Taking advantage of the rare January clear roads and above zero
windchills, I today exercised my increasingly threatened right to
wander the country and write thereof. I headed west along the Soo Line
AKA Canadian Pacific as I cruised the Floyd B. Olson Memorial Highway.
A bit west of our
BARB JOHNSON'S DEBT-REDUCTION PLAN
The answer, according to Council Member Barbara Johnson (Ward 4), is to make
a deal with the state legislature.
CALIFORNIA'S DEBT-REDUCTION PLAN
Schwarzenegger also took aim at pensions being paid to state and other
public employees. He said that only four
Scott is right in thanking all the performers that showed up in support of
Bill and Judy. He misses recognizing the people behind the scenes that
organized the event and made it a incredible success - especially Pop
Wagner, Charmaine Bird, Sally Mohr, the Cedar Cultural Center and all the
Victoria Heller wrote-
...Quite the contrary, my standard of living has been
drastically reduced and my personal liberty has been curtailed government
actions...
Peter Vevang writes-
I am growing a bit tired of the Republican victimology. As if the big
bad liberals were out to get them, and were
Peter Vevang writes:
As I see it, Minneapolis is a bastion of freedom when compared to many
other parts of the country. I am free to speak my mind here. I am free to
live my life as I choose without having to worry about the government
watching my every move. I can pick up my phone and talk
Vicky Heller said:
Quite the contrary, my standard of living has been drastically reduced and my
personal liberty
has been curtailed government actions.
I say:
I am weary of Ms. Heller's endless attacks on good government. At least I know what to expect
and can hit the delete rather than
Steven Cross: I am weary of Ms. Heller's endless attacks on good
government.
Vicky Heller: Marching toward bankruptcy is not a form of good government.
Withholding financial data from the taxpayers and voters is not a form of
good government.
Tripling property taxes in Minneapolis over the
Let's add to the information Fred provided by saying
this is the first time in a very long time that the
DFL delegates that endorse the City Council Candidates
and eventually the Mayor WILL BE elected THIS YEAR.
List moderator David Brauer was instrumental in
bringing this change through during
This essay about declining newspaper readership turned up on one of my
Google alerts because columnist Star Tribune CJ is mentioned.
Lets Blame the Readers by Evan Cornog
Colombia Journalism Review
http://www.cjr.org/issues/2005/1/cornog-readers.asp
I thought it was interesting that the essay
In response to Barb's interest, here is a draft copy of the DFL delegate
allocation numbers for all thirteen wards. This is not official until
someone above my pay grade checks my work.
These are the new wards, used for the first time in 2002.
Pres Sen GovAG SOSsum ave
While we've spent a lot of time debating PRT (unlikely to happen), a
leaf-blower ban (unlikely to happen) and the freedom embodied in the Heller
plan ('nuff said), I hear there are some City Council races actually being
contested this year.
Several down-south races have drawn large fields. In a
Bernstein in conclusion wrote:
So Vicki, go enjoy your independence, celebrate your freedom.
Government will be there making sure you can do so!
Johnson writes:
Seems that Bernstein is crediting the government with maintaining
the freedom and independence we have.
I suppose that forgetting
Hi folks - this is a national topic and should be directed at other lists.
Reminders have already been sent to list members.
I would ask that members not respond to this post as it is off-topic as far
as Minneapolis-specificity.
For other forums with broader scope, please see
Second Ward has a large list running for DFL endorsement. (Anyone have a
current list?)
Plus Cam Gordon is running again as a Green (lost by something like 150
votes last time to Paul Zerby.
Anyone know anything about other races (Park, Library and Board of Estimate
and Taxation)
sheldon
Hi all,
I've seen a few people make comments about the forthcoming rate increase
that has been proposed by Minnegasco.
While I understand that this will result in higher gas bills for some
residential folks, I think the impact has been overstated a bit.
Here's a summary of what's being
Let's not forget the other offices! I for one would like the people
planning on running for the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board to
let the public know how they feel about MPRB issues such as the Nieman
Sports Complex, more privately run eating establishments in the parks,
and how we
At 22:35 -0600 1/10/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Message: 10
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:19:03 -0600
From: Shawne FitzGerald [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Mpls] News coverage community newspapers
[...]
I thought it was interesting that the essay ignored consolidation and
the dailies repositioning
Elizabeth Wielinski wrote:
I hear the
former superintendent has thrown her hat into the ring for an at-large
seat ( http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/01/10/news/news07.txt)
She proposed the budget that recommended closing wading pools and taking
out port-a-potties. The fountains had to
When Strib reporter, Steve Brandt, was reassigned from the city beat to
cover Minneapolis Public schools, I talked to his supervisors who told me that
they had a plan to improve coverage of city issues and that if I gave them a
little time I would see better coverage.
I said that it would be
On Monday, January 10, 2005, at 01:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
News Flash: Highway 81 will be Bottineau Blvd. from Wirth Parkway to
the
Northwestern edge of the Earth. Currently, east of Wirth, in North
Mpls, highway
81 is called West Broadway.
It is quite appropriate to name CSAH 81 after
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