Craig Miller testified last night at the Senate Jobs, Housing and
Community Development Committee hearing at the State Capitol.
For an excellent review of the goings-on, read Jean Hopfensberger's
story in the Strib today at:
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Evan Schnell wrote:
Isn't the point of this thing to eliminate crime in these
neighborhoods? Haven't they succeeded? I think we all remember the
"Murderopolis" label? I personally would rather get hassled by a cop
occasionally than have my place broken into all of the time and get shot
Here, here! When and where is the line drawn between crime and mere legal
violations? What constitutes a mere legal violation? To some, it's a DWI, or
a speeding ticket; to others grafitti, excessive noise, or someone trampling
your azaleas. Why must we wait until a mere violation becomes a
Don Jorovsky writes about housing:
Next Monday night, the Committee will deal with
another set of housing bills, but those involve state
subsidies for affordable housing, which we hope will
ease the housing crunch in Minneapolis, and I think
the landlords and the tenants won't be far apart
Rich makes two main points below, both of which have
the same root.
First, all of the crime Rich mentions would not have
been stopped with the existence of code4, in fact,
much of it has occurred during the reign of code4 (I
am across the alley from Rich so I have a pretty good
idea of the
I spoke with Tim Connelly and mentioned that he put a disclosure at the
top of his post about Basim. Can you aknowledge that and speak to that
issue instead of launching into further commentary on the Lake Street
Motel proposal. Be civil. Don't cut corners when it comes to people and
their
Russell Wayne Peterson wrote:
Bravo to the Minneapolis Public Schools for foraging a head with creating
smaller learning environments. Star Tribune Editorial at:
http://www.startribune.com/viewers/qview/cgi/qview.cgi?template=opinion_asl
ug=ED20A
About a decade ago when I had
The three mayoral candidates seeking DFL endorsement have agreed to take
part in a candidate forum sponsored by a number of the community newspapers
in the city.
Mayoral candidate forum
Tuesday, April 24, 7:30-9 p.m.
Whittier Neighborhood Center
2600 Grand Ave. S.
Sharon Sayles Belton, Lisa
Oh how I wish that other parts of the state and city budget were scrutinized
as carefully as education. Can someone provide a compelling argument on how a
greater teacher-to-pupil ratio might somehow be damaging to the education of
students? The measurements and methodologies used to determine
Eva Young wrote:
Yes, you did, Tim, and I appreciate your disclosure on the topic. It's
interesting information that Basim Sabri had taken the time to ask you to
post on this topic. This, along with Basim asking David Brauer to post his
take on the hotel (which also took gratuitous
The following news releases were issued this week by the Office of Mayor
Sayles Belton:
Mayor Sayles Belton to Begin 2001 Community Public Safety Meetings
Mayor, Police Chief, and reps from City and County Attorneys to
provide updates and respond to citizens' questions
March 18, 2001
I understand this is near your home and I respect
that. one thing I objected to is not knowing all the
players and their sides in this little melodrama.
As to self-interest certainly it always comes down to
that. My self-interest is not to feel ashamed at the
stupidity and mindlessness of our
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Oh how I wish that other parts of the state and city budget were scrutinized
as carefully as education.
I certainly agree that we need more fiscal analysis and responsibility in
government spending.
Can someone provide a compelling argument on how a
greater
All we get are press releases marketing the Mayor on this list. Isn't this
suppose to be a discussion list? We've invited our honorable Mayor to
participate, but obviously she has declined through her silence - kind of
like the rest of her agenda. I guess, Cap's statements about the Mayor
In reply to Tim Connolly's reply to Eva, I would just like to say that
there are many more people in the neighborhood who feel strongly about
putting a hotel/motel on this location. Although, not everyone is so
inclined to put their necks out there for some of the spiteful and
vindictive people
The Pioneer Press's architecture critic, Larry Millett, calls the Guth "only
a shell of its former self, and...the fight to preserve it should have begun
long ago."
However, he also floats the idea of the Historic Preservation Commission
rescuing the stage.
Read the piece, then comment if you
While I'd love to have the mayor here discussing issues - and have told her
so - the mayor's office is complying with a different facet of
Minneapolis-Issues. We don't just discuss, we need something to talk about.
That's why we ask, on our home page:
Official bodies and civic organizations are
on 3/20/01 5:03 PM, List Manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
However, he also floats the idea of the Historic Preservation Commission
rescuing the stage.
I thought the Guthrie was contemplating moving the stage to the new
building. Is this true? (a good thing, IMHO, if true).
Greg Abbott
I have asked Mr. Brauer to unsubscribe me from this list.
Farewell to you all, and good luck with your issues.
Russell W. Peterson
Ward 9
Standish
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List members -
I foolishly added a personal remonstration to Russ Peterson at the end of a
list manager ruling. It's definitely a bad thing to mix my personal postings
and list manager rulings, and I'm sorry to Russ and the list that I mixed
the two functions up.
I'm also chagrined I indulged
For those of you who read this morning's
Star Tribune, I wanted to clear up an inaccurate statement about my position
on the airport.
The story said that I have advocated a new airport. Actually, two years ago
the board of ROAR and I developed a comprehensive strategy for reducing
pollution and
[Forwarded at the request of non-list member Basim Sabri. - David Brauer,
list manager]
I don't want to respond to the more personal points in this debate, nor do I
need to elaborate any longer on the issue of Artist Housing, because as far
as I'm concerned, it's a dead subject and has no future
CM Herron,
I am forwarding a post of mine from the Mpls. Issues forum. In it I outline a
feasible alternative to a hotel at this critical gateway to the region and
offer an alternative which will truly reflect the surrounding community. I
think it's a win/win solution. I discuss it below.
- Original Message -
From: Herron, Brian C
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 12:40 PM
Subject: RE: [cnia-chat] Housing at Lk 2nd
Robert, Lets' get together and talk then lets'
sit down with Mr. Sabri and seewhat we can come up with...I really don't
know how
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