Re: [Mpls] Hiawatha signals adjusted

I actually have felt the same way the last 2 times I had a to cross Hiawatha going east. I have been avoiding it like the plague as sometimes it seemed I waited 5-8 minutes. I have hit it within seconds recently. I hope it is for real and lasts because I go over to Seward a lot and I hate go

RE: [Mpls] Nicollet Island

oops fogot to sign Steven Houdek-Wenonah/Nokomis From: "Steven Houdek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: mpls@mnforum.org Subject: [Mpls] Nicollet Island Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 00:07:20 -0600 I don't know all the legal stuff on this issue, so this is just my gut feeling. Somehow, I think the students shoul

[Mpls] Nicollet Island

I don't know all the legal stuff on this issue, so this is just my gut feeling. Somehow, I think the students should have a field. Laws and policies can be changed. People can come together to support the students. Let others use it during the summertime. It really gets me that some people

Re: [Mpls] Hiawatha signals adjusted

Actually, I had thought I had noticed an improvement, but I just chalked it up to a streak of good luck. Maybe they've actually accomplished something positive. I find it hard to believe after all this time, but stranger things have happened. Dan McGrath http://www.smokeoutgary.org > Are you seei

Re: [Mpls] Re: Strib Takes the Low Road

I am sorry to hear that Ms. Carlson didn't care for my cute reference to the De La Salle letter jackets. I was sitting in their midst and found them to be polite and concerned for their school. My concern has nothing to do with whether the students at De La Salle need a football stadium or

Re: [Mpls] Campaign law questions

Take a look at the voter registration card, it's at: http://www.sos.state.mn.us/election/MNVRCard.pdf One piece of information it asks for is "phone number, " no idea why it's collected and it is optional. Voter registration lists are available to anyone campaigning for public office. Most c

RE: [Mpls] Campaign law questions

As a professional marketer, I can tell you that if your name and address is on a list, it is very easy for a political campaign to purchase into a marketing tool (commonly referred to as "append") to match one type of database with another. There are entire marketing companies out there that do not

[Mpls] Hiawatha signals adjusted

Are you seeing the difference? http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5305378.html David Brauer List manager REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before contin

[Mpls] Strib makes "EnergyBulletin" with Peak Oil article

Well, well -- congratulations to the Minneapolis Star and Tribune. Finally, an article which gives some consideration to "peak oil." The article made it to Energybulletin as well: http://www.energybulletin.net/4835.html While American media and national politicians try to blame China and I

Re: [Mpls] Campaign law questions

Third, I have an unlisted phone number. I simply never give it out. I am a DFL delegate but never gave my phone number to the DFL. Now I did call the Mayor's Office to ask about Rybak's mailing that he did back in January. That is the only place I can think his campaign could have gotten my ph

[Mpls] forgiveness is on the path to the high road

Sorry to David Brauer, his was a misinterpreted turn of phrase and an oversensitive reader. -Nikki Carlson Linden Hills REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] bef

Re: Fwd: Re: [Mpls] Programming Note - Colin Powell Center to be discussed on KFAI

Dyna described a program that she had difficulty hearing. The archive is here: http://www.kfai.org/kfai2/audarch.htm Scroll down to the Womanist Power Authority - and you can listen for yourself. I encourage you to do so. None the less despite the fundy jamming I caught most of the

Re: [Mpls] Strib Takes the Low Road -- Get ALL the Facts Out

Get ALL the Facts Out... One thing that bothers me about the Nicollet Island issue is the fact that a road would be closed. I heard that the fire dept. had said it was finetrue?...seems strange with all those renewed but old structures in an historical area. If a fire should go through th

[Mpls] Re: Strib Takes the Low Road

DeLaSalle High School wants to build a home field for playing and practicing soccer, football and softball. Schools everywhere these days are facing huge challenges. There are budget crises, appalling drop out rates, violence, you name it. DeLaSalle is an inner city Catholic high school that has

[Mpls] March 16 Park Board Meeting summary, part 2 of 2

Part 2 of 2. Discussion of the Historic Theodore Wirth House. Mason says that the Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association (MRPA) moved out of the Wirth House in July of 2004. She says there are 4 things the board needs to address. (1) Future usage of the house. Says that 2 groups have emer

Re: [Mpls] True impact of Crosstown "victory" -TOLLS

How true Dan...I was being flippant... However, we need better transit and ribbons of concrete are not going to solve the problem. Car after car with one person sitting in stopped traffic on a freeway is not solving problems nor is it bringing any bananas into town. Gray's comment that it is n

[Mpls] Campaign law questions

I got a call from Rybak’s campaign on Thursday and I have a couple of questions for someone who knows about campaign rules. First, I was surprised to find that I had a call from Meshbesher and Spence on my caller ID. The phone number was 339-9122, which is from this company. Does Rybak have t

Re: [Mpls] Strib Takes the Low Road -- Get ALL the Facts Out

The Nicollet Island/East Bank neighborhood association is meeting at 7pm tonight at Pracna on Main.The DeLaSalle issue is on the agenda, as it probably will be for some time. It anyone who attends the meeting is willing to report what happens to this list, please do! Madeline Douglass Kingf

[Mpls] Independent joins 8th Ward City Council race

A Powderhorn Park activist will run as an Independent in the 8th Ward City Council race. For the whole story, visit and click on "Ballot Box" -- Craig Cox Founder/Editor The Minneapolis Observer www.mplsobserver.com 612/721-0285 Support the independent media! Pick

[Mpls] Strib Takes the Low Road -- Get ALL the Facts Out

I found the Coleman column to contribute some interesting new facts to the debate about DeLaSalle's proposed use of park land. I also found the post by Barry Clegg to add some useful new facts as well. Unfortunately, the latter also begged the question on a couple of points. I don't know the

RE: [Mpls] Strib takes the low road

> David Brauer wrote: > > > Nick is a columnist and a good Catholic boy, so it's no surprise he came out > > swinging for D. Provoking folks is his job. > > I have no personal stake in this matter either way. My tendancy is to > side with the residents, but not that strongly. > > Regardless, th

[Mpls] March 16 Park Board Meeting summary, part 1 of 2

Part 1 of 2. Eight commissioners of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board met at their regular meeting on March 16. Commissioner Walt Dziedzic was absent. 5:00pm -- Recreation Committee chaired by comr. John Erwin, and comrs. Rochelle Berry Graves, Bob Fine, Walt Dziedzic and Marie Hauser

Re: [Mpls] Strib takes the low road

David Brauer wrote: Nick is a columnist and a good Catholic boy, so it's no surprise he came out swinging for D. Provoking folks is his job. I have no personal stake in this matter either way. My tendancy is to side with the residents, but not that strongly. Regardless, this sort of characterizati

Re: [Mpls] True impact of Crosstown "victory" -TOLLS

> I would like to see TOLLS on all major highways coming into the city. Some > say it is not fair for the taxpayer to pay for the buses that they don't use > (let's hit the poor)...then I say it is not fair that taxpayers pay for > roads they don't use. Let those that use the major artery roads..

[Mpls] FEEL THE POWER!!!

Nick Coleman had John Derus on his talk radio show this morning to talk about the DeLaSalle athletic field proposal. John was trying to name all the the "DFL Power Elite" that live on the Island. Quickly running out of steam after naming Phyllis Kahn, he went on and named ME next by virtue of the

[Mpls] Strib Takes the Low Road - Here's what I sent to Coleman

Mr. Coleman: I live on Nicollet Island and wanted to respond to your Sunday column, not to be adversarial, but in the hopes of providing you with some information and balance. First, a correction. There are 22 houses on the Island north of the railroad tracks (there are also 2 condominium build

[Mpls] Hood Stores meeting today

Many people have told me that they want to do something about the Hood Stores. On Today at 6:00pm at the Minneapolis Urban League I will be convening a meeting of the Get Right Committee. The purpose of this committee will be to organize and rid our neighborhoods of these stores or make them sto

Re:[Mpls] Colin Powell Center discussion on KFAI

This was surely a good use for late Sunday evening. I heard familiar voices struggling with difficult themes. The discussion ranged from fair notice that the proposed anti-gay Bachmann amendment to Minnesota's constitution would set our cultural clock back severely to a heartfelt appeal to support

Fwd: Re: [Mpls] Programming Note - Colin Powell Center to be discussed on KFAI

My apologies for resending Eva's original post. If I may add another data point, and an overpowered one at that, to the current Republican regime's attempts to make the most fundamentalist christianity the official state religion of our country: I timed my drive home from northern Min

Re: [Mpls] Programming Note - Colin Powell Center to be discussed on KFAI

At 08:19 PM 3/19/2005, dain lyngstad wrote: A discussion implies that both sides will be present and respected for their differing views. I must believe based on what has been stated here that the discussion will in truth be a diatribe against, the subject without opposing views ever being heard. D