I wrote, then Keith R. notes:
Anyway, the bike trail system rocks - but it needs a North Side/NE
connection! Got lost and drifted across 94 to Keith Reitman's North
side. Only spent a few minutes there, but it counts as being in that
quadrant.
Thanx for the tip. Quiet, peaceful and
From: Victoria Heller
I would like to know which Minneapolis businesses loot the public treasury
and which ones do not.
The real truth about how businesses have been successful tax-wise is not the
fact that occasionally some companies have recieved TIF money or other
subsidies. The real
My point *should have been* that the Kenilworth trail needs a
connection
to the north/northeast side.
Right now, Kenilworth dead-ends at the Rapid Park site Downtown where
the Twins stadium *won't* be built...forcing you to cut through busy
Downtown streets or drift confusingly around the
Thank you each and every one of you for the heartfelt condolences and
support we have received in regards to the loss of our dog, Raj, at the
Minnehaha Off-Leash Park last Saturday. Friends and strangers alike have
disclosed that they have lost pets, had their pets seriously injured due to
the
How delighted I am to here our city officials say that we can't afford
the tax increase to fund the twins ballpark. Now somebody else can pay
for it.
Some notable points in the debate;
The dome is LOSING money on the twins. According to testimony in the
House on Saturday the twins bring no
Who can name the earlier (1962) neighborhood names applied by the city to these areas?
Jordan
Lynnhurst
North Bryant-south Central
Near North (two neighborhood names)
E-mail me by Wednesday noon. I'll post the correct answers that day, assuming I don't
forget.
Steve Brandt
King Field
Robin Halloum wrote:
I do want to stress that I believe Superintendent Carol Johnson is a gift to the
Minneapolis Public School district. She really is a fantastic superintendent. She has
a huge organization to run and it isnt easy. She cares deeply that all of
Minneapolis children's
I also extend sympathy to Eduardo Parra Mark Bautch for their loss. They wrote:
Signage works fine for humans but not for dogs. Erecting signage AND safety fencing
at this point is the only option I see to substantially eliminate such dangers that
exist within our beloved parks.
However--
Twins stadium bill has Rybak fuming
Judith Yates Borger
Staff Reporter
Minneapolis Bureau
St. Paul Pioneer Press
612 338-8198
Cell: 651 503-0162
I disagree that the best solution right now is to allow dogs off-leash only down below at the river bottoms. There are children that accompany their parents and their dogs, and we don't put children on leashes. It is dangerous not only for the dogs, but also for the children, and even the adults
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From: Robert Schmid
How delighted I am to here our city officials say that we can't
afford the tax increase to fund the twins ballpark. Now somebody
else can pay for it.
Some notable points in the debate;
The dome is LOSING money on the twins. According to
I forgot to sign my post. Sorry.
Bill Dooley
Ward 13
Kenny
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My 'destination' on the Kenilworth is often the downtown Farmer's Market,
about 1-2 blks. from the trail end downtown-- especially early on Sunday
mornings.
Even mid-afternoon rides on either Kenilworth or the Midtown Greenway (or
Cedar Lake) sure beats the congestion on city streets. Also
Twins President Jerry Bell announced on MPR this morning that the Twins will seek to
build the stadium with a roof. They would have the stadium built with a roof and lease
it back from the contractor. Bell also said the Twins would be meeting soon with
Minneapolis business leaders to discuss
Paul Barber wrote:
Right now, Kenilworth dead-ends at the Rapid Park site Downtown where
the Twins stadium *won't* be built...forcing you to cut through busy
Downtown streets or drift confusingly around the spaghetti junction of
highway exits around Target Center and the big TAD ramps.
The
Here's an interesting article from the May 2002 Washington Monthly on the
Rise of the Creative Class. Mpls comes in tied for 10th place on the
Creativity Index. Quotes such as .city after city can generate the
political capital to underwrite hundreds of millions of dollars of
investments in
At 11:24 AM 5/20/02 -0500, you wrote:
Here is a sports columnist take on the stadium bill.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/506/2846059.html
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from the column:
4) Is supposedly intended to keep alive in Minnesota a game with no
workable plan for fiscal sanity, incompetent leadership and
Judith Borger reported the link to the StP PP article
Twins stadium bill has Rybak fuming
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/politics/3297439.htm
Judith Yates Borger, Staff Reporter, Minneapolis Bureau
I'm thinking as a Hennepin County resident, maybe this is good. If St
Paul
Carol Becker wrote:
The real truth is that over the last 10 years or so, there has
been a substantial shift of tax burden off businesses, rental property, and
wealthy people and onto the average income citizen through the normal
regular tax systems.
Vicky Heller responds:
You are correct
Except that reel push mowers do a poorer quality job of cutting laws than
either gas or electric mowers. As noted in the recent Consumer Reports
tests of lawn mowers.
Tim Bonham, Standish-Ericsson
I especially want to recommend reel mowers (as power mowers are more
endemic than leaf blowers
.the FBI warned that al-Qaida terrorists might be planning to target
large U.S. apartment complexes.
Minneapolis has several large apartment complexes so I want to be sure that
people who own, manage, occupy high-rise buildings keep an eye on the
national news.
Here is the link to a Pioneer
After sharing the story about the tragic death of Raj with my
sister-in-law, she told me about the day two dogs went through the ice in the
river. Their owners, in a panic, went running out onto the river ice after their
dogs and they too went through the ice. Fortunately, quick thinking
Greg Luce asked last week about Web sites where it's possible to enter an address and
get both a map and find out in which neighborhood the property is located: I'm not
aware of a single site, but I can offer two sites:
For a parcel map from an address in Hennepin County:
One other trail connection that is in the works is from the Cedar Lake
Trail into Bryn-Mawr via the Bassett Creek Trail. See
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bassettcreek/.
Paul Barber
Loring Park
(sorry I forgot to sign my last post)
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On Monday 20 May 2002 15:10, Alan Shilepsky wrote:
I'm thinking as a Hennepin County resident, maybe this is good. If St
Paul wants to tax itself to get the team, fine by me.
Me too! If they want it let them have it. Can we drop this whole thing
Doug Grow takes some shots, fair and unfair, at Minneapolis leadership's
conduct during the stadium debate.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/465/2848617.html
Grow examines a lot of canards and is usually pretty good at puncturing
them. But he lets this quote from Tommy Osthoff go
I agree with some of TB's points below, disagree with others, but the bottom
line is that I'm extremely disappointed in the bill that was passed.
Based on my previous posts it should be no surprise that I'm in support of
building a new baseball park. I know it's a minority opinion on this list
David Brauer wrote:
St. Paul has the state-financed Science Museum, Children's
Museum, and Xcel Arena, which has beaucoup state bucks. But
Minneapolis's Planetarium? Sorry, pay for it yourself.
Don't forget the Minnesota History Center. I don't begrudge St. Paul the
granite and limestone
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