Re: [Mpls] Who's got the voting power in Minneapolis

Northside neighborhoods. I agree that these unique alliances are the way of the future, but with Mayor Rybak, they are happening today. Jeremy Hanson East Isles Minneapolis - Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click

Re: [Mpls] Police math

attrition. Any retirees or other attrition would be filled AND 71 new officers would hired. This means that there will be 866 sworn officers, with 603 officers on the street - 41 more than when Rybak took office in 2001. Jeremy Hanson Office of Mayor Rybak East Isles, Minneapolis Jer Hanson

[Mpls] Mayor Rybak and Chief McManus Report on Success of Strategic Safety Partnership

OFFICE OF MAYOR R.T. RYBAK MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT October 12th, 2005 Contact: Jeremy Hanson Phone: 612-673-2785 Mobile: 612-306-5274 Mayor Rybak and Chief McManus Report on Success of Minneapolis Strategic Safety Partnership 61-day summer initiative reduced homicides, shootings

[Mpls] Downtown Named Best Workplace for Commuters

MAYOR R.T. RYBAK MEDIA ALERT Contact: Jeremy Hanson Phone: 612-673-2785 Mobile: 612-306-5274 September 20, 2005 Downtown Named Best Workplace for Commuters National EPA Award Merits Minneapolis’ Strong Support for Carpools, Transit Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak

[Mpls] 21 Minneapolis Police Officers Deployed To New Orleans

MAYOR R.T. RYBAK URGENT NEWS ALERT September 13, 2005 Contact: Jeremy Hanson Phone: 612-673-2785 Mobile: 612-306-5274 21 Minneapolis Police Officers Deployed To New Orleans Unit Part of 80-officer Minnesota Contingent Led By Minneapolis Lieutenant Mayor Rybak has announced

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis is Responding to Hurricane

that the Mayor authorized for deployment to the Gulf Coast was requested by the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC), which is the coordinating entity during times of national emergency. Jeremy Hanson, East Isles Office of Mayor Rybak Jer Hanson phone: 612.306.5274 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Mpls] Minneapolis is Responding to Hurricane Disaster

MAYOR R.T. RYBAK MEDIA ALERT September 2, 2005 Contact: Jeremy Hanson Phone: 612-673-2785 Mobile: 612-306-5274 Minneapolis is Responding to Hurricane Disaster Public Statement by Mayor R.T. Rybak: The disaster in the Gulf Coast is a tragedy that requires an unparalleled response

[Mpls] Mayor Rybak Pursues Police Diversity

MAYOR R.T. RYBAK 350 South Fifth Street - Rm. 331 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415-1393 612-673-2100 Fax 612-673-2305 MEDIA ALERT August 22, 2005 Contact: Jeremy Hanson Phone: 612-673-2785 Mobile: 612-306-5274 Mayor Rybak Pursues Police Diversity

[Mpls] R.T. Rybak: We mustn't go backward on smoke-free ordinance

From the Star Tribune August 7, 2005 R.T. Rybak: We mustn't go backward on smoke-free ordinance As mayor of Minneapolis, I am proud of our city and state's reputation as health leaders. Being recognized nationally as a healthy place to work and have fun is part of who we are and how

[Mpls] Mayor Rybak Touts Budget Discipline as Reason for More Cops, Youth Programs

MAYOR R.T. RYBAK 350 South Fifth Street - Rm. 331 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415-1393 612-673-2100 Fax 612-673-2305 MEDIA ALERT Contact: Jeremy Hanson, Communications Director Phone: 612-673-2785 July 28, 2005 Mayor Rybak Touts Budget Discipline as Reason for More

[Mpls] Star Tribune Refuses Gay Advertisement

Horrible news on the Channel 5 TV web site: Channel 5 Eyewitness News reports that the Star Tribune refused to publish one of the ads for this year's GLBT Pride Festival, because the ad showed two men kissing. The newspaper says the ad did not meet its acceptability standards. Ben Taylor, the

[Mpls] Tobacco Scam

Ed Felien is right: the tobacco companies have scammed businesses into needlessly fearing public smoking bans. Even though mounds of evidence and examples prove consistently that: 1. Seconhand smoke kills tens of thousands of nonsmokers each year in the U.S. and 2. Public smoke-free air laws do

[Mpls] The Freedom to Breathe

Banning smoking is simple if you understand it as the public health manace it is. People should have the right to breathe smoke-free air, plain and simple. We shouldn't have to deal with other people's harmful addictions in any public place or workplace. Whether I work in a bank or a bar, I

[Mpls] Roche v. Dibble

and volunteer, I happen to know that anyone who wants to help him with your time or money can call him at 612-824-3823. Jeremy Hanson, East Isles = Jer Hanson phone: 612.306.5274 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you asked me what i came into this world to do, i will tell you: i came to live OUT

[Mpls] More Support for Kress

I thought I'd pass on some words from another Ward 10 voter for Doug Kress: * Hello, I feel compelled to respond to the October 20, three-paragraph Star Tribune Ward 10 endorsement. The writer has the right to have his or her opinion and endorse whomever he or she wants; however, I

[Mpls] Stonewall DFL (was patrick peterson)

Thank you to Dennis Schapiros's acknowledgement of the growing clout of the Stonewall DFL in Minneapolis politics. I agree that Patrick Peterson's victory was quite remarkable. Stonewall DFL was proud to endorse Patrick and we are excited that he and his team did so well. In fact, we are pleased