News Flash
The next Governor of the great state of Minnesota made an appearance at a
very well attended SD61 Republican party last night.
Everyone had a very fun time, great food, good drink, engaging speakers, and
even a drawing for priceless prizes. I'm sure the event will be the talk of
the
No real authority and no real guts. Most CRB have been completely co-opted
by the cops or de-fanged by City Councils under tremendous pressure by
police departments and chiefs who want absolutely no second-guessing of
police behavior in the street. Never mind that we're back to simply another
The Civilian Review Authority in Minneapolis was established in response
to an almost massive mobilization in the African American, Native
American, and progressive activist community in the late 1980s, in
response to an out-of-control police department. The straw that broke
the camel's back was
One Correction to my last post. In describing the background of the
community movement that led to the city council forming a Civilian
Review Authority, I stated,
The straw that broke
the camel's back was the police shooting in the back Tycel Nelson, a 17
years old and unarmed.
This was
Good morning all! Hope you enjoyed the extra hour of sleep.
Here's a link to an interesting story in today's StarTribune:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/787673.html
The headline reads:
Holding others' feet to fire, group gets burned
and the subhead is:
Oops: Accountability group's
Title: Students on Neighborhood Boards
Actually the Marcy-Holmes Neighborhood Association does have two spots reserved for students on their board that they ask be appointed by the two student government organizations at the U. I work for one of them and if anyone is a student and lives in the
Don Jorovsky writes, of City For Neighbors' overdue disclosure form.
But wait! I forgot! It's OK when RT's supporters do stuff like that!
They're the pure reformers who are going to change those terrible
things down at City Hall, so it's all justified in the name of the
greater
good.
I am having difficulty getting my posts to come back to me. No
acknowledgment message sent.
Robert Yorga
ne
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Steve writes, The next Governor of the great state of Minnesota made an appearance...
Why would a Democrat attend a Republican party? ;-)
Gary Bowman
Ward 1, Precinct 1
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I should mention too that if Dore Jim bought their high ratings from
City for Neighbors, it was a pretty silly expenditure. Neither of them
are running for re-election to their council seats.
David Brauer
King Field - Ward 10
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Do You
The original reasoning for the lawsuit brought forward by the NAACP and the
Legal Aid Society sounded good and rational to me. Also, the vision and
plans for the rebuilding of the Hollman area appear very innovative.
However, the ill treatment of the families displaced by this project is very
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
criticism of the Portland Place
project on two
major points: 1. the bulldozer- (now called Hollman-) effect of eliminating
the housing for a very vulnerable section of our population without planned
replacement;
The very vulnerable section of the population was
I read my Whittier Globe this weekend and found nearly
a page dedicated to he said she said over the
prostitution issue. What a waste of paper.
My views on this issue are that the profession has
been around for at least 2,001 years if not more. No
matter how we huff and puff we have neither
Lynn Levine's passions are clean water, youth, and
open public process...
LYNN will work to
Clean up our lakes and preserve the unique nature of
each.
Protect green space, including no more tree loss.
Bring grassroots democracy into Park Board process.
Expand and diversify
Just a reminder that Twin Cities Quorum, the metro area's chamber of
commerce for the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender business community, and
its' allies, will sponsor a mayoral debate Tuesday night (see information
release below). We invite all metro area candidates listed on this
Thanks to David B., Mike Atherton, Kathy Kosnoff and Patrick Peterson
for the conversation on school issues that's been going on these past few
days on the list. It's helped me clarify my mind on who I want to support
in this race as opposed to having to pick people to vote against.
The entire
Here, here! I too would like to hear answers to the issues raised in Barb's
email. I went to the poorly attended candidate forum at the Whittier
Community Center last Thursday as undecided and left undecided. Neither
seems to know the issues in the other's neighborhood yet as the elected
Riverside Power Plant Public Meeting
We need you to attend a public hearing on the Xcel Riverside coal burning
power plant.
7:00-9:00 PM
Thursday, November 29
Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church
1509 27th Avenue NE, Minneapolis
6 blocks east of Central, on the corner of Lincoln St. and 27th Ave.
I'd love to know what other people think about this piece. Is it big news,
or are we to understand that this is business as usual?
Rosalind Nelson
Bancroft, Ward 8
At 07:56 PM 10/27/01 -0500, List Manager wrote:
This is a major piece the Strib has been working on for some
time...about Al
The people have spoken!
Nordstrom, owner of a garden firm and a former high school English teacher
and softball coach, has both impressive credentials and endorsements [DFL,
Labor, Sierra Club, NOW, DFL Stonewall, DFL Feminists, Citizens for Better
Calhoun, ...]. She's waging an energetic
As usual, I'm sure this is all legal and above board, but only seems to come
out during the election year. But ever so slowly it seems. I'd like to know
what's the latest on the Herron investigation. It looks like influence bought
with money, and I believe is not healthy for local or national
Kudos to Barb for saying what most of us are thinking
about the increasingly negative campaigning in the
6th. I will say that I don't think Dean Zimmermann or
any other city official can mandate that any type of
business be opened in one place, nor is that what the
local goverment should be
Camp Coldwater:
The Birthplace of Minnesota
Early in the Spring [of 1820] Col. Leavenworth discovered the
fountain of water where the troops now are, to which they
moved as soon as the ice would permit. It is a healthy situation,
about 200 feet above the river, and the water gushing out of a
In a message dated 10/28/01 2:50:23 PM Central Standard Time,
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However, the ill treatment of the families displaced by this project is
very
sad, and has come to overshadow any good that may have been intended.
Dave Stack
Harrison
Date: Oct 26, 2001
T H E M I N N E A P O L I S O B S E R V E R
A Weekly Digest of All Things Minneapolitan
Vol. 1, No. 11
October 29, 2001
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THIS WEEK IN THE OBSERVER:
* A Downtown Affordable Housing Tour
* Faint Praise from the Star Tribune
* The City's
There are ways to maximize the chances of your vote making a difference
in a multi-member race. Suppose you've decided who the candidates most
likely to be elected to board X are. If you want to maximize the
chances that candidate A will be one of the winners, you vote only for
candidate A.
I'm sorry to burst the urban myths surrounding this project but the Hollman
project did not eliminate housing without planned replacement. All 770
units that were demolished were and are planned to be replaced. Nearly 400
of the units have been replaced and the other 370 are committed and are
I appreciate list members responses. Apologies for the length. Just
trying to give reasonable answers.
Later this week, Ill post an outline of the issues that Id work on if elected.
1. DO YOU ACCEPT THE SEGREGATED STATE OF THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SYSTEM
AS ACCEPTABLE GIVEN THE ALTERNATIVES
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