Burt Wolf did a show about Minneapolis and St. Paul. I
saw it yesterday on Channel 2. Perhaps this was a
repeat, not sure. It was very interesting to see the
Twin Cities from his perspective. I hope they replay
it.
We really have a wonderful city.and so does St.
Paul. In fact, we have a
Tim Bonham says, in effect, Put your money where your mouth is!
This helps explain why there isn't a property ownership stipulation in
our country's constitution. If only people with serious money can have
gardens, then perhaps only people with serious money should have
museums, schools,
Wizard Marks recently asserted that Tom Johnson, of
the I35W Access Project, is not a lobbyist. I
disagree, and while I have not seen his job
description as it relates to the Access Project, he is
indeed a lobbyist by profession. The following
exerpts are from the Smith Parker website at
Some people on this list have written and complained about the problems
caused by meanderers on city sidewalks.
These complainers have missed the true menace lurking in tennis
sneakers. I am writing today to expose the deep psychological traumas
inflicted on me for years by the true scourge of
The post from Fred Markus reminded me of a presentation I saw back in
February of this year by a housing developer who was talking about projects
they had done that were designed to fit in with the Met Council Blueprint
2030 concept.
He gave an example of a common development style where you'd
Dave Piehl wrote:
Wizard Marks recently asserted that Tom Johnson, of
the I35W Access Project, is not a lobbyist.
cfboard.state.mn.us/lobby/lobbyist.html#J is the e-mail address for the
state list of lobbyists. No Tom Johnson appears on that last. However,
anyone who speaks to any
--- Fredric Markus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This helps explain why there isn't a property
ownership stipulation in
our country's constitution. If only people with
serious money can have
gardens, then perhaps only people with serious money
should have
museums, schools, hospitals, parks,
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
www.mplsobserver.com
Vol. 1, No. 48
July 29, 2002
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THIS WEEK IN THE OBSERVER:
* Stadium Not a Priority, Says Rybak
* Panel Suggests Downtown
I don't know anything about this Lake St/Hwy 35W project, or the people
involved (or even why anyone thinks we need to spend any tax money on
changing it after all these years), but I did check out 1 item on this --
is Tom Johnson a lobbyist:
From Minnesota Campaign Finance Board List
