Doug Mann responds.
What? All ethnicities and races in our fair city are equally affected by
street gangs? The same logic that led Dennis Plante to draw that conclusion
would also lead one to conclude that all ethnicities and races in our fair
city are equally affected by poverty, unemploymen
Doug Mann wrote:
COULD THE PEACE FOUNDATION GET A PIECE OF THE ACTION?
Dennis Plante contends that Rev. Terrill was merely expressing his feelings
about gang activity. However, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder Ron Edwards noted
that Terrill's reference to gang activities as "terrorism" is consistent
Dennis Plante writes,
"It appears on some points, I do agree with Doug Mann. I agree that street
gangs do exist in every ethnic segment of our society. It is a plague that
affects all ethnicities, white, black, latino, asian, native american. If we
can
all accept that street-gangs exist in eve
Dennis Plante writes,
"It appears on some points, I do agree with Doug Mann. I agree that street
gangs do exist in every ethnic segment of our society. It is a plague that
affects all ethnicities, white, black, latino, asian, native american. If we
can
all accept that street-gangs exist in eve
John McClellan wrote:
We need to remember that it's not just "our city", the
entire Metro is an interconnnected system. Like "no
man is an island", neither is our city. If everyone
who worked Downtown lived there or even within the
city border, we wouldn't have a freeway rush hour in &
out of D
I'm not sure how Ms. Marks came up with the idea that my posts amount to
threats of physical violence; that's a little far there. As far as Ms. Marks'
other comments, I think that library board members ought to be able to run off
at the mouth a bit, and I'd in fact prefer it that way. I'm sick o
Dennis Plante wrote:
Why is it that many of the leaders within the african american
community, in the everyday work they perform, work very hard to steer
youngsters within their community away from gang-related activities?
Yet, they are afraid to publicly state that they feel this way? What
And let's not forget that this continued through
redlining which has shaped urban communities from
coast to coast by segregating people by race and
disinvesting in african american communities. You
only need look across the river to see how those
african american communities which attain success a
It appears on some points, I do agree with Doug Mann. I agree that street
gangs do exist in every ethnic segment of our society. It is a plague that
affects all ethnicities, white, black, latino, asian, native american. If
we can all accept that street-gangs exist in every segment of our soci
Dr. Vinny wrote:
In any event, the response from the library board members on this list is appalling.
Why? They said they would look into the issue. Boards of Directors take
awhile to look into issues. It has to be put on the agenda and approved,
the library staff has to be alerted that they
Having been the first person to bring up the issue of wasted library books,
http://southhighsucks.com/minneapolislibrarythrowsoutbooks.html
I'd like to weigh in once more.
Though I missed the TV story (though I did read the transcript and I understand
they even used some of my pictures), I belie
I think before the Legislature votes on the stadium
deal, there should be a complete examination of the
ties between Commissioner Mark Stenglein, Bruce
Lambrecht and Twinsville, Inc.
This entire project has been rushed through in less
than 2 months with very limited public scrutiny. This
article r
Has anyone thought that any grocery cart you see being pushed by anyone down
the street away from a store parking lot is "Stolen" property? That any
person, other than a store employee, pushing such a cart is in possession of
stolen property? That ANY police cruiser passing a cart on the stree
Speaking of Mark Stenglein, the Hennepin County DFL is organizing for county
board and county attorney races next year. We're having a Hennepin Co. DFL
Central Committee Meeting this Wednesday June 1st at 5:30 p.m. at Meadowbrook
Elementary School in Golden Valley. On the agenda is a discu
This Sunday morning I see that the List is still continuing the discussion
of the Simpson housing project and the debate on the responsibility of
African American "Leaders" for addressing crime and criminal gangs in that
community. Both of these issues are ones of "Expectations" and the power
List Manager wrote:
Lots of ties between Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Stenglein and an
owner of the stadium site...is there a conflict?
Of course, not ! And Nixon wasn't a crook, and Tom Delay has never done
anything wrong, and Clinton didn't have sexual relations with Monica,
and the
I sincerely hope that we can begin to see that this is not about books in
the dumpster. It is about serving the public with the highest quality of
services the system can offer given its severely limited resources. We are
in a very serious revenue crunch in the Minneapolis library system. We
Lots of ties between Hennepin County Commissioner Mark Stenglein and an
owner of the stadium site...is there a conflict?
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/5428296.html
David Brauer
List manager
REMINDERS:
1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If
you th
I want to start by thanking Windom Park Citizens in Action and the East Side
Food Coop for putting together this collection. However, as a retired
insurance company employee, I often wonder when seeing these relief fund
notices
whether they are a supplement or replacement for property insura
On Friday, May 27, 2005, at 02:33 PM, Dorie Rae Gallagher wrote:
So those of us who complained... need to volunteer more time, give
more money??
Perhaps...but I really don't think so...what we need to do is change
policy...a policy that is not set by
the Minneapolis Public Library. Public op
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