Dan McGrath wrote:
Since I was a kid, I'd dreamed of one day owning my own house in the
neighborhood I grew up in, right here in Longfellow. Three years and two
months ago, after scraping, and saving, living in a tiny, crappy effeciency
apartment for 8 years, and scraping some more, my dream becam
David Tilsen wrote:
> I agree totally. One thing we know is that students
> who manage to come back
> from difficult periods in their life, state over 74%
> of the time that it was
> an adult mentor that played a major positive role in
> their life. they
> mention, in - order
>
> teachers
>
> Carol Becker wrote (in earlier posting):
> The property tax in practice is strongly regressive; there little
> to no link between taxation
> and wealth, the incentives in the system are not what you want to create a
> healthy community, etc. Not a good way to go.
Mark Anderson replies (in pr
Carol Becker wrote:
The property tax in
practice is strongly regressive; there little to no link between taxation
and wealth, the incentives in the system are not what you want to create a
healthy community, etc. Not a good way to go.
Mark Anderson replies:
That is an interesting supposition
Liz Wielinski wrote:
He should have consulted the MPRB's own minutes and read the following
( from 12-10-03)
Mark Anderson replies:
I've been hearing for years now that the Park Board doesn't take minutes.
Where did this come from?
Mark V Anderson
Bancroft
REMINDERS:
1. Be civil! Pleas
David Strand wrote:
The Minneapolis Public Schools have complied with a
federal mandate in the No Child Left Behind Act which
requires distribution of Boy Scout materials despite
the Boy Scouts being in violation of the
nondiscrimination policy of the school district which
every other organization
Annie Young wrote:
And last but not least, I have yet to figure out if Reform helped or
hindered me. Having always been at the top of the heap I knew MMA would do
better than me just because of being an Anderson but I honestly thought I
might be able to pull out a 2nd place.
Mark Anderson resp
Sheldon Mains wrote:
On Monday Craig summarized the library budget information I talked to him
about in Ballot Box
(http://www.mplsobserver.com/node/413).
You can find more detail on my website at http://www.MainsForLibrary.org.
Just click on the budget link at the top center.
Also, the Friends o
Terri Hayden wrote:
There are just a few things that I would like to reply to. The first being
the one made about Minnesota not being progressive as in other states and
that we still need to have a "quota" for people of color in our State and
that we may better without it. I would like to agree wit
> Mark Anderson replies:
SNIP
Instead of bemoaning the lack of a Black
> winner in a Ward where
> Whites are in the minority, we should happy that
> people are looking beyond
> such trivialities.
SNIP
ML asks:
Is Black representation on the Minneapolis City
Council a triviality? Wow.
Mar
Loki Anderson wrote:
Does anyone want to look at ALL the factors in this primary or do we just
want to focus on race? Why doesn't this article mention the fact that there
were 10 candidates in the race all trying to get their message out? Why
doesn't it mention the fact that Hauser, Glidden and Den
Scott Moore wrote:
What's all this I hear about a "missing" $80,000? Where did the money
go? Seeing a dollar amount in red ink with a minus sign in front of it
might be alarming. It has been stated in this forum a couple of times
that the "Changes in Fund Balance" amount of -$82,023 did not com
Carol Becker wrote:
The Minnesota tax system is very complex and frankly most people don't
understand how it works. So I have put up two pages on the tax system up on
my website. The first is about why property taxes for the average citizen
are going up. This is under the button "Taxes up?" T
Thanks very much to both Anne and Gregory for your knowledgeable responses
to the Shegstad car theft issue. I do feel a lot less outraged, because I
can better understand what the cops are going through. I believe the
problem is basically that it is very hard to get a conviction on something
like
Doug Mann wrote:
I suspect that all DFL candidates seeking reelection to the city council
have
taken money from business owners who apply for permits, zoning variances,
etc. You can't run a business without being subjected to regulations that
might
require action by the city council. The questio
Michael Hohmann wrote:
What's the value of special interest endorsements to local politicians? How
about to the general public? How do such endorsements influence candidate
platforms and decision making in local politics, before and after the
election? In general, are city residents and proper
Laura Waterman Wittstock wrote:
On Monday, August 22, 2005, at 06:54 PM, Mark V Anderson wrote:
> The rest of the candidates pretty
> much ducked my question, but Eric came out with a viable idea. I have
> at
> least one of my votes on September 13 figured out.
( what expenses the Board c
Dan McGrath wrote:
A couple nights ago, my favorite city council candidate did something, which
is, to my mind quite remarkable. What happened next is all the more
astonishing.
Dave Shegstad was alerted that a couple shady fellows were lurking in the
alley behind Shegstad's home. He went out to i
Wizard --
Was the Library Board candidate forum you went to at Hosmer Library? I'm
wondering because I was there too, but we seem to have gone to two different
places. After a few months of following the Clone Wars by the Ward 8
Council candidates, it was refreshing to hear several people with d
I was recently told that Gary Schiff's endorsement of Jeff Hayden for
Council from the 8th Ward just means that Hayden is allied with Schiff's
coalition in the Council. I didn't even know the Council had long-standing
coalitions (unlike the Park Board, which has the ongoing 5-4 split). Can
someon
Mary Hunstiger wrote:
Kids Voting Minneapolis is a grassroots, nonpartisan organization that
fosters an informed, participating electorate by educating and actively
engaging K-12th grade youth and their families in voting and other elements
of effective civic engagement. We provide civics curricul
Anne McCandless wrote:
I for one, wish that our parks could be open to anyone all day and night.
Unfortunately, the world has people in it that make this impossible. As we
all know by now, there are simply not enough police officers around to
patrol everywhere all the time. Add the 'cover of
Wizard wrote:
However, the crime in Mpls. is, in part, about RT 's management of the
city. It is true that RT balanced his budget on the backs of the police
and fire departments, both of which are the particular purview of the
mayor. If McLaughlin is going to defeat RT, of course he's going to
On Thu, July 21, 2005 8:35 am, gemgram said:
[...]
> But does anyone have an explanation for the yellow water coming out of
> the tap of the houses on my block yesterday? My teeth still feel
> gritty and I am going to use bottled water to brush them this morning.
> I can live with ring around the
David Brauer wrote:
Even before the recent heat wave, it's been a bad summer for power
outages in my neighborhood. I'm wondering if other people have
experienced more outages than usual in the past year?
If so, recap your turmoil onlist, please. I'm curious how widespread
this is...
Mark An
Wizard Marks wrote:
This is paranoia on the part of Rybak supporters. It has no basis in
fact. There are always people who want to be in public office. All of
them know other people in public office. That they know each other does
not equate to that they agree with each other.
The implication ab
Bob Spaulding's message about property taxes was forwarded to the List. It
was a very good and clear explanation about how property taxes work. But
his description of TIF taxes wasn't right so I thought I'd clear that up.
Bob wrote:
ONE PROPERTY GETS A TIF DISTRICT; OTHERS PAY THE PRICE. TIF
D
Megan Goodmundson wrote:
Mark Anderson asks a question: How exactly does having a rich section in
one's district make a council person more powerful?
When you were a kid growing up, did you want to always get stuck with the
'broken toys' or the hand-me-downs? Wasn't nice to have at least some new
Anne McCandless wrote:
Neither Natalie or Don wanted the new boundaries, let alone anyone in North
Mpls. The critisiam should be thrown at the people who drew the lines. The
redistricting affected the Fifth Ward in more important ways than the fact
that we have two African Americans running ag
Jim Bernstein wrote:
When I was Commissioner of the Minnesota Dept. of Commerce in the
Ventura Administration (the state agency charged with regulating
mortgage and other lenders) I talked about predatory lending at dozens
of meetings and hearings throughout the state. I usually started out
with t
Ann Berget wrote:
When the state introduced the so-called 8th Grade Tests, MPS was caught
flat-footed with no remediation plans. During the year that followed, we
learned
some things and made changes, notably: 1) We learned that the 8th Grade Test
was statestically correlatable to performance
Ken Bradley wrote:
Additional analysis from the Minnesota Department of Education website;
demographics information for south-side schools.
Southwest
54.59% White, 18.11% Black, Hispanic 21.59%, Asian 4.34%, Native 1.34%
45.38% Students of color
Washburn
49.14% Black, 33.76% White, 8.93% Asia
Linda Higgins wrote:
A lot of people keep advocating that the council get out of the business
of constituent services, responding to constituents' complaints about
long grass, etc. This is exactly the kind of constituent services and
complaints that the newspaper and others want to go to some namel
Ron Leurquin wrote:
IMHO, Michael does not fully understand the problem and is on the side of
business being allowed to make a buck any way it wants and that the 'buyer
should be ware'.
I can understand him to some extent, the buyer should be ware, but that is
very difficult to do when dealing with
Bill, if you are using the below list of tenant screening as a
recommendation from the List as a whole, you need to realize that there are
several of us out here that agree with your original suggestion that maybe
it's not a good idea to deny housing to anyone who has any of those
attributes. I do
Kudos to the Mpls Observer for publishing Stone's original complaint, and
now in getting Gurban's reply.
As I suspected, the issue isn't nearly as clear-cut as it appeared on
Stone's original posting. It does appear that the Park Board has some sort
of policy against politicking in the parks. I
I've been reading the discussion on the Stone/Gurban dustup with
trepidation. I certainly agree that if the incident occurred just as Stone
reported it, then Gurban deserves at least a severe reprimand by the Park
Board, and perhaps should be fired. (By the way, do the park police report
to Gurba
Your list of questions below is certainly not worthless, Aaron. In fact,
this is probably the most intelligent list of questions about governing the
city that I've seen. I would be happy if candidates commented on just half
of these issues.
It would sure be nice if the local papers asked our can
Robert Schmid wrote:
Faith in the market is misplaced faith, indeed. The "great, invisible
hand of the marketplace" fails as often, if not more often than it
succeeds and smoking is a perfect example of that. If the market truly
worked, then very, very few people would smoke. They would understa
David Greene wrote:
Check the Met Council's 2030 transportation policy plan. It's all right
out there. We have the system planned. We just need to build it.
BTW, the 2030 plan is a delay in the original schedule to get things
done by 2020. We really need to hit the 2020 date. The projection
i
Chuck Holtman wrote:
Mr. Anderson asks: "So does anyone have a plan for reducing congestion?"
I do:
1. Convene truly independent, learned, multi-disciplinary, civic-minded
experts to determine the full social costs of transportation modes. (For
fossil-fuel based modes, this would include, alo
Jane Strauss wrote:
I keep wonderign how long it will take for politicos and others to figure
out that you can't build your way out of congestion. The more traffic lanes
there are, and the less conveneint, reasonably priced, transit, the more
folks will drive.
Mark Anderson:
I have three resp
Dan McGrath wrote:
Will they next fine a store when a person shoplifts? Taking a cart off the
premesis is stealing. Stores do not want people to steal their carts. They
do not encourage or condone it. Fine the theif, not the victim. This
ordinance is backwards.
> New Ordinance Will Fine Stores Th
Jim Graham wrote:
The people who pushed McLaughlin to run for Mayor were those same RT
supporters and workers from four years ago. Most of us do not even recognize
RT's present supporters. RT says that now he will go out to the
Neighborhoods, the heart of his support. It shows how out of touch
> David Greene:
> So the next question is, "how will you hold RT accountable?"
>
> Mark Anderson again:
> Real good question David. You're the one who thinks that representative
> system can give us what we want, so I'd like to get your answer. Rybak is
> apparently now in favor of public financ
Mark Anderson in previous submission:
> Well, it's hard not to vote for them when they change their minds after
the
> election. As I stated above, I believe Rybak was elected partially
because
> he seemed to be against spending taxpayer dollars on large projects that
> only had indirect benefits t
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Of David Greene
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 1:16 PM
Cc: mpls@mnforum.org
Subject: Re: [Mpls] RE: Stadia
Anderson & Turpin (that's me) wrote:
> Continuously for the last ten years, it seems that a
Ed Kohler wrote:
4. HOWEVER, I haven't seen numbers from the anti-stadium crowd to justify
their cause either. Yes, big numbers are thrown out about the costs, but the
perspective of those numbers mean nothing to me. Explain to me in terms I
can understand (and that the media can regurgitate) that
Aaron Klemz wrote:
1) At the very least, the effect of eliminating GC
admissions needs to be monitored for its impact on the
makeup of the student body in several dimensions (age,
income, ethnicity, geographic origin, etc.) Part of
any proposal to eliminate the GC needs to include
careful and tran
Michael Hohmann wrote:
RE: reference to difficulties with STrib online... the intrusive junk
associated with required registration, etc.
I unsubscribed from the online STrib over a year ago just because of all the
overly intrusive junk mail-related issues associated with registered
membership. I
Erik Riese wrote these amazing words:
We are spending our own money.
We are the government. Politics is the action of people.
Mark Anderson here:
Sorry, I don't think I can be included with your "we" if money is being
spent against my will. I voted against the referendum. And based on
comments
Carol Becker wrote:
My name is Carol Becker. I am on the Oversight Board for the new Downtown
Library after being treasurer for the referendum campaign, a referendum
supported by over 106,000 Minneapolis residents. And I did vote for the
W-I-N-G.
The Oversight Board could have built a plain b
Gregory Luce wrote:
With our community school being Hale and the option to choose Ramsey,
Barton, or others, I'd love to hear perspectives, particularly from parents
of existing school kids. But, I'm not so interested in debating the pros
and cons of a particular pedagogy or reliving the debate ab
TONY SCALLON wrote:
Jason claims there is a loss of
$75,000. Isn't this the normal operating expense for any park area such as
Powderhorn Park or Bossen Field? If this is the normal operating costs, we
should not count them as a loss.
>
> Election years are often called the "silly season." Candid
Nathan Hunstad wrote:
These kind of reverse referenda are completely unnecessary. I fully
trust
our school board members and the city council to make the right decisions
with
regards to property taxes. If they make what I consider to be the wrong
choices, then I can vote them out of office
Steve Minn wrote:
On a unit basis, the "subsidy package" to build Stone Arch will be less than
$80,000 per affordable unit, at the end of 30 years. There are 92 affordable
units. The rent subsidy is worth on a current year basis just over
$6500/year per affordable unit. Over 30 years, this equals
Dyna Sluyter wrote:
A system we could be proud of if it actually worked- even if Omar
Jamal did commit the alleged offenses he has been a model citizen since
then and the charges should be dropped. Meanwhile, the executives of
the now bankrupt baking company that fleeced Minneapolis year
Nick Frank wrote:
I briefly looked at the Citizens League report and it doesn't appear it
includes fees (ie taxes by another name). Does anyone have an idea on what
happens to St.Paul's ranking when you add in the fees, which they rely on to
a greater extent than Minneapolis?
Mark Anderson repl
David Brauer writes:
On Dec 30, 2004, at 8:02 AM, Victoria Heller wrote:
>
> http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/local/10525468.htm
>
> Minneapolis residential taxes take 1ST PLACE - and they're going to
> triple!
>
What's as interesting is that Mpls property taxes DROPPED 36 bucks from
Booker Hodges wrote:
The below is the strib article in today's paper about reporter Dave Chanen.
Some us us have been complaining about Chanen for sometime. Maybe it's time
he resign his attitude is not what I like to think of when I think about
Minneapolis. Thank God the editor did something. H
Chris Johnson wrote:
Today as I went past Armatage Park, I noticed 2 Park Board employees
"working"
to build an ice rink. One employee was holding a hose pouring water on the
ground. It would have been as effective to lay the hose on the ground and
let
the water run while doing something else mor
Darrell Gerber wrote:
At large council elections by themselves will not increase the number of
minorities but would most likely have the reverse effect. Numerous studies
have shown that at-large districts lead to under representation of minority
interests. This is the reasoning behind the Supreme
Robert Halfhill wrote:
However, I disagree with Jesse Mortensen in that I consider IRV within each
council ward superior to proportional representation in one large, city wide
ward. There is the advantage of the Council member being nearer to the
people who elected her or him, as nearer to being
Lee Eklund wrote:
Although I find the IRV concept has a certain amount of validity, I fell it
is unduly complicated for the vast majority of voters. A voter arrives at
the poll to vote for the candidate of his or her choice, not the lesser of
evils.
Mark Anderson replies:
I beg to differ. I su
David Brauer wrote:
Some insight from my wife the election lawyer:
The 100-foot rule is measured from the door of the room where voting
takes place - NOT the building itself.
(This assumes the building is not public property, which is the case
for Chris's polling place...13-5 is at Mt. Olivet
Wizard Marks wrote:
> Julie Delgado O'Neil v. Thorwald Anderson (incumbent)
> One of the things that Henn.Co. judges do that fairly grinds my grits
> is the miscreant shuffle. Miscreant X comes before Judge A. Judge A
> lets him/her off with a puny sentence and a warning to sin no more (or
Brian Melendez wrote:
Rather than characterize her views on the issues, or how certain
posters on this list have spun them, why not let her speak for herself? Her
website is http://www.peggyflanagan.org/. If you click on "Issues"
(http://www.peggyflanagan.org/issues.asp), you get a thumbnai
David Brauer wrote, in response to my comment about the support for
Flanagan:
I wonder if anyone could articulate the "distinctive plan" of the three
folks they are going to vote for. (This would be a far more constructive
exercise than vague attacks.)
Having edited six stories on School Board ca
Wizard Marks wrote:
I question why anyone would endorse or vote for a former incumbent who
apparently did not have the sticktoitiveness to re-up when she was still
in office (Miller). I get the picture of a dilettante who plays at
public office, not a committed individual.
Mark Anderson replies
On Tuesday, October 19, 2004, at 09:21 PM, Ken & Karla wrote:
>
> [KB] An endorsement isn't "telling you how to think", it's telling
> you what they think and why ... same as if somebody is sitting across
> the table talking with you. They give their reasoning (we hope), you
> listen or read,
On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:20 AM, Victoria Heller wrote:
>
> The total tax revenue for the City in 2003 was $250 million (rounded
> for
> simplicity). Of that, $69 million DID NOT GO TO THE GENERAL FUND.
> Instead,
> it was "captured" (DIVERTED) by 103 TIF Districts in Minneapolis. See
> the
>
Wizard Marks wrote:
I'm one of the Eighth Ward people; I did get cheated of an
opportunity to vote for city council in a reasonable time after the 2000
census. I resent it. In my mind it's an unfortunate fallout, the result
of changing from two year council seats to four year council seats in
Dan McGuire wrote:
This thread seems to be a pedagogy theory exercise right now. And
while I actually have quite a bit of training and experience regarding
both theory and practice, I think the list members and public in general
will be better served if the discussion would be about actual exp
Dorie Rae Gallagher wrote:
You TEACH art because art is a
career and it is as important as any other subject. Let us not be so dense
to say art is coming before reading, writing and arithmetic...this is
elementary.. except to our current leadership.
Mark Anderson replies:
Okay, maybe we agree her
Steve M Nelson wrote:
> Art is all around is in most daily activities. To pretend that we can
> separate it from math and reading and have a complete education or that
> including it somehow detracts from math and literacy sounds like someone
> with an agenda to cut programs for some reason other
Shawn Marie wrote:
I've been quiet for a long while,. but I can't watch this anymore. As a
mother of a seven-year-old in a public school I will tell anyone and
everyone that ALL of it matters. Math, reading, the arts - ALL of it is
necessary. It is ridiculous that there would even be such a deba
I previously wrote:
> arts magnet schools). And I also believe that many arts activities (for
> example, drawing pictures, and listening and playing music by ear), bring
no
> benefit whatsoever in helping kids to add or read.
David Greene responded:
I've kept out of this until now but I have to _
My son is in eighth grade, so we need to choose a high school for him in a
few months. I would very much appreciate it if people with knowledge on the
subject would send me insight on the four public high schools in south
Minneapolis.
My son is not very gregarious, so I am very interested in f
Mark Snyder wrote:
<< We've seen Doug Mann make this claim repeatedly, but other than the story
about his kid, I can't really recall anything else he's said in this forum,
nor did I see anything on his campaign's web site to actually back up this
theory of his that ability-grouping is occurring
Mark Snyder wrote:
There is a huge difference between turning on the radio and learning to sing
or dance or play an instrument.
There is a huge difference between watching TV and writing a story or
performing a play or even just reading a passage out loud, whether it be a
play or a poem or whateve
Robert Halfhill wrote:
Some people in this discussion of what is most important -- math,
science, literacy vs the arts have been arguing as if it a question of all
of one and none of the other. Some people have been arguing as if it is a
matter of whether somone would be better off with a lot
Britt Robson wrote:
The "Left" has tried to work with the "Right" on NCLB: It passed Congress
with overwhelming bipartisan support, not least because the lefty whom
conservatives most love to bash, Ted Kennedy, threw his weight behind it.
But Bush and his conservative colleagues revealed their true
David Brauer wrote:
Mark, go to the state Education Department site and tell me finding
detailed school info doesn't have to be dug for. I needed the
department spokesman to guide me through it. The information is rich
(within the limited universe of a single standardized test), but it is
NOT u
-Original Message-
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Of Diane Wiley
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:40 PM
To: Minneapolis Issues Forum
Subject: Fw: [Mpls] NCLB is anti-civil rights wine in civil rights wineskins
Anderson & Turpin wrote:
"Perha
Doug Mann wrote:
The National Assessment of Education Progress (federal testing program) has
been monitoring achievement levels in reading and math on a national scale
since the 1970s. And there have been widely used standardized achievement
tests,
such as the California Achievement Test, that
Bill Kahn wrote:
Decades ago in another state, I appeared in court for a speeding
citation
and was given traffic school at my request. The class and the police
sergeant
who taught it, all gave up a Saturday to all brush up on traffic laws. On
the
specific subject of running red lights, I lea
Jeanne Massey wrote:
The Mayor is right, in my opinion, in holding the Crosstown reconstruction
project hostage to the creation of a BRT line on 35W. He said tonight, in
so many words, that highway traffic conditions are dire, choking economic
development in the region, and that drastic solutions
Mark Snyder wrote, along with several irrelevant anecdotes:
The so-called inefficiency of government programs is a myth spun by "garage
logic" adherents and (Rich) Taxpayers League flunkies.
Mark Anderson:
I don't know what "garage logic" is, but here's some logic derived simply
from living in a m
Bruce Gardner wrote:
>Even if you park the bus
>somewhere downtown, what does the driver who started out in Eden Prairie
>do all day? Does the company pay him for 8 hours of doing nothing,
>ending up with a 10-12 hour day?
>
>Bruce Gaarder
Tim Bonham replied:
Almost certainly not. You
Doug Mann wrote:
I expect that between Oct 2002 and 2003 net enrollment declines were much
greater than average where the bulk of students in a given grade level live
1 to
3 miles from school and don't have bus service. (I got blisters on my feet
when I started walking 3 miles, one time per day
Paul Rohlfing wrote:
> I am a proud graduate of Southwest High School and a recipient of the IB
> Diploma (1993). I can honestly say that this is the first time I’ve ever
> encountered the mission statement of the IB program. Judging by the posts
> I’ve read, it seems like people are getting confu
With the extremely low temperatures we've had recently, I've become more
worried about those without shelter. I usually don't consider homeless
shelters to be a real high priority. However, we really need to find a
place indoors for everyone to stay when it's so cold. No one should be
stuck outs
> JP:
>
> Here's a wild and crazy idea, how about we try not stereotyping anyone?
How
> about we try taking the high road and debate issues with support and have
> evidence and data instead of speculation, rumor and innuendo? How about
we try
> questioning those who are our representatives legitim
Randall Cutting wrote:
> The point of traffic calming is not to prevent access, rather it is a
> method to encourage appropriate driving behavior. Drivers that respect
> the residents and businesses within a neighborhood are very welcome to be
> there. Those drivers that would rather drive at hig
Jason Stone wrote:
> Worst Garbage Men That Ticket My Garbage Can When There is < 1" of Snow
Mark Anderson:
Hey, this happened to me too this Winter! Is there one particular anal
garbage guy out there, or has the policy changed to zero (inches) tolerance?
I wonder if we get the same guy in Bancro
I have to mostly agree with Michael Atherton on this one. I sure as heck
don't want teachers foisting their own viewpoints on my kids, whether it be
religious, economic or political. Even Michael's example of comparing the
ten commandments posted by the Alabama judge to the "Peace education"
broc
> > Aaron Klemz writes:
> > I'd love to see some empirical (heck, I'll settle for ANECDOTAL) support
for
> > the argument that providing adequate shelter cots for folks to avoid
sleeping
> > outside in the winter makes more people either:
> > a) Give up their housing to "take advantage" of the "swe
> Regarding a proposed brutality settlement, Eva Young wrote:
> >
> > If this is just a "family business" as Barb Johnson said - how is it
> that the settlement proposed is so high? This would suggest the city
> lawyers are totally incompetent.
>
Terrell Brown:
[TB] What I don't understand is
> >Chris Johnson wrote:
> >
> >There are a number of places where neighbors have managed to get
> >through-traffic stopped by cutting intersections in half, making them
into
> >2 turns, one each for the 2 pairs of roads meeting, or 2 dead-ends and 1
> >turn, thus making the intersection no longer u
Michelle Klinga wrote:
Now with the Governor's proposed cuts, funding for the Hi-5 program may be
dropped. This program helps to close the gap that children who miss the
September 1 cut-off would suffer. Children who turn 5 between September 1
and December 31 are eligible to enroll. This also gi
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