Re: [Mpls] anti-war resolutions

2003-02-03 Thread Gypsycurse7
Jason I would be willing to try and organize petition drive. I was in the 10th ward but I think I've been moved to the 8th. It would make more sense to go after Nizolek in the 10th. I think our petitions should be the same. What do you think? Should we try and do a separate, city wide one for

RE: [Mpls] North Oaks

2003-02-03 Thread Anderson, Bruce
I gotta say, as the first who mentioned North Oaks as a possible answer for Vicki's query, I intended it to nothing but good humor. If anyone saw it as anything other than humorous, I take responsibility and apologize. And remembering to sign my post this time... Bruce Anderson [EMAIL

[Mpls] Special Election Day in the third Ward.

2003-02-03 Thread Joseph Barisonzi
Special Election Day in the Third Ward! Vote. Call a friend to Vote. Take a neighbor to Vote. This is a tight race and history will be made! If you would like to volunteer during the day to get out the vote, phone voters, drive voters to the polls, do poll watching. . . .or just be

RE: [Mpls] NRP Hypocrisy?

2003-02-03 Thread Michael Atherton
Barbara Lickness wrote: As the NRP staff person assigned to Prospect Park I would like to respond with the following: The 52.5% housing expenditure mandate is on the program over the 20 year period. NRP has NEVER required or dictated what each neighborhood spent individually on housing in

RE: [Mpls] Historic plane crash photo needed

2003-02-03 Thread Hamilton, Colin J
David, In response to your request for historic photos -- try the Minneapolis Public Library. MPL has a 600,000 item picture/photo archive that is heavily used by researchers. It is one of, if not the best photo/picture collections outside of the New York Public Library. Traditionally it's

[Mpls] Third Ward Thoughts

2003-02-03 Thread Melendez, Brian
Jonathan Palmer wrote, I think what Dennis was surprised at was that a Sample Ballot was done for only one race. Granted it's the only one going on, but generally ballots that have special circumstances like only have one candidate are financed by a specific group other than a party as I

[Mpls] Snow Emergency Alert for Minneapolis 2/3/03

2003-02-03 Thread City of Minneapolis
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[Mpls] GreenSpace Partners Update

2003-02-03 Thread Corrie Zoll
New on the GreenSpace Partners web site this month: *A tour of community gardens in The Bronx *Minneapolis Arbor Day 2003 *Neighborhood tree planting projects *Our 2003 work plan Please stop by for a visit at http://www.greeninstitute.org/GSP -Corrie Corrie Zoll, Program

Re: [Mpls] Loppett and homelessness

2003-02-03 Thread 3womenwalking
Title: Re: [Mpls] Loppett and homelessness From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 20:19:58 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] Loppett and homelessness MH And then I read about the Mayor spending hours at the Loppett (whatever that is) when his aides told me continually that I

[Mpls] Formatting Vandalism

2003-02-03 Thread Mike Jones
This is to all list members: Could you all please figure out how to send a post without the crazy fonts and formatting that inevitably screw up the rest of the digest (for us digest-subscribers)? It is inconsiderate, and even when it works out, it's like wow. a blue font. super-duper.

[Mpls] Re: AZIA Restuarant

2003-02-03 Thread Mike Jones
A co-worker of mine is quitting Figlio to work at Azia. I need to try the place out. Whittier/Uptown has the best restaurants. I didn't know what I was missing in St. Paul. -Mike Jones Uptown _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk

[Mpls] Third ward Election Thoughs:

2003-02-03 Thread V.L. Freeman
Northsiders should vote for Olin Moore. Olin Moore understands the issues that we face. He lived on the Northside for more than five years and his own story is similar to that of many people I know. Olin was raised by a single mom, and he knows how hard life can be – especially if you don’t

Re: [Mpls] Loppett and homelessness

2003-02-03 Thread 3womenwalking
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. Lee Iacocca Again, for a balanced life. Martha Sandberg, kingfield A private life is one thing, this was quite another. When candidates are campaigning for

RE: [Mpls] Loppett and homelessness

2003-02-03 Thread Pamela Taylor
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. Lee Iacocca Again, for a balanced life. Martha Sandberg, kingfield Come now List Members, what does the above quote have to do with the two issue? Unless it is

RE: [Mpls] Loppett and homelessness

2003-02-03 Thread Pamela Taylor
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. Lee Iacocca Again, for a balanced life. Martha Sandberg, kingfield Come now List Members, what does the above quote have to do with the two issues? Unless it is

[Mpls] Of potential interest to the self-reflective:

2003-02-03 Thread phaedrus
http://www.tolerance.org/hidden_bias/02.html It uses an interesting methodology based on left/right brain association. They check for hidden biases regarding various minorities, genders, ages, body image and sexual orientations. To get an accurate result, it is important to go quickly enough so

RE:[Mpls] Third Ward Thoughts

2003-02-03 Thread V.L. Freeman
(BM) I respectfully disagree with Jonathan that if Olin wins, it will be a DFL victory. If Don wins, it will be a 3rd Ward victory for everyone . . .. It will be a victory for the people. Democracy is a good thing even when your candidate doesn't win, and it is a victory whenever citizens go

[Mpls] Affordable Housing - The National Front?

2003-02-03 Thread Paul Rohlfing
Mayor Rybak and List Members: I was cleaning up my email account today (darn those pesky Hotmail account size limits) when I came across a message from Mayor Rybak to the List from last January (1/24/2002). The message was about the recently inaugurated Mayor's trip to D.C. for a meeting of

[Mpls] Where were all you anti-war activists last Friday?

2003-02-03 Thread Peter T Schmitz
Where were all you anti-war activists last Friday when City Council Member Paul Zerby attempted to get a hearing on an anti-war resolution? We knew this was coming up, and while the chamber was packed with affordable housing advocates and homeless people who had slept out in the cold and the

[Mpls] Urban Indian Day at the Capitol

2003-02-03 Thread Tony_LookingElk
Anin, The Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors welcomes everyone to the Second Annual Metro Urban Indian Day at the Capitol. The event will be on Wednesday February 5th, from 10:00am to 11:30am with legislative visits following. The theme for the event is Self-Sufficiency is Shared

[Mpls] Battle of the Jug Bands

2003-02-03 Thread MJ Mueller
The 21st Annual Battle of the Jug Bands took place Sunday, Feb 2nd at the Cabooze Bar in Minneapolis. Minneapolis politcos Annie Young and Dean Zimmermann were in attendance, as was Met Council member James Red Nelson. Dean was spotted taking bribes from members of the band The Cheeptons. I'm

[Mpls] Apologies to Peter McLaughlin

2003-02-03 Thread m1r3201
I have already apologized to Peter McLauhgline in a private post... Peter also stopped by (not for a photo op either) and stayed and talked with people at the campout. Over the years I have found Peter to be quite kind and respectful.. so I wanted to correct my oversight...not intentional

Re: [Mpls] Predicting the winner in Ward 3

2003-02-03 Thread Dean Carlson
9:48, 8A and 8B are in and its... Samuels 1199 Moore 1059 Looks like Samuels kept it close in NE and won big in North Dean Carlson East Harriet, Ward 10 - Original Message - From: Fredric Markus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 9:45 PM

Re: [Mpls] Starting a Dialogue with the suburbs (was Rationalizing government).

2003-02-03 Thread Barbara L. Nelson
I think you are posing the right questions and a productive approach to engaging the suburbs in a dialogue about what is best for the region. This probably isn't the only way for sanity to prevail at the legislature as local aidcuts are made, but it certainly is an attractive way to begin. I

[Mpls] The Future....of Third Ward

2003-02-03 Thread V.L. Freeman
I am still a believer in the DFL party and always will be. This election has given me time to reflect on community and a sense of purpose. I just would like to say, that I will be on watch. Making sure that the whole ward gets proper representation. I will be checking everyday about the

[Mpls] Nothing to Fear...The winner is DON!

2003-02-03 Thread Kelly K Phillips
There is no need to fear, Don had (long before the election) been working all over in the Northside, not only in Jordan! Now it is so exciting that NE has played a key role in deciding that Don is the representative needed in City Hall! He will work for both sides of the River and the City as

[Mpls] Third Ward race more

2003-02-03 Thread Michael Hohmann
Congrats to Don Samuels for a well run campaign and his victory in the 3rd. And, I hope the DFL party appreciates supporters like Vanessa as much as Vanessa appreciates and believes in the DFL. Supporters do help win elections. Now that all neighborhoods (Wards) are again represented at the