it's 3 am and the local pimps and prostitutes are still open for
business on my corner (Ontime Delivery truck 204 was the last customer)
I sent that message a week before Mr. Porter and his homies were
busted.
I'm quite familiar with Mr. Porter's criminal proclivities, and
immediately
[super! more about jennings! - a.n.]
well i'm disappointed. steve, i thought as a Green you might have a more
open mind on this issue.
you say:
Now that he was forced to resign it is really sad for the children and
parents of the Minneapolis School System. Sad due to the fact of having
dear dyna,
reminder #2:
2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait.
i will try to respect the list rules...and i realize that your frustrated
with the situatiuon in your neigborhood - but we're all homies - i mean
human...um...you get the idea.
its not cool to degrade
Alleged victim was police informer
David Chanen and Paul McEnroe, Star Tribune
Published October 17, 2003
The man accusing a Minneapolis police officer of
sexually assaulting him during a drug raid was a
confidential informant for the officer, sources
with knowledge of the case said
NEWS . VOL 24 #1193 . PUBLISHED 10/15/03
Jennings steps aside, and fingers are pointing
by Britt Robson
Last week's decision by David Jennings to renounce
his appointment as superintendent of the Minneapolis
Public Schools left no one connected to the fiasco
unscathed. Jennings, the school
This is not the same as clearing Jindra or showing the allegations to be
false. This simply says that the Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section
of the USDOJ (of which the FBI is the investigatory arm) did not find
enough to make the case prosecutable under the particular federal civil
If the internet had existed in 1967, the conversation
on this list would have echoed the conversation in
Detroit preceding the riots: anger, denial, contempt
for the accusers and their defenders. Thank you Don
Samuels for interjecting your words of healing.
I have not been actively participating
I remember the Mayor saying he would not support a publicly funded stadium. And I remember that, in a debate with Lisa McDonald, he used that answer.
As to putting his butt on the line. Even if he is not re-elected, he will have curried favor with the rich and connected.A win situation no matter
Porter was not charged because he could not be physical connected with the
cocaine found in the house. In other words, it had to be on his person or
within his reach when the officers first saw him. Instead, the drugs were
found in the toilet. A better question might be why his bail wasn't
See: http://info.doc.state.mn.us/publicviewer/Inmate.asp?OID=202961
I imagine hanging around a crack house would be a violation of supervised
release. No charges necessary to go back to prison.
JCBrand
SW Mpls
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Another sell out, agreed.
All too common, probably more common than serving the people.
Every betrayal, every promise broken, degrades the community.
When they betray us, we have to kick them out.
So, NOW, who is going to step forward to RUN AGAINST RYBEK???
--David Shove
Roseville
On Fri,
Maybe Lisa could come to our rescue here and run again.
She would have my vote.
Rybak wont be getting my vote.
I hope he reads this post, and I know he reads some, and posts when it suits his
purpose.
Ron Leurquin
Nokomis East
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i've made a mistake (how rare!)
i believe (i don't have my sent records here) that i sent a post to steve
sumner about the jennings ordeal late last evening. for some reason, i
thought steve sumner was michael sumner, a green who ran for the park board,
NOT the school board - so i was a
Anne McCandless writes:
A better question might be why his bail wasn't revoked and his sentencing
hearing moved up?
aaron neumann asks:
do you think this may have to do with his informant status?
aaron neumann
holland
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From Steve Brandt's Strib article on Wednesday...
A Minneapolis City Council committee Tuesday endorsed a team headed
by Ryan Companies as the preferred developer of the Sears complex on
Lake Street. Ryan has offered $2.2 million for the site.
Hm.$2.2 million for 1.2 million square
If what Porter has accused the officers of doing really happened, I think
it's safe to say his status as an informant had ended.
Anne McCandless
Jordan
Anne McCandless writes:
A better question might be why his bail wasn't revoked and his sentencing
hearing moved up?
aaron neumann asks:
On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 12:28 AM, Dyna wrote:
This is a different neighborhood since Mr. Porter and his homies were
busted. Neighbors are out doing yard work, and children are free to
play again.
I spoke too soon. An hour or so later I was awoken by the same
Rastaman wannabe in his
But is that enough, Andy?
Shouldn't they also require any new superintendents to also swear under
oath that they
are not now and have never been members of any Chamber of Commerce?
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson, (apparently back in McCarthy's USA)
The Board should dismiss her
On Fri, 17 Oct 2003, Tim Bonham wrote:
But is that enough, Andy?
Shouldn't they also require any new superintendents to also swear under
oath that they are not now and have never been members of any Chamber
of Commerce?
It would be a step in the right direction.
--David Shove
Roseville
I recall a somewhat different perspective from Mayor (then
candidate)Rybak) at two public forums that I attended. Both times he
said that he would not support a publicly funded stadium using bonds or
levies or revenue derived primarily from Minneapolis residents but that
if the State of Minnesota
The coalition of groups and individuals that came together in opposition to
the appointment of David Jennings is calling for ...a more open process that
includes input from the community... [Jennings Withdraws, Insight News,
October 15, 2003]
The School Board welcomes public input like the
NAACP Withdraws from Minneapolis Housing Case (full text at)
http://www.naacp.org/news/releases/MinnHousingCase101703.shtml
[Press release] Dennis Courtland Hayes, NAACP General Counsel, announced
today that the Minneapolis Branch NAACP has withdrawn as a plaintiff in the
housing case Hollman
I'd like to see RT Rybak explain how he has not sold us out, here on
this list. From what I read in the paper, his statements are vague
enough that such an argument could be made. I'm willing to give hime
one chance to do it. Otherwise, without a compelling and timely
defense, I'll assume
Victoria Heller wrote:
From Steve Brandt's Strib article on Wednesday...
A Minneapolis City Council committee Tuesday endorsed a team headed
by Ryan Companies as the preferred developer of the Sears complex on
Lake Street. Ryan has offered $2.2 million for the site.
Hm.$2.2 million
Rybak and Stadium
Jim Berstein is dead right that most taxpayers in Minneapolis are on record
against publicly funded stadiums. If Jim remembers, the referendum on
spending city money was 70-30 to require the voter's OK on such levies.
That really rankled the suburbanites, but at that point,
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe there is
something on the books that limits the City Council to
a $10M appropriation cap for stadium spending without
voter approval.
Barb Lickness
Whittier
=
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the
world.
Reporter Scott Russell has a story on the two Minneapolis election suits
winding their way through the courts, and I wrote an editorial. Since this
has been a hot list topic in the past, I thought some members might be
interested:
Story: http://www.swjournal.com/display/inn_news/news04.txt
Right -- lets take the low bidder for our next Schools Superintendent!
That's just bound to get us the most qualified person, right?
Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson
The board has thus far refused to commit itself to an open, competitive
bidding
process
...
-Doug Mann
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe there is
something on the books that limits the City Council to
a $10M appropriation cap for stadium spending without
voter approval.
Barb Lickness
Whittier
That didn't stop them from building the HHH Metrodome.
They just don't ever go before the City
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