It is great that returning phone calls and answering email are campaign
issues. It really is an important element of public service.
Tony Scallon wrote, "I think the first point of ethics Jason Stone and Scott
Vreeland should recommend is
to respond to all constituents even those they dislik
Hello,
Sorry to take a chunk out of Earl's nice email. I wanted to help
shorten things. And while I would be more than happy to take issue with
some of the precise causes of "white flight", that's not my reason for
replying to it. I think his email serves as an excellent reminder that
with t
>From Council Member Gary Schiff:
To set the record straight: I never told Dan McGrath that all truckers
should get out of the City, a sentiment he attributed to me 2/5/05.
Here's what I wrote to Dan, who pointed out to me that trucks idle to
keep diesel from freezing:
-Original Message
Thanks Earl, and you make some good points about the gradual
evolution of our cityscape.
But our Council's draconian idling ban is not a gradual
evolution to greener and better business practices. Unlike
California's and every other idling restriction I could find it is
immediate and sudden
Sean Gosiewski wrote:
I turn my car off at every red light.
This most likely makes the problem worse. The emissions released during
vehicle startup are much worse than idling for a few seconds at a light.
Or so I'm told.
Let's also help make less-polluting hybrid electric cars more accessible in
I've touched on this topic before. I think it is an often overlooked aspect
of evolutionary urban life. Depending upon one's perspective, the conflict
and its resolution serve as grounds for a tribute to or a diatribe against
the "natural" forces of democracy. Flour mills are dusty, and idling t
The issues that Tony is bringing up about charter schools and their
difficulties all seem to stem from the fact that MSP has control over
the gym space and the dollars for school policing and they are NOT
SHARING. I can see his point, and maybe it is something he should take
up with the state
> "Dorian" == Dorian Eder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dorian> I share some of your concerns about PR. Especially as a
Dorian> resident of Northeast, which is already seriously
Dorian> under-represented in local government at-large bodies, I
Dorian> fear the Southwest would si
Dorian Eder:
I share some of your concerns about PR. Especially as a resident of
Northeast, which is already seriously under-represented in local
government at-large bodies, I fear the Southwest would simply dominate
the council because they have higher turnout. The areas of our city
with th
I have responded to each candidate (Vreeland and Stone) off line. The issues I
raise
are not easy to solve but do need park commissioners attention. I hope they
will take the time to review the problems.
The criticism I have is that the difficult issues seem to lost in the rhetoric
of the
N
Yes, Flour Mills are Dusty but in the Flour Capitol of America would we
expect less?
But for some reason tonight this thread reminds me of the past and the future.
Each development phase brings its own caldron.
30 years ago people dreamed of the LRT coming to town - it took that long.
30 years ag
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