On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 10:39 PM, Mark Snyder wrote:
However, what I'm stuck on is the argument that appears to be West
Broadway
and Lyndale is zoned for big box retail, therefore the only option that
should be considered for that location is big box retail. Unless I
missed
something, no
Dyna reports:
Commenting on Officer Ngo's suit, Federation head Delmonico sided with
MPD and against injured officer Ngo. This was a fatal mistake- under
federal labor law unions have a duty of fair representation. Every union
officer who's on the ball knows about this. The duty of fair
repres
Thank you for sharing your story, Bill. Both you and your former tenant
have my sympathy.
If any of you landlords on this list are ever faced with a similar
dilemma, please advise your tenant to call
2-1-1. It's the main line to emergency social services that was first
implemented a year ago. I
I'm inclined to like the idea of a merit pay system. My mother
was one of the most conscientious teachers I ever knew. She
dragged the load for less-motivated teachers and it wore her out.
But she was extremely idealistic and continued giving.
Of course, there can be abuses with merit pay. And I
I thank Dyna and Keith for responding to my posts about possible ideas for
the West Broadway Target site. It's always good to see another perspective
on an idea.
However, what I'm stuck on is the argument that appears to be West Broadway
and Lyndale is zoned for big box retail, therefore the only
On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 09:42 AM, Peter T Schmitz wrote:
I no longer excuse Rybak or Olson or the City Council on grounds that
the
Police Union is too powerful. Though I wouldn't mind to see some union
busting here.
Peter, you may get part of your wish. Commenting on Officer Ngo's
suit, Fe
I saw an interesting proposition for how to deal with spiraling property taxes. It
was in a Mensa
magazine - not my subscription obviously.
Anyway, the suggestion was to treat property tax assessments as an offer to buy, based
on the
assessed market value. The city would have a considerable
In the middle of 2002 a resident of my apartment building lost his job. He
is a 52 year old single man. He has no family.
He has not paid rent for a long time and now owes more than $5000. He was
waiting for social security to start (due to his disability). 12 months
later, there is still no
Michelle Gross asks:
> >>Are you saying that the people can't be trusted to make their own choices
> and must be "led" to the "right" team by an employee of the city? What
> makes you think the city wouldn't have a vested interest in narrowing the
scope of
> the community team to people the
I've been busy at work and haven't had the time or
energy to do more than lurk on this discussion.
While I disagree to the nth degree with N.I. Krasnow,
I have to admit I don't see how what he's doing is
"trolling." (N.I., I assume you're a male-- if I'm
wrong, my apologies.)
So far he hasn't d
on 6/10/03 10:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Krasnov: Isn't there always a little tag at the end of this about not
> taking the flame bait? Well, "taking"here would be quite the understatement,
> "engulfing whole" would maybe cover it. Good God folks, don't you know w
We need your help in finding young people to fill 33 camp scholarships. This is a
great opportunity. The U of M has agreed to fund 33 scholarships to their summer
camps, in order that Minneapolis kids can participate. We have 33 scholarships for
Minneapolis kids (I don't think there are even i
Emilie Quast wrote:
... in the case of criminal assault, I think all
parties need a cooling down period.
WM: Some of these possibly criminal assaults are teachers being
assaulted by kids young as six. This is a whole new ballgame at the schools.
I believe suspension was a policy that worked whe
We tried the Quarry Rainbow last night, reopened under new management.
On the good side, I saw plenty of familiar faces, so they kept staff on.
I'm still looking for some of my favorite people, but everyone can't be at
work at once.
The store has been scrubbed down but there hasn't been much re
There have been several postings on school issues in the
last few days. I'll pass on some info.
Budget...
Jim Mork asked for information. Administration folks put
together a small Excel spread sheet on the district budgets
over the last 10 years. I'd be glad to send that spreadsheet
as an attachm
The new suspension policy is discussed
http://startribune.com/stories/1592/3930014.html
Sorry. In all except cases of criminal assault, I don't agree with even
the idea of suspension, and in the case of criminal assault, I think all
parties need a cooling down period.
I believe suspension was a
List Manager pointed to Al's obituary, and I'd like to point to another end
of an era
http://startribune.com/stories/859/3926891.html
When an Anaheim master teacher contacted me because she wanted to observe
GT classes in Minneapolis, I directed her to Greg's "non GT" room.
Emilie Quast
SE Como
STRIDE Presentation on The 35W Access Project.The STRIDE Presentation explains the history of the Access Project andit's impacts on the community. The STRIDE Presentation showsinnovative solutions from other cities that would work to relievetraffic congestion in the I35W corridor .In light of rece
Michelle, I think you misunderstand the process and spirit of mediation, and the guidelines that you keeping quoting (which, incidently, you have stated exist but have not provided any specific citation such as the document name, paragraph and subsection so that people can verify what you're saying
Doug Mann wrote:
> The district is moving toward a merit pay system (pay for
> performance) which I believe will produce the kind of abuses
> which inspired teachers to organize and fight for alternatives
> to merit pay, such as pay differentials based on length of service
> and educational at
I, like Keith, usually find myself agreeing with Michael Hohmann's posts.
I do have some disagreements about Michael's thing about "white" teachers.
There does not seem to be any racial corner on "Bad" teachers. Though I
agree with Michael about the number of bad teachers. It would be "many" if
2
In a message dated 6/11/2003 8:18:15 AM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> [MH] I'm confident that negotiated wage and benefit increases account for
a
> significant portion of the funds in question. The teachers union has
become
> a gravy train that basically provides a
[EMAIL PROTECTED] comments,regarding my critique of teacher's union and
their impact on our kids education,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> > I also assume that many (not all) of those tenured teachers remaining,
> > mostly white teachers with decades of experience, are not good
> teachers.
>
>
Why are there mandatory closing times at all?
If leaders would start dealing with noise, I wouldn't see any other justification
although I'm
open to suggestions.
Noise = megabass + harleys + bags of beer bottles crashed into dumpsters.
Regards,
Jason Stone | Hale
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I live near the Cabooze and Whiskey Junction as my house is right off of
Franklin Avenue & Bloomington and I hate the noise from motorcycles
accelerating under the Hiawatha underpass, it is very loud, but I have
learned to deal with it and the fire engines, ambulances, police cars,
buses, loud m
Michael Hohmann has some great observations about teacher accountability,
labor contracts, and the future of education in Minneapolis. I won't quote
it but it is a must-read whether you agree with his assertions or not. My
two cents, let's install those Target cameras in our classrooms, I for one
In a message dated 6/11/03 6:25:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> I also assume that many (not all) of those tenured teachers remaining,
> mostly white teachers with decades of experience, are not good teachers.
Keith says; I agree with Mr. Hohmann's analysis quite o
For clarification, every name on our website is not a death in Minneapolis
or at the hands of Minneapolis police. The heading at the top of that page
states "by Minnesota law enforcement officers" and includes deaths at the
hands of St. Paul police and other police agencies. To read informatio
I've explained over and over that it is not just some whim of mine that
the city cannot select the community team for mediation--the DOJ CRS even
says it. Kinshasha Kambui is an employee of the city. She
should not have had a role of any kind picking the community team.
How much clearer does t
In a message dated 6/10/03 10:18:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> Mark, as Keith pointed out there are plenty of small storefronts up
> and down Broadway for small business start ups. But we have few sites
> the size of Target's and we need to preserve them for us
Doug Mann states, in part, that...
> And even the better schools within an integrated system are not very high
> quality if the resources that make good schools good are
> distributed unequally,
> as is the case in Minneapolis. For example, the least experienced
> MPS teachers
> have been heavily
A continuation of the discussion initiated under the thread:
Re: [Mpls] Mpls school cuts... follow the money
I have no problem with instructional grouping designed to help kids with
similar deficits in a particular skill or subject area get caught up. But these
types of instructional groupings
The Victoria Transport Policy Institute has made an excellent analysis of London's new "Congestion Pricing" program, and includes a section on implications for other cities that is well worth perusing. The report is not too long, and is very readable. There are even quite interesting and informat
I think that we in Minneapolis are following the path feared by the likes of Benjamin Franklin and John Adams as we increase our reliance on surveillance and firearms in daily life.
Franklin: "There is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and I beli
Mark,
Clarification - CUAPB attributes the deaths of Charles Berry (1995), William Hayek
(2002) & Ki Yang (2002) to Minneapolis Police. Berry died while in a Wright County
Jail and the Hayek & Yang deaths were a result of actions taken by St. Paul Police.
Mary Rainville
Victory Neighborhood
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