Problem: 1) Smoke detectors need to be functioning to be
effective (i.e., they need be checked and the batteries changed
at least annually.) 2) Smoke detectors give false alarms,
so people tend to disable them
Solution: 1) Require inspections of all rental units when new
residents move
According to a bankrate.com story on today's AOL billboard, Minneapolis has
the highest credit score average based on information collected by Experian,
one of three major credit reporting agencies.
You know your credit score, but did you ever wonder how your neighbors rate
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Additional information on keeping your rain barrel mosquito-free, courtesy
of The Green Institute's Corrie Zoll.
Mark Snyder
Windom Park
-- Forwarded Message
From: Corrie Zoll [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:18:40 -0600
Subject: RE: [Mpls] Rainbarrels?
There are a few things
I woke this morning and realized I had failed to provide my promised
Sermon yesterday, so I decided to run from another Sunday earlier in the
year. Amazing how well it fits. Hope some politicians might start
listening.
[Mpls] Sunday morning in the 'hood! Was that the sound of a statistic
Jim Thank You from someone who is impacted hourly by all of this. You have
responded in a way that will hopefully get some thinking that all should be
concerned not just those of us that live in the middle of it.
This does affect all of us, even if some don't think so.
Joan Thom
Hawthorne 24
Dear Mpls list,
Please take a moment to view this missing child poster. My good friend
Kirsten sent me the email (below) today about her cousin who went
missing in St. Paul back in October. I realize the list is for Mpls
issues, and am hoping for an exception in this case. Kirsten has lived
Loki Anderson writes:
I wonder if anyone has thought about proposing a
resolution to vote on at the Ward 2 DFL convention
opposing the Prospect Park-East River Road Improvement
Association's discriminatory membership practices. I
think it would be entirely appropriate for the party
to go on
In response to some posts defending the inspections sweeps:
Of course we should not specifically exempt any group or class (like students)
from certain housing codes. The problem in this case is the reverse:
Minneapolis is specifically enforcing these codes for certain types of housing
in
If we have to have occupancy rules they should be
based on persons per square foot, or maybe restrooms /
other sanitary capacity.
They should not be based on bedroom configurations.
Mike Jensvold
Ward 10
REMINDERS:
1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If
I received mail today addressed to OVEROCCUPANT.
I suppose now I can expect an overoccupanty raid.
--David Shove
preoccupied in Roseville
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Michael Jensvold wrote:
If we have to have occupancy rules they should be
based on persons per square foot, or maybe restrooms /
On Monday 14 March 2005 03:24 pm, flewn wrote:
If the two couples had been two married couples, however, the exact same
occupancy rate would have been legal. (My friends are all heterosexual,
which leaves them that option. Had they been two gay couples, this option
would of course not be
Here is the link again for CM Zimmermanns testimony at the Local Government
Committee regarding PRT. It is working now. You need Windows Media Player in
order to play the link. It's towards the end of the recording. The bill is
intended to give local communities bonding authority for PRT.
--- Dave Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(snip
couples (regardless of gender
arrangements) should be considered a 'family unit'
(thus, getting around that
restriction) by filing a civil union with the city.
CN: why on earth would anyone (least of all gay
couples) want/need to inform the
On Monday 14 March 2005 06:18 pm, Constance Nompelis wrote:
--- Dave Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(snip
couples (regardless of gender
arrangements) should be considered a 'family unit'
(thus, getting around that
restriction) by filing a civil union with the city.
CN: why on
Message From Million Moms March
- Original Message -
From: PEACE Partners
Subject: Message From Million Moms March
Message From Million Moms March
Tomorrow, on Tuesday, March 15th at noon, the bells at the Cathedral in St.
Paul will ring 82 times, in honor fothe 82 people who die
Ken Avidor requested I forward this to the issues forum and the Whittier list:
Folks,
This is similar to a bill in the last session.
This bill would create regulated transit service areas which would
include PRT and exclude competition from any publicly subsidized
transit services or
For those with nothing better to do, HF1174 is the last thing up at the
following committee meeting:
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 2005
12:30 PM
Meeting Time Note: If necessary, the Committee will recess and
reconvene at 4:30pm in Rm 500 South to complete the agenda.
Committee: Local Government
Room: 10
Just a question (I e-mailed a similar question to the Minnesota chapter of
this organization, but they never responded):
How does restricting legal gun ownership for law abiding citizens (via
repealment of the MPPA, or whatever will pass for the MPPA next session, and
something the Minnesota
Thank you for the reflective words of wisdom Jim. I would like to throw
something out there and see if it sticks. Maybe we should start calling
you Jim the sage Graham :-)
The sad fact of the parable Jim shared with us is that it does indeed
parallel real-life. Most of us are so caught-up
I have read Bill Kahn's carefully, to discover if I
missed any intent to be ironic. If I have missed that
intent, I apologize in advance.
If not, this may be the most reprehensible post I've
read in a while, for at least three reasons:
1) the slur on dubya supporters that precedes one of
the
And get on with business as usual. Why not a crack down on illegal
discrimination in the job and housing markets? Why can't all the public schools
be good
schools?
[Strib] Editorial: North Side gangs/City needs a crackdown
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5278748.html
[Excerpts from
Michael Atherton wrote:
You've got to be kidding. This is a case of being unclear on the
concept. The goal here is to prevent future fatalities, not
political handwaving and CYA via ineffective bureaucracy that gives
the illusion of action, but in reality accomplishes nothing.
Problem: 1)
On 3/10/05 2:18 AM, Pamela Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
PT: The message has been stated loud and clear for decades. However, the
people you want to hear the message have insulated themselves from the loud
din with custom fitted ear plugs.
Or maybe the message is not as loud and as clear
Tonight I was watching Channel 11 KARE. They reported about a new incarceration
program for people convicted of Methamphetamine crimes. It's called CID. Sorry,
I didn't catch what the letters stood for. The report albeit brief talked about
how keeping the meth user off the street long enough to
Okay, here's the short version of my report-back on my conversation with
John McLean about the stormwater cleanup fee:
I talked with John McLean, the Sewer Unit/Storm Water point man, this
morning at length. McLean is obviously a smart, knowledgeable and courteous
man.
He speaks
Peter Vevang wrote:
I think this action was prudent and well warranted. These
codes and inspection processes have been written and
developed over a 100 year period and have been proven both
scientifically and in practice. We have a process that is
time tested and rock solid and
Good point Barb. Not too terribly long ago, and vaguely speaking, a bill
was attempted at state level which would reduce the offenses for pot/cocaine
possesion (for sale) and increase the penalties for meth possession (for
sale).
The thrust of the bill as I understood it - free-up more space
Actually Dennis, the legislator was Rep. Keith Ellison. The bill was
co-sponsored by at least one rural republican legislator. The bill would have
reduced sentences for possession of crack by requiring that the person have
$10,000 worth of crack in their possession to be convicted of street
One of the first posts states that now they live in
northeast and don,t worry about the over occupency law
but they want to complain about the state of their
apartment. Does noone else see the falicy of this.
Just like the government of mpls we want the laws that
help us but we don,t want the laws
[Cross]:
Just to be fair, people should know that Dan Miller has supported
amending PPERRIA's Bylaws to admit dorm students as members.
[Johnson]:
Resolve in the PPEEE Fortress must be weakening. The cat's
out of the bag now - PPERRIA might consider opening its Fortress
gate a crack, but it seems
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