In a message dated 7/29/2003 8:48:54 PM Central Daylight Time, "JIM GRAHAM" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A one or two bedroom apartment in a
building filled with other poor folks OR owning your own nice three or four
bedroom home? Which would YOU and most folks chose? Which would be more
likely to
One note:
Bill Cullen writes:
1) Jim Graham is right. Help low income families purchase houses. Their
investment will help them escape poverty and give them emotional
investment
in the neighborhood. It will cost less than $158,828.
Unfortunately (for me professionally), Bill is
Child hit by gunfire in north Minneapolis
Terry Collins, Star Tribune
Published July 30, 2003
A child inside a north Minneapolis home was
struck late Tuesday by a bullet apparently
fired from outside the home, police
said.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4015314.html
Posted by
General Mills grant will keep 14 Minneapolis
rec centers open
Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune
Published July 30, 2003
More than a dozen Minneapolis community
buildings will remain open during the last two
weeks of August thanks to a donation from
the General Mills Foundation.
The
The Rake magazine has a feature on the situation with the massive staff cuts
at the Minneapolis Fire Department.
http://www.rakemag.com/features/detail.asp?catID=61itemID=5610
Also mentioned is the idea of adding revenue to MFD by having firefighters
conduct housing inspections on their
Mark is very correct in his assertions.
When I lived in Waite Park (NE) there was a city owned rental home next to
mine.
Both tenants were good families, one foreign, one a single mom.
It never bothered me to live next to it except between tenants, mostly not
knowing what would move in next. It
David was more correct than he thinks. He now has the MCDA subsidy at
$41,473. But his original figure was much more correct for the total
subsidy per unit. What David forgot was to check the total subsidy of
taxpayer dollars. Lets see now, we also have Empowerment Zone money,
Hennepin County
While I would agree that the most important influence for a child growing up
is that of a stable, nurturing family, I think it's also important to
realize that one of the larger issues facing impoverished families is the
constant struggle to just survive, whether they're receiving government
I attended high school in North Minneapolis and have experienced what you
speak of. Some have the attitude that if you work hard to better yourself
you are somehow 'acting white,' a phrase I often heard spoken about people
moving out to better neighborhoods. Some people also think that to
I just got off the phone with Sen. Mark Dayton, who is already working hard to stop a
backdoor attempt to limit the sound insulation program for homes impacted by airport
noise. As you may have read in the Star Tribune this morning, Sen Trent Lott has
tried to prohibit use of Airport
Ann Berget wrote:
As a Tennessean myself, a Memphian in fact, I assure you
that the difference between Nashville and Memphis is a lot
greater than just 240 miles along I-40. Nevertheless,
I think it is only fair to remind readers that Carol Johnson
has served Minneapolis Public
Sounds great. Now, can the good Senator and you do a little noise abatement
for us in Jordan? Last night a very loud 'noise' hit a 2 year old sitting
in her house at 27th and Girard Ave N. I haven't heard yet how she's doing.
The night before, at least three loud 'noises' hit people on the
There are numerous alternatives to the anti-business idea of rent control.
1. Minnesota still refunds a portion of the owners' property tax to lower
income renters.
2. Get a roommate.
3. Pool your resources and buy a house with a friend or 2.
4. Graduate from high school, and then back to school
for those list members who live in audubon or windom neighborhoods it looks
like the vote for granting pop! a beer and wine license will be august 4th
at the neighborhood meeting - those with an opinion are encouraged to attend
(remember to register as a neighborhood resident prior to the
Tom Welling wrote:
My question is, how much of an interest in Pulse does
Basim have - does this explain the recent coverage of
Sabri and Sabri supporters such as Peter McLaughlin,
who was pictured at the ribbon cutting of another
building? How will McLaughlin's association with
Sabri affect his
Dear Barbara,
I commend you on your resourcefulness. Please understand it's not your way or the highway. People see things and live differently and have a right to in America. There are hundreds, if not thousands of reasons not to handle "struggling" the way you have.
My concern is that you
I strongly agree with Kurt.
Also, I would just like to add that in Barbara's message, she seemed to
concentrate mainly on younger people who were in a position to plan
things such as how large a family to have. However, senior citizens
should be kept in mind when discussing rent increases.
Jim Graham wrote: Both Ed Felien and Peter McLaughlin were not shy about
writing to the List when they ran for office. They answered
personally when they felt slighted while running against each other, so I
expect them to each answer personally what many might consider slanderous
charges.
Greetings,
Council Member Samuels asked me to send all of you the text to a press
release he issued this afternoon. He would like very much for all of
you to come and show your support at one or both events.
Don Samuels, Minneapolis' Third Ward City Council Member announced today
that in
Everybody seems to want a magic bullet on this. Such as deconcentration.
But, face it, you need government intervention in the market for this, too,
which makes it no better than rent control. If you don't like the
government telling our real estate capitalists what to charge, why is it SO
Thanks to everyone, and there were quite a few, who responded off line to
my earlier posting. Since then two ideas for possible Federal Grant money
have come to mind which might help make the neighbors in Jordan, and other
communities with gang activity, more secure (we certainly don't want to
My Memphis friend reports that Johnson got the job. Read more at: Click here: GoMemphis
Ann Berget
Kingfield
Strib's reporting it too:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/4017083.html
Doug Grow: There's nothing to keep a superintendent here
http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/4017070.html
David Brauer
List manager
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Go Superintendent Johnson. Thank you, thank you for the many years
you've dedicated to the children of Minneapolis. I wish you well.
WizardMarks, Central
List Manager wrote:
Strib's reporting it too:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1592/4017083.html
Doug Grow: There's nothing to keep a
Did anyone happen to see if they tested LRT today? The radio
yesterday reported that today would be the inaugural run for the
light rail.
Karen Cooper, wishing Tangletown were closer to Hiawatha Avenue
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