55 MPH, not
Ken Bradley, sorry! It was a message response I was agreeing with that Ken
had forwarded. 45 mph would be a reasonable speed. 55 would
definitely be too fast!
PS. to those who responded to my e mail, I
drive my son to hIgh School in Rich
Terrell Brown
> [TB] We have Interstate 94 as the southern border of our neighborhood
> and 35W at the southeast corner. Do we get to close them down or set
> the speed limit there?
DeWayne Townsend
[DT]Depends, were you promised that the speed limit on 94 and 35 would be
35mph?
In addition t
I think you are making the box too small Mike. You
cannot judge NRP participation by how many people
attend meetings. There has to be other ways to
measure participation. Participation in a neighborhood
survey or focus group is participation. Participating
in a program or project funded by NRP do
I genuinely appreciate the anecdotal stories about the how and who of
various NRP programs and whether they have benefitted renters and
persons of color. Here's a long response that takes into account some
of the comments.
As one caveat--I certainly understand that an NRP subsidy to a school or
r
Terrell Brown
> [TB] We have Interstate 94 as the southern border of our neighborhood
> and 35W at the southeast corner. Do we get to close them down or set
> the speed limit there?
Depends, were you promised that the speed limit on 94 and 35 would be 35mph?
DeWayne Townsend
Cooper
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I wonder what will be the outcome when the workers are
identified. Loss of job? Lawsuit? They would and
should face consequences even if all they had stolen
was a lawn flamingo.
Susan Maricle
formerly of Folwell
Bruno MN
--- List Manager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As it turns out, city offi
In Whittier, we spent nearly $2M on affordable
housing. Most of this housing is occupied by persons
of color.
The Whittier School which was non-existant before NRP
has a population of well over 90% people of color.
The renovated Whittier Park building which was
virtually empty (except for drug
Gus Gustafson, the Mayor of the Warehouse District passed away on Monday. I'm
sure some of you knew him.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/389/3592504.html
Conor Donnelly
WaitePark
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Writing about MN Trunk Highway 55, Jim McGuire says:
Sorry if you're in a hurry to get somewhere else, but that promise
needs to be kept. The needs of the people who live along any street
should always be the priority.
[TB] We have Interstate 94 as the southern border of our neighborhood
and
Could somebody e-mail me off-list
and let me know when and where tonight's STRIDE meeting is going to be held?
I know somebody who plans to go to the meeting, and they still think that
it's going to be held at the Hosmer Library. And could I also be provided
with the STRIDE website's address?
This issue fascinates me. There appear to be two groups of people who have
chimed in on it. One group lives on or near Hiawatha and consider at least
part of its purpose to be a local street. Since they, their neighbors,
their children, and others have to cross this street in their neighborho
> A recent posting said that few to none of the participants in the NRP
> program have come from the ranks of minorities.
Ok, how many NRP staff members are Hmong? How many Hmong
are board members of NRP contactors? What are the attendance
figures for Hmong at reallocation meetings and neighborh
> A recent posting said that few to none of the participants in the NRP
> program have come from the ranks of minorities.
Ok, how many NRP staff members are Hmong? How many Hmong
are board members of NRP contactors? What are the attendance
figures for Hmong at reallocation meetings and neighborh
> A recent posting said that few to none of the participants in the NRP
> program have come from the ranks of minorities.
Ok, how many NRP staff members are Hmong? How many Hmong
are board members of NRP contactors? What are the attendance
figures for Hmong at reallocation meetings and neighborho
Many church, school, community groups and neighborhood organizations are
planning meeting spots around the lake. A good idea to keep candles lit:
small tea lights inside clear plastic cups. The silence of peaceful
solidarity planned for 9:10 p.m. should be breathtaking.
Martha Sandberg,
Kingfield
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 12:41:58AM -0600, Annie Young wrote:
> How many of us will it take to circle the lake? Just curious.
It's almost exactly 5 kilometers around Lake Harriet on the
parkway, a little less on the inner walking trail. An adult
can hold her hands about 2 meters apart. So it'll t
A recent posting said that few to none of the participants in the NRP
program have come from the ranks of minorities.
The writer of these comments must not know about the North Minneapolis
Southeast Asian Initiative, which has gotten hundreds of Hmong involved
in their neighborhoods and developed
Again, another attack although subtle in nature, it was delivered with a decent amount of fairness. Comments seem to be continually laced with character assassinations. On many occasions I've seen the manager of this site ask people to tone down this behavior.
Please note that Federal Mediation wa
Not Minneapolis germain.
James Jacobsen // Whittier
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Posting at the request of Ms. Michelle Gross
Shawn,
Please send the following to the Minneapolis Issues list. Thanks!
Michelle
People need to be aware that although
Mr. Metoyer attempted to abscond with our
name and service m
Trying to turn this thread local again...
Trying to turn this thread local again...
"A Minneapolis whodunit apparently has ended with the city buying and
delivering a new antiwar sign to the home of Gary Hendlin."
As it turns out, city officials confirm that (so far unidentified) city
workers co
"George Martens, a former Minneapolis City Council president who was on the
council from 1949 to 1967, died Sunday at his Minneapolis home as he was
preparing for his usual duties as an usher at Central Lutheran Church in
Minneapolis. He was 99."
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3595005.html
I'm usually pretty quiet on the list. I figure I will give my thoughts.
I have to drive to and from work everyday. My job takes me to different
companies throughout the year. Most of my work is in the suburbs. The bus
system will not work for me. It would take major time out of my day.
Hia
The effective speed limit on Hiawatha right now is about 45 mph. That seems
about right to me. Increasing that speed by 10 mph would be of no
appreciable valuable to anyone other than pizza delivery drivers.
I was at an informational public hearing some years ago at the Nokomis
Community Center i
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Mike Jones wrote:
>
> If you really wish to be "terrorism-free", you need to do some critically
> thought out research and ignore what the TV tells you. TV lies.
Point of English usage:
"TV lies" is reduntant. 'TV' pretty much means 'lies', and 'lies' pretty
much means 'TV'
James E Jacobsen said:
I am fine with moderate protests, I have participated in them.
What's a "moderate" protest? Please don't tell me it's somewhere between a
liberal protest and a conservative protest. I'm weary of that dichotomy.
But the situation here is that America has been hit by maj
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