Chris Johnson wrote:
...There's really only a very few major grocery retailers in the area.
Cub, Lunds, Kowalskies and Byerlys are all owned by SuperValu. So the
real retailers with broad coverage are SuperValue, Rainbow, Target and
Walmart, I believe
Kowalskis is an independant grocery
Even though they are indeed supplied from the same warehouses, there could
still be a quality difference. Each store has the option of refusing
perishables (fruit, vegetables, or meat) from the delivery truck. If
Kowalski's has a careful manager there to inspect the deliveries reject
So then the 4-4-2 concept would have us still possibly embroiled in a
situation of some people not liking the ward boundaries that have been
created. then an election could get thrown out by the court if the boundaries
have to change.
The more I hear about this issue, the less I think there is a
Neal Krasnoff wrote:
The authority of the City is not to advocate, it is to enforce the
laws passed by it's governing council, subject to the superior laws of
the State legislature and the Minnesota Constitution.
And since discrimination is against the law the city should not be spending
our
MINNEAPOLIS TREE PLANTING PROPOSAL IN JEOPARDY
The City of Minneapolis has been hit hard in recent years by both Dutch Elm disease and storm damage, and tree planting hasn't kept pace with the City's losses. The gap is particularly severe on the north side of the City. The Mayor put $200,000 in
Wizard Marks noted in her post the potential motion to
dismiss Smith Parker as the coordinator of the Lake
Street process. From what I've heard from people at
the meeting, PAC chair Paula Gilbertson wouldn't
accept that on the agenda apparently because the
meeting would go beyond the agenda time
Linda Higgins wrote: (Mon, 17 Nov 2003 19:55:29 -0600)
Subject: [Mpls] redistricting
... On another note, someone keeps asking why the Greens weren't represented on the
redistricting panel. It seems to me that the Greens on the city council booted this
themselves, since they control the
Government/public agencies at all levels often - in fact usually -
require a contractor to meet certain requirements with regard to hiring
practices, compliance with human rights laws, working conditions,
non-discrimination, and compliance with labor laws.
Since government entities are by
I have to say that I am appalled to think that at this time of cutbacks at
the library that there is upper management hiring. If it is true that PR
people have been hired at a time when services have been cut, I encourage
the Library Board to respond and justify their actions!
I would also
Brian Melendez wrote:
Drawing a district's boundaries so that the district
advantages or disadvantages a particular candidate, even
an incumbent, is a form of gerrymandering...The
Special Redistricting Panel ... ... whether the plan
results in either undue incumbent protection or
Why is Robert Lilligren stroking Pauline Thomas? Robert recognized Pauline
for her efforts in the community through a resolution of a city committee.
I have to say that I am asking the same question regarding Robert's support
of Pauline. When I think of Pauline I associate her with the demise of
I'm in favor of PR (proportional representation) voting for city council
members, for all the reasons David Shove and Ken Bearman named.
Is there any chance at all of getting such a change made to the city
charter?
Chris Johnson
Fulton
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I'd like to congratulate Michelle Martin and all those working with her on
the 'Getting to the Bottom of the Ballot' sessions they've planned and
presented over the past year. I attended last night's session on
'Affordable Housing Density' at Southwest High School (supported by
Southwest
Jim Bernstein wrote:
Point of interest: Simon Delivers is the creation of Brian Sullivan, the candidate who
made Gov. Tim Pawlenty look like a moderate. Mr. Sullivan is the darling of
ultra-conservatives. When he was running against Mr. Pawlenty for the republican
nomination, he made it pretty
Karen Forbes wrote:
Why is Robert Lilligren stroking Pauline Thomas? Robert recognized Pauline
for her efforts in the community through a resolution of a city committee.
I have to say that I am asking the same question regarding Robert's support
of Pauline. When I think of Pauline I associate her
Chris Johnson wrote:
Is there any chance at all of getting such a change made to the city
charter?
Yes, there's a chance. If those of us who support the idea put in quite a bit of hard
work to get PR on the ballot. Having seen the process used to redistrict this city,
I'd imagine many
Robin Garwood wrote: Yes, there's a chance. If those of us who support the
idea put in quite a bit of hard work to get PR [proportional representation] on the
ballot. Having seen the process used to redistrict this city, I'd imagine many voters
are ready to make the change. Anyone else
Mark
I regularly boycott businesses for the politics/practices of the business or the
owners of the business. I will not elaborate, but a few of them are Wal-Mart,
Exxon/Mobil, Kwik Trip, Fleet Farm, Caribou Coffee.
If it were true that Brian Sullivan owned Simon Delivers I would have no
Well I certainly agree that one's moral beliefs should
not be rewarded,but isn't that what this contract
requirement does? Or should we just reward the moral
beliefs we like? This sounds like bias to me. Dain
Lyngstad phillips/edina
--- Jim Bernstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Government/public
I could agree with what Mark wrote except for one thing: Sullivan (and Dayton, for
that matter) financed their campaigns largely with their own personal wealth. Until
we have a campaign finance system which does not reward the wealthy with easier access
to elected office, doing business with
dain lyngstad wrote:
Well I certainly agree that one's moral beliefs should
not be rewarded,but isn't that what this contract
requirement does?
WM: Uh, no, it does not. Being gay/lesbian/bi is not a moral decision.
It's a fact of life uncontrollable by human kind. God is good.
WizardMarks,
Annie Young wrote:
At first I thought this e-mail was going to address another view such as
moving to citywide council members which would also eliminate all the
problems created with redistricting.
==
[KB:] That's one way Minneapolis could design its elections using
proportional
. . . .Ken Avidor makes it official. . . .
http://roadkillbill.com/mayor.html
Russell Raczkowski
Bancroft
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City Pages' G.R. Anderson, Jr. gets ex-Mayor Sayles Belton to critique
current Mayor Rybak:
http://www.citypages.com/databank/24/1198/article11664.asp
Dave Schimke teases apart conflicts of interest in a KARE-11 investigation
of Minneapolis police staffing:
I appreciate Michael Hohmann's summary of the affordable housing seminar
last night. One part Michael wrote was:
Relative to the need for building more affordable housing, questions were
raised regarding the high vacancy rates in the private rental housing
market, and the responses indicated
I'm thinking the city needs to establish price caps on towing, much like
price caps on interest rates.
This is not because of anything that happened to me (I'm a pretty scrupulous
parker, to the point of having one of the city's GREAT parking-meter
cards...really a terrific idea, if seldom used.
On Wednesday, November 19, 2003, at 02:42 PM, Michael Hohmann wrote:
I attended last night's session on
'Affordable Housing Density' at Southwest High School
I think the location says it all- southwest is one of the few areas in
Minneapolis where housing is still in demand and holding it's
By law, no potential contractor can be excluded because of their
religion (or absence of it).
But:
If ones moral values include denying benefits to employees based on
gender, age, marital status, race, or sexual preference then one can
simply decline to bid on contracts let by government
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