RE: [Mpls] oppression and the schools

2002-03-07 Thread Pamela Taylor
We need to stop trying to protect the standards that continually oppress our children, and seek to establish new ones. We need to utilize what funding we have to the good of the majority of children. As my hero Spock said "the needs of the many outweigh the needs o

Re: [Mpls] oppression and the schools

2002-03-07 Thread Pamela Taylor
whose hearts are still there. Pamela Taylor (In Tampa where it was as cold as Minneapolis last week!) --- Brandon Lacy Campos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to address something that Michael Libby > brought up in his post, > and that is the affects of racism, classism, sexism

Re: [Mpls] Dairy Queen

2002-02-28 Thread Pamela Taylor
A friend of mine teaches youth entreprenuership, and kids here have started, and now run, a successful ice cream business. It can happen. Pamela Taylor (Tampa, FL formerly 8th ward MPLS, who believes in the YO -youth opportunity- grants) --- Lynne All For One One For All <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [Mpls] Re: Truth in Housing

2002-02-19 Thread Pamela Taylor
id in 1994. It is always reassuring to have an inkling of what you are getting for your money. Pamela Taylor (Tampa) --- Scott McGerik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Barbara L. Nelson wrote: > > > Tim is right in that it USED to be the way he > recall

Re: [Mpls] Re: Alan Shilepsky

2002-02-15 Thread Pamela Taylor
d, this is the real world. Everybody and every group wants one. Homeowners, property owners/land-lords, renters, etc. Read Robert Schmidt's post about the neighborhood organization formation. That's my two cents for now. I am sure I will be hearing from the folks who don't thi

Re: [Mpls] Re: Public schools

2002-02-10 Thread Pamela Taylor
in the streets" extremism either. I have choices. That I learned, not in school, but at home. I choose to remain true to my thoughts. Pamela Taylor (Still African-American and still opinionated) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Pamela Taylor wrote: > >I don't mean to offend,

Re: [Mpls] dara and jucy lucys

2002-02-07 Thread Pamela Taylor
Been there, done that. Juicy Lucys at Matts. Pamela Taylor (Who has had nothing like it in Tampa) --- richard carney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a friend that will drive himself and willing > co-workers to Matts from > MacGroveland in St. Paul for the sole purpose of &

RE: [Mpls] NRP the fiefdom

2002-02-06 Thread Pamela Taylor
and it never professed to have all the answers. Still doesn't. Just seems that problems of that nature should be less after all this time. Pamela Taylor (Former NRP Specialist) __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCar

Re: [Mpls] Public Schools

2002-02-05 Thread Pamela Taylor
at our children (and other cultures)are much smarter than we were and are, and are not ready to face the truth. Pamela Taylor (In Tampa, but keeping the Minneapolis door open) __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo!

Re: [Mpls] Public Schools

2002-02-04 Thread Pamela Taylor
ve what I just wrote. Pamela Taylor (Who two posts a day limit is up) --- Robert Schmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pamela Taylor said: > > If we > > do not demand that our teachers teach in new > methods > > coming out college, > > This statement worries me. As

Re: [Mpls] Public Schools

2002-02-04 Thread Pamela Taylor
fall in Minneapolis. I will fight for her educational rights even if I have to come back there to raise the issue. Pamela Taylor (A MSB candidate once upon a time now living in Tampa) --- Brandon Lacy Campos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, so this year there are four seats up for &

Re: [Mpls] Superintendent pay in tight budget times

2001-12-19 Thread Pamela Taylor
about merit pay for teachers, what about for our Superintendent, MPSB members and the like? They have to be accountable, too. We taxpayers are beginning to wonder if this is the "Free Government Money" we always hear about on the TV commercials. If so, a lot more of us better start

Re: [Mpls] Re: Multiple intelligences

2001-12-13 Thread Pamela Taylor
od book. Don't be intimidated. It took people a while to convert from horse and buggies to cars, too. Pamela Taylor (Who considers herself an expert after raising two well-adjusted children, and never let any school system treat her like an amateur) --- Thomas Swift <[EMAIL PROTE

Re: [Mpls] Re: Multiple intelligences

2001-12-13 Thread Pamela Taylor
David, Couldn't hurt to try it. Sure beats the system full of "experts" we have now. Pamela Taylor --- Dave McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pam Taylor wrote: > > > When they are training to become teachers, we need > to > > mandate

Re: [Mpls] Schools and our new COO

2001-12-12 Thread Pamela Taylor
Bob, My guess is that you still see all those buses because although we have returned to community schools, these schools are not neighborhood schools. So kids still have to be bussed. Pamela Taylor __ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo

Re: [Mpls] Re: Affordable housing.....freedom of choice...Welfare...reading

2001-12-12 Thread Pamela Taylor
niece who entered the school system (an Augsburg graduate) this fall. Even I was willing to put my butt where my mouth is, and I considered going back to school to become a teacher, but did not want to work in the current system. It sucks. Well, that's my opinion. Pamela Taylor (Who lost the M

Re: [Mpls] Re: Affordable housing.....freedom of choice

2001-12-11 Thread Pamela Taylor
list has actual figures to give to you, may they be so obliging. Pamela Taylor --- Tim Bonham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >From: Pamela Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Victoria Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >. . . > >You are right, most

Re: [Mpls] Affordable housing.....freedom of choice

2001-12-09 Thread Pamela Taylor
cast not stones from glass houses. Have a nice day. Pamela Taylor Bottom line is, --- Victoria Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Freedom of choice, especially in housing, is my wish > for all people. That > can only happen for those who have their own source > of income.

[Mpls] Fwd: FW: Breast Cancer Please read

2001-12-08 Thread Pamela Taylor
Note: forwarded message attached. __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com --- Begin Message --- Hi, Thought you'd like to know the following. Maybe you have time to help! Bettie =^..^= > > Subject

Re: [Mpls] Minneapolis has plenty of affordable housing.....

2001-12-08 Thread Pamela Taylor
ty is not a crime. Engage in it often. If people want these renters to live in decent housing, rebuild affordable housing in areas that they are entitled to live in. Don't pigeonhole them into accepting thinly veiled segregated standards. Pamela Taylor (A college graduate and former NRP

Re: [Mpls] Reparations: not ready to jump on the bandwagon

2001-12-08 Thread Pamela Taylor
nce for the lynchings and cultural genocide it maliciously committed. The slave labor it relegated us to, never giving us a living wage, to me equals back pay. Jim Crow, the bus boycott, the riots, etc. Is there really a need to continue? Consider it a class action suit. Pamela Tay

RE: [Mpls] Bicycles and Snow and Minneapolis

2001-11-30 Thread Pamela Taylor
Hello Robin, No, I don't believe it is asking too much. It is about time. Pamela Taylor (putting her two cents in) --- "Garwood, Robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Gustafson wrote: > > "Or is the city also supposed

[Mpls] Riverview Site

2001-11-29 Thread Pamela Taylor
Hello, I was wondering if there has been any more discussion and/or updates regarding the Riverview site? Pamela Taylor __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1

Re: [Mpls] What is missing -- pizza and Munsingwear

2001-11-20 Thread Pamela Taylor
My very first job in high school was at H. Salt Fish & Chips on Lake & Chicago. I loved their fish. They used to have one downtown on Hennepin Ave next to the Skyway Theater, too. Pamela Taylor --- Tony Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Munsingwear is now owned by Perry Elli

Re: [Mpls] What's missing?

2001-11-16 Thread Pamela Taylor
I remember as a child going to FREE park activities, and at other down times using my imagination. I don't recall being bored like kids are today. We lived in the B.C. era (Before Computer). Pamela Taylor --- Andy Driscoll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Munsingwear. > > Consid

Re: [Mpls] What's missing?

2001-11-16 Thread Pamela Taylor
Has anyone mentioned Munsingwear? It is now the site of International Market Square. I used to buy fabric there. Pamela Taylor --- Jack Kryst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone mentioned: > > The donkey on Nicollet Island.(Whose name I've > forgotten. Marj Rolla

[Mpls] What's Missing

2001-11-16 Thread Pamela Taylor
m now blooming where I am planted. Pamela Taylor (The writer taking poetic license.) __ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com ___ Minneapolis Issues F

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