Re: [Mpls] Star Tribune Endorses Don Samuels (and Olin Moore?)

2003-01-28 Thread JIM GRAHAM
It sounds like the StarTribune gave both candidates an endorsement. I would have to agree that both Olin Moore and Don Samuels are a cut above anyone on the present Minneapolis Council. Minneapolis cannot be anything but better off if either is elected. StarTribune did a very fair job. I do not

Re: [Mpls] Has R.T. peaked?

2003-01-28 Thread Mark Snyder
On 1/27/03 1:17 PM, "Tim Bonham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> What makes you think that Greens aren't pro-labor? >> Annie Young >> East Phillips > >Well, the vote by Green Natalie Johnson-Lee against requiring > city contractors to provide equal benefits to all their workers for one > t

Re: [Mpls] Mis-Information about NRP and Police Competing For Same Dollars

2003-01-28 Thread WizardMarks
David Brauer wrote: However, we are embarking on Phase II (the next 10 years, recently extended to 15 years). This is the "present" everyone is worried about - and here, Jim is wrong. The dedicated TIF funding (from the Downtown Common Project) is insufficient to meet Phase II obligations at $1

RE: [Mpls] Mis-Information about NRP and Police Competing For Same Dollars

2003-01-28 Thread Jack Kryst
On the principle that half-empty is also half-full I'd have to say that you are both correct. As of this moment NRP is not levy-supported - never was. However, for it to continue from this point at anything above a nominal level it would need to be. Repeating an earlier response: "Statutorily d

Re: [Mpls] War.

2003-01-28 Thread phaedrus
Why is it a Minneapolis issue? Because there are a lot of folks who don't trust the current administration's motives farther than they can spit. Once our military, in our names, starts killing more innocents, some of these folks are going to stand up. Maybe the next Seattle'99 will be here. It pr

[Mpls] Star Tribune Endorses Don Samuels

2003-01-28 Thread Joseph Barisonzi
Star Tribune: Don Samuels / Hard choice in Minneapolis' Third Ward   Published Jan. 29, 2003 Too bad both candidates in Monday's Third Ward special election can't win seats on the Minneapolis City Council. Olin Moore and Donald Samuels would be impressive additions. Beneath Moore's canned rhetori

[Mpls] Anti-War Resolution

2003-01-28 Thread Stephen Jester
I have a few questions for our esteemed council members. 1.Whereas, a war in Iraq would cost an estimated $100 billion; Where are we getting this number from?? The DOD? I give it a big we don't know that. 2.Whereas, a war would disproportionately affect minorities, and according to the 2000 cens

RE: [Mpls] open letter to our Mayor

2003-01-28 Thread Michael Atherton
Ken Bradley wrote: > Dear Mayor Rybak and Minneapolis Issues Folks: > > I understand that the Mayor promised in the past to > veto the anti-war resolution. I also understand that > people have argued such a resolution is not relevant > to the city of Minneapolis because the act of war can > only

[Mpls] Pacifica Radio Coverage of the SoTU Address + Roundtable Responses From Progressive Guests

2003-01-28 Thread Jenny Heiser
Click on the website below for complete radio coverage of the President's SoTU address followed by a Roundtable Discussion featuring Ralph Nader, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Natalie Johnson-Lee, and two other political analysts, as well as 6 Pacifica station radio anchors, includ

[Mpls] City of Lakes Loppet

2003-01-28 Thread John Munger
If you are interested in helping build community in Minneapolis, the City of Lakes Loppet is going forward this weekend to celebrate winter in Minneapolis. After hundreds of volunteer hours, community participation from sponsors such as Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Cities97, Life Time Fitness and

Re: [Mpls] If an antiwar res is germane to city issues...

2003-01-28 Thread Gary Bowman
Again I will state I am not trying to debate the worthiness of arts in society. I would ask you to reread the original post. My point, again, is for however worthy art may be, most if not all the economic reasons listed for the antiwar resolution could be generally applied to many other programs.

RE: [Mpls] Mis-Information about NRP and Police Competing For Same Dollars

2003-01-28 Thread David Brauer
Jim writes: > David Brauer is correct about competition for similar funds, if in fact a > tax levy were approved to fully fund NRP. At present, NRP is not funded > through that source. I'm venturing a little further out on the plank here - someone who knows more feel free to saw it off if I'm

Re: [Mpls] Conservative media and war for oil? (was Open letter...)

2003-01-28 Thread Gypsycurse7
Didn't this post start out as a defense of the idea that this war is NOT for oil? Linda Mann In a message dated 1/28/2003 11:07:57 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Okay, for a bit of Minneapolis importance to this > post? Consider this thought: Wouldn't it be a > po

Re: [Mpls] Miss-Information about NRP and Police Competing For Same Dollars

2003-01-28 Thread JIM GRAHAM
David Brauer is correct about competition for similar funds, if in fact a tax levy were approved to fully fund NRP. At present, NRP is not funded through that source. Also the City Council proposed five year plan for Community Development, (CD), does not include such funding. That CD Plan calls

RE: [Mpls] Mpls. CM Johnson Lee to deliver Green Party Response to State of the Union

2003-01-28 Thread Dooley, Bill
Interesting that both the Green Party and Democratic Party responses will be given by racial minorities. Also, I have to assume Natalie will be given consideration for a position on a national ticket. Bill Dooley Kenny -Original Message- From: Eric Oines [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

RE: [central-traffic] [Mpls] 35 W Weave and Access

2003-01-28 Thread Tom Johnson
Tom and David, Written approvals come in the form of Project documents and plans signed by both the Federal Highway Administration and MN/DOT. Approvals follow both a legal process and a process dictated by Federal policy. We may not have these signed approvals for 2 months given the these proces

[Mpls] Transit route restructuring

2003-01-28 Thread Bruce Gaarder
Metro Transit is holding meetings to get feedback on the proposed restructuring of routes that carry 55% of all transit trips in the area. Covers south Minneapolis, Bloomington, Richfield, Edina, and Saint Paul south of I-94 and west of downtown. I suggest that you visit their site and provide fee

Re: [Mpls] Third ward race

2003-01-28 Thread WizardMarks
john wrote: .WizardMarks wrote: This [politics] is their family business. JK: No, exactly, my point. Politics is NOT a family business. WM: There are two reasons, in my mind, why that cannot work. First, as Lynn Doyle lined it in his Ballygullion stories, "The childher about Ballygul

Re: [Mpls] Project 504 and other Non-Profit tax returns available online

2003-01-28 Thread steven meldahl
I am curious about the 2 situations that Project 504 helped out families. #1 - a 2x2 hole in the ceiling where waste water dripped down. Was the hole there prior to the tenants moving in? Why didn't the tenants do a rent escrow? This type of problem can be totally repaired in a maximum of 3 day

[Mpls] Mpls. CM Johnson Lee to deliver Green Party Response to State of the Union

2003-01-28 Thread Eric Oines
Text of speech here: http://greenpartyus.org/press/stateofunion_01_28_03.html THE GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES MEDIA ADVISORY For immediate release: Friday, January 24, 2003 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dean Myerson, National Political Coordina

Re: [Mpls] SUVs

2003-01-28 Thread List Manager
Aside from a passing reference to a north-side Land Rover, the SUV thread is no longer Minneapolis-specific. As the traffic cop says, please move on. David Brauer List manager TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible.

Re: [Mpls] If an antiwar res is germane to city issues...

2003-01-28 Thread Fredlud
The National Endowment for the Arts directly supports Arts organizations in Minneapolis, in turn supporting and enhancing our quality of life and cultural well being. Below are some of the grants that have been awarded so far this year to MPLS arts organizations in MPLS. I did have listed wh

[Mpls] SUVs and Tax Breaks - Focus your arguments

2003-01-28 Thread Victoria Heller
It's not the vehicle that you object to - it's the TOTAL consumption of gasoline. A person with an SUV who drives 2,000 miles per year is more "earth friendly" than a person in a Jetta who drives 15,000 miles per year. The more children a family has, the more drivers. Are you criticizing large f

Re: [Mpls] open letter to our Mayor

2003-01-28 Thread Mike Hess
>I understand that the Mayor promised in the past to >veto the anti-war resolution. I also understand that >people have argued such a resolution is not relevant >to the city of Minneapolis because the act of war can >only be implemented by the federal government, and >thus the city should not be p

[Mpls] SUVs and Tax Breaks

2003-01-28 Thread Dee Long
Several people have sent responses to me asking about the tax breaks for SUVs. This article from the Detroit News is a good summary of the current law. Bush is now proposing to significantly increase the value of the deduction. http://www.detnews.com/2002/autosinsider/0212/18/c01-38875.htm Write

Re: [Mpls] Third ward race

2003-01-28 Thread Eric Mitchell
--- john <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In this light, it may be illuminating to examine > the 3rd ward convention. Of the 70 or so > endorsing conventioneers one (1) was of > African -American descent. That's a total of one > where 40 per cent of the ward is about 60 per > cent African Am

[Mpls] 35 W Weave and Access

2003-01-28 Thread Dave Piehl
Tom McReevey wrote: On January 12th Tom Johnson wrote that an agreement had been made to ensure full access to Lake Street with MnDot and the Federal Highway department. I wrote to him on this list on January 13th asking that he provide letters from MnDot and the Feds to back up his claims of full

[Mpls] Don Samuels endorsement by Insight

2003-01-28 Thread Dave Piehl
I think the following endorsement of Don Samuels by Insight hit the nail right on the head - thank you Insight editors, and GO DON!! Monday, January 27, 2003 Endorsement: Elect Don Samuels, 3rd Ward by Insight News Don Samuels offers the best of all worlds for residents of Minneapolis' Third War

Re: [Mpls] Conservative media and war for oil? (was Open letter...)

2003-01-28 Thread ken bradley
Hello Gary: GB wrote: I also must object to the claim of "war for oil" on two fronts. First, Bush and others have consistently said what this military action is about: ridding the world of a brutal dictator that has no regard for justice, peace, his own people, or you and me. I would challenge pe

Re: [Mpls] open letter to our Mayor

2003-01-28 Thread ken bradley
Dear Mayor Rybak and Minneapolis Issues Folks: I understand that the Mayor promised in the past to veto the anti-war resolution. I also understand that people have argued such a resolution is not relevant to the city of Minneapolis because the act of war can only be implemented by the federal gov

Re: [Mpls] open letter to our Mayor

2003-01-28 Thread ken bradley
Dear Mayor Rybak and Minneapolis Issues Folks: I understand that the Mayor promised in the past to veto the anti-war resolution. I also understand that people have argued such a resolution is not relevant to the city of Minneapolis because the act of war can only be implemented by the federal gove

RE: [Mpls] Z&Z City Council Anti-War Resolution

2003-01-28 Thread Pamela Taylor
Hello List, Yes, it's the woman in Tampa again. I support the Anti-War Resolution. While people keep remarking on the fact that the mayor and council members were not elected to get involved in national politics, they were, however, IMHO, expected to make decisions and partnerships with officials

[Mpls] Conservative media and war for oil? (was Open letter...)

2003-01-28 Thread Gary Bowman
The insinuation the media is all locked up by conservative rich people is simply not true. To the contrary, most conservatives argue there is a clearly liberal bias to news, which would favor anti-war advocates. I also must object to the claim of "war for oil" on two fronts. First, Bush and othe

[Mpls] If an antiwar res is germane to city issues...

2003-01-28 Thread Gary Bowman
Then why don't I hear complaints about the National Endowment for the Arts? Clearly, money that could be used for claimed to be needed social programs in Minneapolis is being spent on much less essential things. Clearly, a resolution opposing the NEA could be easily written on the same vein as Z&

[Mpls] Anti-War Resolution

2003-01-28 Thread Mike Jones
By the time you get this, the most recent presentation of the Anti-War Resolution will have been presented. However, I am going to post it again, because those who oppose the resolution have failed to bring a solid argument against it. Instead, they brought an argument that may be used agains

[Mpls] Wither the well off man from the suburbs

2003-01-28 Thread Dee Long
In response to Dennis Plante, Barb Lickness, Anne McCandless, Terry Erickson- Oh my, evidently my tongue-in-cheek response concerning the Land Rover was way too subtle for some of you. If you re-read my message, the focus was on the Land Rover and why anyone would need to drive one of those gas g

Re: [Mpls] Miss-Information about NRP and Police Competing For Same Dollars

2003-01-28 Thread Jay Clark
David Brauer wrote: NRP DOES have a dedicated revenue > stream - TIF proceeds from the Downtown Common Project. However, tax > increment revenues were cut dramatically by the 2001 state legislature. I > believe there is not enough NRP-dedicated TIF to pay the $11 million > currently obligated t

RE: [Mpls] Miss-Information about NRP and Police Competing For Same Dollars

2003-01-28 Thread David Brauer
Jim Graham writes: > Lets start with the basis of your concern, the forced choice between NRP and > more police officers. This is falsehood and deception of the worst kind. > NRP and the Police are funded out of two totally separate revenue streams. > It is not the same money at all. Any politic

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2003-01-28 Thread James E. Jacobsen
I also think it is germane (spelling correct?), for the reason that any war action is in context of the government doing it's Constitutional duty of providing for the common defense, without which, the president could be impeached, and we could get another 9/11, and it could happen here in M

[Mpls] Letters from readers Startribune: Grass roots for Samuels

2003-01-28 Thread Shawn Lewis
Grass roots for Samuels Don Samuels didn't set out to be a politician. He was just a guy who really cared about his neighborhood, his neighbors, kids and social justice. When the City Council position for Minneapolis' Third Ward opened up last November, his neighbors began calling this co

[Mpls] Z&Z City Council Anti-War Resolution

2003-01-28 Thread Eric Oines
Regarding the Anti-War Resolution to be introduced today: To those who say: it is not germain to Minneapolis, I disagree. Minneapolis residents will be sent to fight and possibly die in Iraq. Minneapolis residents and their families and the city will lose income because they are sent to fight

Re: [Mpls] Project 504 and other Non-Profit tax returns availableonline

2003-01-28 Thread Mark Snyder
Once again, Victoria Heller seeks to discredit those she disagrees with by playing fast and loose with numbers in order to inflame. A visit to the Project 504 web site (www.project504.org) will tell you just what it is that Project 504 does. "We formed Project 504 in April 1999 to address the inc

[Mpls] Third ward race

2003-01-28 Thread john
.WM: This is their family business. >They grew up in politics; it cannot be a surprise that some of them will go into politics. The same goes for acting families (second a third generation actors, e.g. Drew Barrymore, Emilio Estevez, etc) and plumbing families... JK: No, exactly, my poin

[Mpls] 35 W Weave and Access

2003-01-28 Thread McGreevyTom
On January 12th Tom Johnson wrote that an agreement had been made to ensure full access to Lake Street with MnDot and the Federal Highway department. I wrote to him on this list on January 13th asking that he provide letters from MnDot and the Feds to back up his claims of full access now and in th

Re: [Mpls] Project 504 and other Non-Profit tax returns available online

2003-01-28 Thread Gregory D. Luce
Victoria Heller wrote: > Anyone who wants to keep TAX EXEMPT organizations honest should know about > this website: www.guidestar.com. [In the Search box, type in Project 504, > for example] > > > $78,759 was spent for "compensation, pension plan, payroll taxes" for two > officers: Greg Luce a

[Mpls] Project 504 and other Non-Profit tax returns available online

2003-01-28 Thread Victoria Heller
Anyone who wants to keep TAX EXEMPT organizations honest should know about this website: www.guidestar.com. [In the Search box, type in Project 504, for example] You can view and print your favorite non-profit's tax returns, obtain federal identification numbers, identify board members, and see

Re: [Mpls] Whither the well off man from the suburbs?

2003-01-28 Thread dyna
Good points, Dee! Just wondering, Does he need the Land Rover to plow through the huge amount of snow we've received this winter or is he planning some off the road driving at his new North Minneapolis location? If Don Samuels manages to get elected and gets his way there probably won't be a