The policing downtown at
> night seems more than adequate right now. Whenever I go out
downtown I see
> groups of as many as 4-5 officers standing around talking. Maybe
they need
> to spread out and cover areas that need it more. But I suppose we
do have
> to keep the party scene safe and the
After someone debunked the rape is about power not sex argument, we somehow
went back to social constructionist remedies for the rape problem (teach
men to respect women, improve the social realm of relationships between the
sexes, etc). While this is important, I think most men who rape are be
Listmembers,
I believe that if the school board members were voted in by wards much like
council members, that the voter turnout would be much greater than in any of
the other races. Education is a big issue, and parents want someone to be
accountable to them, which is not how a lot of them v
> I am sorry Mike, but it is necessary to raise the issue, or it will
never be
> addressed. Just swept under the rug as an embarrassing
inconvenience.
>
> Your "practical advice" about "What areas to avoid" is interesting.
BUT to
> interject a little reality, what about the women who have to liv
- Original Message -
From: "wmmarks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:17 AM
. The word comes from the Latin and means "to
steal." What the rapist tries to steal is the soul of the victim, leaving
the victim an empty husk. In that sense, rape is worse than murd
DRG> two. Otherwise, some areas have no voice, no recourse, no
DRG> power. Such as what was happening in our area the past couple
DRG> of years. Let someone be elected who will represent the area,
DRG> be accountable for what is happening, and keep us informed.
I simply don't see why t
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ed Felien writes:
"But, if I may tempt effrontery to the point of arrogance and try to further
decipher Wizard Marks' mind, I think the basic argument she is making is the
one first posited by Susan Brownmiller in Against Our Will. That ovacular
work (seminal seems out of
Went by the new WAC this a.m. going toward downtown instead of away
from it and from that prespective the building, was less of a
horizon hog... though in the a.m. it's a gray-grey...as the sun reflected
off the bus to the building, it woke up the aluminum mesh skin with
kinetic little light shimm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 13, 2005
Contact: Steve Jevning, Hauser for 8th Ward
612-220-3171
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
MARIE HAUSER EARNS TWO ENDORSEMENTS FOR 8TH WARD CITY COUNCIL
Building & Construction Trades Endorse Hauser in 8th Ward
The Building & Construction Trades Council of Minneapolis has e
I was lucky enough to be able to catch the finals of the national poetry
slam that whittled down from 20 to 6 of our finest young spoken word
artists. These finalist will be going onto San Francisco for the national
competition. There is one last chance to catch these incredible passionate
voices
Ed Felien writes:
"But, if I may tempt effrontery to the point of arrogance and try to further
decipher Wizard Marks' mind, I think the basic argument she is making is the
one first posited by Susan Brownmiller in Against Our Will. That ovacular
work (seminal seems out of place) defines rape as s
I am glad that candidates that have sought and do not obtain the DFL
endorsement have had the personal conviction to continue their campaigns in
the past. In some instances, their convictions have proven to be on-target
and in-touch with what the voting public has actually wanted from a
candi
Thanks to Derek for a very thoughtful response to my email and, even
better, one that brought some new facts to the discussion. He's gone
a long way to convincing me...
> "DBR" == Derek Burrows Reise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...snip...]
Derek points out that it would be hard to get the
I've seen a chart like the one David showed but it only raised a question
which I haven't yet seen an answer to:
They talk about a (e.g.) 1500 square foot home as average, but I've not
seen how that "1500" is defined.
Is that a house with a total of 1500 sq-ft, so it's on a 750 foot pad (750
s
Hello Listmembers,
I find this topic interesting. I am a DFLer, but I agree with Lisa McDonald.
R.T. should follow Lisa's lead. Why would anyone seek an endorsement if they
don't plan to abide by it? And I disagree with Betsy Hodges statement about
abandoning your affiliations if they don'
While I understand and agree with the philosophical
point Robert makes, I don't know if that's really true
in practice. The idea of "rotten boroughs" with low
voter participation and inviting corruption would
require fairly small districts. (It's also not one
person, one vote; but one person, thr
I used 0 units of water last month (less than the City could measure), I
guess that put's me squarely in the the "loser" column. Guess it's time for
another rain garden or two.
Justin Eibenholzl
Armatage
From: David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: mpls@mnforum.org
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Stormwater
List,
For the wildlife lovers, there is good news:
The loons have returned to Lake Calhoun.
There is a pair that has been in residence for 5 or 6 days, and last
night I heard them warbling to one another at about 1:30 am.
Considering this is Uptown, they, like their human counterparts, were
out
On Apr 13, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Steve Cross wrote:
The chart that David provided is interesting. I'm guessing that it's
to be part of a forthcoming article in the SE Journal or the Skyway
News on the whole issue of stormwater fees.
I posted those links a day or so ago...but you can find the stories
The chart that David provided is interesting. I'm guessing that it's to
be part of a forthcoming article in the SE Journal or the Skyway News on
the whole issue of stormwater fees. I'd hope that the article would
also answer some other questions. Among them are:
(1) How much new revenue is b
As I live only blocks from it and drive by it to and from work every day, I
think the new building is fantastic. I think the buzz around the opening
this weekend is also fantastic.
We have a "brand new" (or improved if you would rather) art museum in the
city. I for one, am looking forward to br
> i think i am a loser or maybe i was a winner up until the change?
> Where i think the problem is, and this is how i understand it to work
> so i could be wrong, but the large parking lot a block away that is
> easily 4 times the size of my property, only pays a couple dollars
> more than i do for
Wizard Marks has an encyclopedic (if sometimes imperfect) memory.
I believe what she is referring to is a South Minneapolis theatrical
production by At The Foot of the Mountain on Rape about twenty years ago.
The adaptation was based on a play by Brecht. It was clear that the thrust
of the play w
my runoff charge is for the average sized plot which i think is a
little over stated but my water use is low. i rarely go over 2 units,
perhaps 3 units during the summer.
i think i am a loser or maybe i was a winner up until the change?
Where i think the problem is, and this is how i understand
Speaking from my recent experience as a first-time candidate promoting reform
on the Park Board,
I've found that DFL delegates have much more sophisticated criteria for their
endorsement vote
than 'who will abide by the endorsement'. Most are concerned with what is best
for the community.
Tha
We now have a chart with many homeowner scenarios showing who benefits
and doesn't under the city's new stormwater fee system.
Please see:
http://www.swjournal.com/pdfs/swj_sewer_chart.pdf
David Brauer
Kingfield
Editor, SW Journal & Skyway News
REMINDERS:
1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at
Select twice daily posters to this forum don't like
the new Walker design? All the more the reason to
embrace it in this person's opinion! And I guess
moving the Walker, which has a longer history on that
site than the Guthrie, would've had the added expense
of moving the sculpture garden to the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rape is always about power. I have worked with offenders in a professional
therapeutic capacity and I can tell you that what aroused every offender I have
ever worked with was the power and not the sex. Also, supporting this
position is the vast majority of peer review
Basim Sabri will be sentenced on Tuesday May 3rd at 11am in the Federal court
house in
St. Paul, Robert St & Kellogg Ave.- 7th Floor by Judge Richard Kyle.
Barb Lickness
Whittier
Ward 6
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change
the world. Indeed, it's the o
In response to yesterday's S'Trib editorial, until more bridges can be
built (no, I don't mean that), take a look at a story in today's Washington
Post:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48353-2005Apr12.html
Has a Stand Down been tried for homeless people? I know it won't do
anything for
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There's an excellent article on today's City Pages about what is shaping up
as one of the more hotly contested ward races in the City, the 13th Ward.
Here's the link:
http://www.citypages.com/databank/26/1271/article13165.asp
Without stating my preference, I would like to
My post yesterday incorrectly stated there are 6
members on the Mpls School Board. There are actually
7. I knew this, but neglected to catch the mistake
when I pasted the quote from the Minneapolis Observer
story. It looks like the Observer needs to correct
this mistake.
By all appearances, the
> "DRG" == Dorie Rae Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DRG> - Original Message -
DRG> From: "Derek Burrows Reise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
DRG> To:
DRG> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 1:59 PM
DRG> Subject: [Mpls] Restructuring Mpls School Board
>> Posted at
Gun shots are being heard just about every night along the 36th street area in
the south. Woman was knifed at 46th st. and a bunch of robberies around the
Lake and Chicago /26th and Portland area. I think this is being fluffed over a
bit..The police came in silence last week to a problem on 36th
Does the DFL endorsement process strengthen the party? Does disregarding the
endorsement weaken the party? What's better, to seek the endorsement but not
respect it, or not to seek the endorsement because one doesn't plan to abide by
it?
Betsy Hodges said, âI wonât discard my political affiliat
There's an excellent article on today's City Pages about what is shaping up as
one of the more hotly contested ward races in the City, the 13th Ward. Here's
the link:
http://www.citypages.com/databank/26/1271/article13165.asp
One key statement is that both Lisa McDonald and Betsey Hodges think
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