[Mpls] NRP/ Police dollars, Grass roots from the Top down

2004-02-27 Thread Svattheriver
I and other list members attended the third precinct meeting about how to write neighborhood action plans for requests from the NRP Million dollar Police fund. I see some good things happening out of this but I just can't help noting how truly odd this process is. I don't know which is the best

Re: [Mpls] Metro Transit Contract

2004-02-27 Thread Mark Snyder
On 2/26/04 4:56 PM, Michael Hohmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The existing health care benefit package for MTC employees is completely out of whack with today's reality. For them not to realize that fact, shows they have their heads in the sand. Why should taxpayers subsidize a benefit

RE: [Mpls] NOT Really in this Together?

2004-02-27 Thread David Brauer
I wrote, then Dan McGuire writes, of the successful effort to postpone a school-closing decision: Like anything in politics, a highly motivated minority worked hard over the past 3 weeks and carried the day. Why do you think it was a minority? You're right, Dan. I don't know how the bulk

RE: [Mpls] Open Meetings

2004-02-27 Thread JOHN AND TAMMY GASPARDO
Jason, E-mails from Gov't institutions are public domain. If you want a copy of an officials email record you can request them. From: Jason C Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] Open Meetings Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:39:48 -0800 (PST) It's

[Mpls] Ice, sidewalks and unfriendly neighbors

2004-02-27 Thread Jeff Radford
Walking the dog last night, I just about killed myself on a neighbor's unshoveled sidewalk. Unshoveled--and how! It's a corner lot and I don't think they'd touched it all winter. The ice was easily 3 inches thick. Anyway, I went to the city's website snow- information page, where one can get a

[Mpls] Bus strike-which side wants a strike? which side wants arbitration?

2004-02-27 Thread Ed Fesler
At last! Laurie Blake of the Star Tribune has a good article that answers the question of which side is willing to prevent a strike through arbitration: http://startribune.com/stories/462/4630233.html In January the union and the Republican Met Council avoided a strike by agreeing to

Re: [Mpls] Ice, sidewalks and unfriendly neighbors

2004-02-27 Thread Lisa McDonald
No kidding. What really kills me over here by Lake Harriet is that the folks with the million dollar homes either can't seem to afford a snow shoveling service or won't do their own. Both 42nd and the parkway between 42nd and 43rd are an ice skating rink in places. The two most traveled blocks

[Mpls] Impact of cuts in school bus transportation (request for data)

2004-02-27 Thread Socialist2001
To: Minneapolis Public Schools administration From: Doug Mann Subject: Request for enrollment data broken down by proximity to assigned schools for Oct 2002 and Oct. 2003 Courtesy copy to the Minneapolis Issues list I want to see a report from the district that shows the net loss or gain of

Re: [Mpls] NOT Really in this Together

2004-02-27 Thread Fredric Markus
800 empty heated and lighted classrooms with soap in the lavatories and secure locks on the outside doors. Hmm. What could go in there. Freebie examples: Medical/dental assessments - vide the NIP clinic on Hennepin, run by volunteer professionals with a sliding scale fee structure for uninsured

Re: [MPLS] re: transit benefits

2004-02-27 Thread Dorian D. Eder
Hooray for Liz! What's chronically missing from these apples to oranges comaprisons in wages and benefits is that union workers organize for better wages and benefits! So-called 'average' workers are hardly in agreement that their wages and benefits are great and should be the norm for

[Mpls] In this together-Mpls school bldgs empty

2004-02-27 Thread Louise Bouta
[EMAIL PROTECTED] part of a larger challenge: Minneapolis has too many buildings. That's the problem but there .may be some creative ideas out there which could make this part of the solution. Well Mind: Some of us have had a very creative solution for a long time, just waiting for a

RE: [Mpls] Open Meetings

2004-02-27 Thread Steven Clift
Not only are they public they should also have record retention schedules tied to their e-mail archives as well. It would be interesting to find out if the State Archives received the e-mail from the Ventura Administration for example or what happened to the e-mail of our former mayor. See the

RE: [Mpls] Open Meetings

2004-02-27 Thread Annie Young
For clarity, currently there are only six of the nine commissioner that have e-mail; the 4 minority commissioners and two from the 5. During the Holiday fiasco I can say that the Min4 were very cognizant of your question and we actually worked hard to not send the same e-mail to the other

[Mpls] Sabo Receives 95% on LCV Scorecard

2004-02-27 Thread Moore, Olin
I thought this might be of interest to you. Olin Moore, Office of Congressman Martin Olav Sabo Sheridan --- NEWS from Congressman Sabo Representing Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District For Immediate Release February 27, 2004 Sabo Receives

[Mpls] Air quality alert

2004-02-27 Thread mclemore
Friday, February 27, 2004 The MPCA has issued an Air Quality Alert for late today and the rest of the weekend. Air monitors in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Rochester and St. Cloud indicate a rising concentration of fine particles or soot in the air. Air Quality Index (AQI): the AQI has been

[Mpls] Fwd: Weekend air quality alert for much of Minnesota

2004-02-27 Thread GarySimmbo
In a message dated 2/27/2004 2:20:07 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Friday, February 27, 2004 The MPCA has issued an Air Quality Alert for late today and the rest of the weekend. Air monitors in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Rochester and St. Cloud indicate a rising

[Mpls] McManus says They proved they were men.

2004-02-27 Thread Joseph Barisonzi
All, So, I am so intrigued with this story-- that even though no one else has clamored in, I will respond to my own post! smile A memo ordered destroyed that was never destroyed? Two officers come to McManus with information and are put on administrative leave? Investigation by the BCA? The

Re: [Mpls] NRP/ Police dollars, Grass roots from the Top down

2004-02-27 Thread WizardMarks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I and other list members attended the third precinct meeting about how to write neighborhood action plans for requests from the NRP Million dollar Police fund. I see some good things happening out of this but I just can't help noting how truly odd this process is. I

Re: [Mpls] McManus says They proved they were men.

2004-02-27 Thread Greg Abbott
On Feb 27, 2004, at 6:12 PM, Joseph Barisonzi wrote: There is clearly something going on here that hasn't come out in the paper yet. At least we know the way to earn the chief's respect is to prove you are a man. I think that's a touch unfair. A poor turn of phrase, I'll admit, but it may be a

[Mpls] Stadiums in Minneapolis

2004-02-27 Thread Neal Krasnoff
According to today's Star Tribune, on page D3, Carl Pohlad, the owner of the Twins, is worth $2.2 Billion. If a stadium costs $535 million, he'll have $1.665 billion left over. Red McCombs, the owner of the Vikings, is worth $1.1 billion. That would leave him with $565 million. If these [EMAIL

[Mpls] Park Board set to hire Dairy Queen to run Lake Harriet concessions

2004-02-27 Thread Chris Johnson
The agenda for next week's Park Board commissioners' meeting has been posted (see http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=37calid=244). Looks like a jam packed agenda full of kinds of vague and strange things. Too bad the public can't get the additional information that

RE: [Mpls] Park Board set to hire Dairy Queen to run Lake Harrietconcessions

2004-02-27 Thread David Brauer
Chris Johnson notes: P.S. I haven't looked up who Big Bell, Inc. who is slated to get the Lake Nokomis concession -- yet. Nor into Dave and Kate Anderson who are slated to renew at Calhoun and Minnehaha (note that Calhoun also lost money and had poor accounting -- and we reward that by