Hi Don, good to finally hear from you after over a month of
campaigning.
In response to Tamir,
Let me apologise for any negligence on my part for not responding to your
call. I have no recollection of your call or of receiving any message
regarding your call. But, please understand, these are
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Tim Bonham wrote:
Vicky's idea here is as senseless as Jesse Ventura's unicameral plan.
Reducing the number of elected representatives just makes it much
harder to reach them. .
Three reps are cheaper than 13. My plan reduces the number to zero(0).
We
Once again, your campaign has decided to use the race card. Why is this
so? Can the samuels show find any other means to addressing the community
besides using the race card?
Don, in your interview a few weeks ago, you said:
I will use the office as a bully pulpit to encourage African-American
Olson's reticence
A lawsuit reveals that Minneapolis police
have routinely supported businesses that
have denied service to minorities by
threatening or carrying out an arrest
(Star Tribune, Jan. 22) and Police Chief
Robert Olson, who should be ultimately
accountable, does not see fit to
Remember the debate some months back where I claimed
Tom Johnson of Access Project fame was a lobbyist, and
questioned why a lobbyist rather than a community
organizer would be put in charge of community input on
the Excess Project? Well, Tom Johnson wouldn't give a
clear answer, so a few project
Michael writes:
I can and do claim that city government is more democratic.
1) Knowledge.
Residents must understand the function, purpose,
and process of the NRP to vote wisely. I doubt very seriously
that a citizen picked at random could you very much at all
about the NRP
--- Jim Mork [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, Mr. Samuels disturbs me in another way. He
says that drugs are sold by gangs and gangs fight for
turf, and that innocents get harmed. Fine. But WHAT
does drug dealing have to do with this??
/jim/
I didn't attend the truth in taxation meeting, nor
Susan Maricle:
That's a novel perspective. Drugs cause loitering and foul language? I don't think
so. I think the idle lifestyle that fosters drug business is reciprocally related to
loitering and foul language. Not completely sure what all the reasons for it are,
though my first reaction is
From Jeremy Iggers column in today's Strib Taste section, page T6
Bye-bye Billboards:
Chino Latino's billboards boasting that Our happy hour is
cheaper than a Bangkok brothel are gone, thanks to a protest
campaign of calls and e-mails complaining that the message was racist
and
Good Morning List,
I find it interesting that anyone is being accused of using the race card.
The race issue is a FACT in dealing with the police and the community,
whether people want to classify it as rhetoric or not. Wasn't the Jordan
melee considered racial to a large degree? Just because
Olson's reticence
A lawsuit reveals that Minneapolis police
have routinely supported businesses that
have denied service to minorities by
threatening or carrying out an arrest
(Star Tribune, Jan. 22) and Police Chief
Robert Olson, who should be ultimately
accountable, does not see fit to
Russell Raczkowski wrote:
Tom Johnson's career as related by the SW Journal
follows. I think it is clear that Johnson has some
mighty connections streching from MnDOT, to
corporations, to the federal level, and to Hennepin
County. (snip) He has public relations, marketing, and
lobbying
pt: Brian did what he could do, and people were okay with
that. The fact that he happened to take money under the table was a
personal problem of greed. It had absolutely nothing to do with me, nor
you.
Well, let's see here, someone saying they are a role model to the community
and the
Jim: I accidentally hit reply instead of reply all
on your Third Ward message about small
businesses/drugs. Would you be able to forward it to
the list? If not, no biggie, I just wanted to know
where I am on my daily ration of posts. Thank you!
SAM
Dyna Slyuter wrote:
Don, good to finally hear from you after over a month
of
campaigning.
Tamir:
Don actually did get back to me as did Jonathan
Palmer, who's opinions I value very much. On this,
I'm sort of predisposed to support Don Samuels, but I
still feel that there's a lot to answer for.
Jim Mork wrote:
Well, I guess I won't trouble myself with Michael's answer
about democracy. I think he really needs a dictionary to sort
out the confusion between representation and democracy (they
aren't the same thing).
de-moc-ra-cy (di-mokr-se)n.pl. de-moc-ra-cies. 1. Government
by
Brian is either unaware of the contact I received and the requests for information
regarding the DFL pledges and rules or else we have a different definition of
respectful. And I look forward to discussing this matter with him more as rationale
people to resolve this for the good of all
forgot to sign:
Jonathan Palmer
in Victory
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Good Afternoon List Members,
I have to use my second post for the day on this. Vanessa, what Brian
Herron did WAS NOT a reflection on me nor any of the people who believed in
his abilities as a council person. The fact that we were disappointed in
his behavior is one thing, but claiming
Just a suggestion...
Someone might contact the school board in our sister city Austin, Texas to
find out how they deliver education for $9,000 LESS per student than
Minneapolis.
Districtwide Per Student Spending: $7,450
Districtwide Median SAT: 1052
Average Elementary School Performance: 75%
Visiting
http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/about/report_2001/challenges_progress.shtml,
I found that Minneapolis spent $10,226 per pupil in
2000. Did our per-pupil expenditures increase by
$6,000 over the past two years? If not, I'd like to
know how 7,450 plus 9,000 equals 10,226.
On a related note, 70
Apparently a gleeful acceptance of the global prostitution of girls is not
simply a local phenomenon. How nice of Chino to down the billboard, now I'm all
happy. Can't wait to take my new daughter there when she's old enough to swallow
the sarcasm. Anyone get a photo of this billboard before it
Dana Bacon wrote:
I found that Minneapolis spent $10,226 per pupil in
2000. Did our per-pupil expenditures increase by
$6,000 over the past two years? If not, I'd like to
know how 7,450 plus 9,000 equals 10,226.
Vicky replies:
The $17,000 per student figure in Minneapolis (2002) came from
Hats off to Lynnell for leading this brief but effective campaign. My 30
year olds ate with a bunch of their friends at a birthday party there last
weekend and were saying how much fun and how good it was. I was feeling
kind of yucky about that knowing the billboard issue. Glad to know
Try this:
46,037 students (from the MN Dept of CFL)
http://cfl.state.mn.us/datactr/enroll/GED0203.xls
The District's budget for fiscal year 2002 is $664.5 million (from MPS)
http://www.mpls.k12.mn.us/about/report_2001/challenges_progress.shtml
That is $14,434 per student.
Then one of the MPS
In a message dated 1/23/03 10:41:31 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Here are the key messages our legislators need to hear:
1. They will be held accountable -- We will hold our legislators accountable
for funding the "adequate and efficient" public education guaranteed to
First of all, hats off to Lynnell Mickelsen and others on this list who so
believe in the power of the comsumer, as well as the power of citizens, to
let their voices be agents of change. Whether it's through this List or
through the ballot box, one or two voices can truly make a difference.
Jim Graham writes, in part:
Is it true NRP is not a City Program, it is a State
mandated program set up by State of Minnesota Statute?
While this might be technically true, here is the actual situation.
First, State law fairly specifically controls how and where cities
may use Tax
If all the list members who are talking about the budget issues for MPS,
they should attend the SOS meeting this Sunday, January 26, 2003, at 2 p.m.
at the Whittier Community Center, 2600 Grand Avenue South, Minneapolis. and
hear from legislators and School Board members about the costs for
V.L. Freeman wrote:
pt: Brian [Herron] did what he could do, and people were okay with
that. The fact that he happened to take money under the table was a
personal problem of greed. It had absolutely nothing to do with me,
nor you.
Well, let's see here, someone saying they are a role model
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Very sorry, I forgot to sign my post from January 22.
I heard from an informed
Before responding to Mr. Brauer's points individual I
would like to stress that the major problem with the
NRP is that there are no standardized procedures related
to voting that are uniformly enforced. There are no
serious checks and balances to detect fraud. And, there
are no realistic ways
I'm not yelling--I actually hadn't thought through the equation yet, and
perhaps the bigger question is the one you raise--non-funding. But
non-funding from whom, and who decides non-funding? Can the city
unilaterally determine not to fund NRP? Or is it merely an equation of
leftover TI money
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