I asked someone at the 35W meeting what was his affiliation and was told that he was a lobbist. (I will try and figure out the name of the guy who gave me the information)
Denise Mazone
Linda Mack has another fine, fine piece about how Block E was
reconfigured to lose many of its public improvements. (I say this as a
jealous competitor but grateful citizen.) The story today connects the
dots on how the city's development system failings allowed Block E's
foibles to get through.
I've done a little investigating. Believe it or not, they
are all the SAME Tom Johnsons. All. And, get this: this
is the SAME Tom Johnson who is the known American Composer
and now living in Paris:
www.tom.johnson.org
Plus, the same Tom Johnson who is the RV Dealer in North
Carolina:
List Member Steve Brandt did a story on the demonstration yesterday:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3130213.html
I did not see the demo covered on the different news stations last night.
Did anyone else?
List member David Strand debuted his column about the
Ch 4 covered it at noon and 6 pm. Ch 5 had it at 10 pm. Ch 11 had it at 6
and 10 pm. Ch 9 had it at 10 pm. I saw these personally, so there could
have been other times also. Kudos to our group!
Steve Meldahl
Jordan (work)
- Original Message -
From: Eva Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
I have a meeting with Tom Johnson this morning at Maria's,
(GREAT RESTAURANT by the way). Could the steelworker-
songwriter version show up. I think that would go better
with coffee on a rainy day on Franklin. I had no idea
Tom Johnson could be this interesting. No wonder he can
make money
Hi Folks:
At the demo yesterday, Dean Zimmerman and Natalie Johnson Lee were the only
council members who came out to talk to the demonstrators. The Democrats
were all in hiding.
Dean did commit to looking into the possibility of removing Joe Biernat
from his committee chairmanship. When
According to the state voter data base, there are at least 28 Thomas L.
Johnsons registered to vote in Minnesota. But there's only one Maria's
Cafe, the E. Franklin restaurant Jim Graham mentions. Fans of the
former Rick's Ol' Time Cafe, a place where Kingfielders lined up on
Saturday mornings
I didn't see any predators mentioned. Ohio and Colorado and Texas though
have trouble with them, and have websites on attempting to control them, so
I would imagine they could be a problem if they got out of hand. It says
they're nocturnal and once inside the home, will hang out in a wet mop
A Mpls. committee was working on recommendations for improvements to
cross country ski trails at Theodore Wirth Park to be presented to the
Park Board. Has any discussion/action taken place in July?
Mary hunstiger
Lynnhurst
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David Brauer wrote:
Linda Mack has another fine, fine piece about how Block E was
reconfigured to lose many of its public improvements. (I say this as a
jealous competitor but grateful citizen.) The story today connects the
dots on how the city's development system failings allowed Block E's
To Those Who Are Interested!
The ski trails committee did a terrific job of organizing, identifying
needs in Theo Wirth Park, and presenting those needs to the Minneapolis
Park and Recreation Board. The ski trails committee presented the
report of suggested improvements to the Minneapolis Park
I am forwarding a response I provided to Denise Mazone
(with her permission) about the 35W Access Project. I
also received David P's confirmation that I have
accurately quoted [his] sentiment - which
is [his] own and not necessarily that of ENUFF...
Dave Jensen
Central
N'hood rep to 35W Access
As requested, I Tom L. Johnson, the one that everyone is looking for,
officially is standing up!! Since there are a plentiful supply of us, I
will now give you a few clues as to how I can be found. But, in doing this
I feel that I must start at the beginning. I was born in Litchfield, MN and
In addition to Linda Mack's article on Block E in today's Strib, 'How did
Block E come to this?' avail. at:
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3130390.html ,
don't miss Britt Robson's excellent article about McKinsey, 'The Mckinsey
Report: Curtailing the power of the Minneapolis City
The following is forwarded on behalf of Block E's developer, Dan McCaffrey.
It's in response to a post I made this morning under my own name, not as
list manager. - David Brauer (forwarding this as list manager)
I was provided a copy of the email that was distributed this morning
regarding Linda
Does anyone know if there is any talk about creating the position of City
Manager anywhere in the current governace structure? If we are the only city in
the entire country that McKinsey found with a weak mayor-strong council WITHOUT
a City Manager maybe we should take a look at other cities
Chuck Lutz, MCDA Interim Executive Director, asked that I post the following
answers to the questions posed by Dave Harstad earlier today:
1. What prompted the reform that lead to the termination of the HRA and the
creation of the MCDA?
Don Fraser formed the Mayor's Task Force on Economic
On 07/30/02 Jon Gorder wrote: One of only three Jon Gorder's in the country
( that I know of)
Actually, Jon, if you check switchboard.com you'll find a total of 7 Jon
Gorders nationally,
with three of the seven living in Minnesota (and none in Loring). What are
the odds of this
happening and is
There is no delicate way to say this, so I'll just be myself.
The City needs to hire competent people who aren't afraid to make decisions.
Minneapolis, over the years, has loaded its payroll (the MCDA for example)
with neighborhood activists and political hacks. I was taught that civil
service
Please spread the wordforward this message and tell
your friends!
GreenSpace Partners organizes a program called Market
Gardening, which helps community gardeners get a little extra in return for the
fruits of their hard labor. Community gardeners (or other city growers) can
sell
What's the City Coordinator - if not the City Manager. I say we do have
one and it is John Moir and used to be Kathy O'Brian and once upon a time
Lyle Schwartszopf(?). Someone is really miniding the store - believe me,
Annie
At 03:10 PM 7/31/02 -0500, Barbara L. Nelson wrote:
Does anyone
My reply to Dan McCaffrey is:
No 24 hour Public rest rooms on the First and
Second FLOORS of the Block E project
NO BLOCK E PROJECT
Andrew Hauer
Downtown West
--- List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The following is forwarded on behalf of Block E's
developer, Dan McCaffrey.
It's
Please, folks, can we drop this whole Tom Johnson thing? It's getting boring and I'm getting tired of deleting all references from my e-mail list. Let's get on to something more constructive.
Karen Collier
Linden Hills
It has been a long, hot summer;otherwise, why
would I ever be posting about earwigs? From my backyard, the house
wrens are the earwigs natural predator. Evidently, young and
oldwrensfind them to be succulent and delicious since they seem to
be the insect most frequently fed and eaten (aside
Two points...I order to have a city manager you have to change the charter.
Tough to do. Secondly and the point McKinsey didn't point out...in cities
with a city manager, the mayor is usally part of the council, runs the
meetings and votes with them but certainly doesn't have the power the
Having dealt with this gentleman and his heavy handed attorney Becky Rom I
wouldn't believe a thing he says. He spent most of the time lobbying the
council members and working the Planning Commission to get us to pay for the
project and for him to have to do the minimal.
Lisa McDonald
East
In a message dated 07/31/2002 7:24:38 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
can we drop this whole Tom Johnson thing? It's getting boring
and I'm getting tired of deleting all references from my e-mail list. Let's
get on to something more constructive.
Jon says:
I have posted before about the house next door to me
and the pigeon community and squirrels that live in
the attic of the house. I say community because it
has expanded way beyond family. They have condoized
the place. Anyway, I called inspections. She wrote up
orders. The city mowed the lawn a
David said:
The story today connects the
dots on how the city's development system failings allowed Block E's
foibles to get through.
To the contrary, I don't think it connects any dots regarding the
city's development process. At a minimum, it's inconsistent with the
recommendations of
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