When I was in the seventh grade at St. Mary's parochial school in
Portage, WI, the seventh and eighth grades were housed in an old
building that had originally been a German-speaking Catholic church. I
used to come in early because there was a wind-up Victrola that played
thick old records. It
I work with an art director who's working on a photo
shoot for a catalog. The photographer's studio is in
nordeast, and is in close proximity to several prop
shops and antique shops. The art director, quite the
enthusiast of restoring old homes, spoke lovingly of
the aisles of collectibles he
Get some good information-check this out: www.stride-mn.org
Becky Olson
Whittier
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Land values and lot sizes from current public tax records:
MCDA Office Bldg: $462,000 / 18,471 sq. ft. = $25.01 per ft.
Mayor Rybak's House: $120,000 / 8,442 sq. ft. = $14.21 per ft.
J. Cherryhomes' House: $14,500 / 8,127 sq. ft. = $1.78 per ft.
Target Center: $12,159,900 / 127,999 sq.
Vickie Heller writes:
Target Center: $12,159,900 / 127,999 sq. ft. = $95.00 per ft.
Note: Target Center apparently doesn't pay any taxes, despite the $95
per
square foot land value. The MCDA is listed as the owner of the
property
and NO TAXES appear on the public records. The address
Public buildings are not islands. ... Libraries are
not temples.
StarTribune editorial in favor of mixed-use project
for Roosevelt Library--
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/3352961.html
Jim Berg
Corcoran Neighborhood
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How is it even remotely possible that an EIGHT THOUSAND square foot house
has a value of only $14,500? Small duplexes are going for $200,000 and being
taxed at several times this amount at a far higher tax rate. Didn't we, the
taxpayers, pay several times this amount for rehabbing before it was
I want to publicly thank the Mayor for taking a stand
for peace and justice and against war. I also want to
get a plug-in for Paul Wellstone who (finally) made
public his opposition. Common sense is seeming to
prevail around this issue and I am reassured to see it
from the Mayor.
Mark Wilde
While I can understand Jim's point about the handicapped and housebound
constituents, that is still no reason to cave in on the Twins/Stadium issue.
If there were no Twins, these people would find something else to enjoy.
Their lives do not depend on the Twins, they are simply just one more
Be sure to check out the recent updates to the STRIDE
website at www.stride-mn.org - there is more project
history, stuff on the HOV lanes,
politicians'statements, a ton of new links and
graphics, and a survey.
David Piehl
Central
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I encourage everyone interested in the future of transportation in
Minneapolis to take a look at the new survey on the I35W Access Project
at
http://www.stride-mn.org
Ken Avidor
STRIDE
Kingfield
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We continually hear of the many languages spoken by students in MPS, and the
difficulties associated with teaching and learning in that environment. Has
English immersion programming been tried or examined within the district?
If so, what has been the result/decision process? If not, what is
Ask any senior citizen which they would rather have: The twins or better
health care provisions?
So long Twins!
Pamela Taylor
(Tampa)
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Victoria Heller doesn't specify which inequities she is talking about in
printing the land valuations of four Minneapolis properties, two of them
used for commercial purposes and two for residential purposes.
Residential vs. residential? Commercial vs. commercial? Residential
vs. commercial?
--- JIM GRAHAM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How is it even remotely possible that an EIGHT
THOUSAND square foot house has a value of only
$14,500? Small duplexes are going for $200,000
and being taxed at several times this amount
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I think that Vicky was talking about lot size and
property
After the Minneapolis shot Abu Jelani 13 times and killed him
lasUNMarch, focus intensified on how unequipped to deal with such crisis
police are. The Friends of Barabara Schneider (another mentally ill
person killed,IN HER OWN HOME,by police June 2000), worked with mental
health
I recall a couple of postings regarding a Fried Green Tomato Cook-off. I
deleted these because I am on a strict Macrobiotic diet and can't eat
tomatoes, due to them being a nightshade. However, I have a friend who would
be happy to donate some green tomatoes to the cause, so please advise me
Target Center has trouble Paying it's Debt.
They state the reason is too much competition from other centers and the
loss of convention bookings to Xcel Center in St. Paul. This also is
happening to private-for-profit affordable housing providers.
These housing providers are concerned about
Dear Peter,
Here's an easy one for you.
Let's discuss a topic that is death to most politicians, let's talk about
legalization of drugs.
I'll gladly take the affirmative.
First, let's agree this is a very serious matter.
Most important is the cost in human lives. People's lives are
I see a fundamental problem with community ownership - as far as I
know, Baseball league rules do not allow a team to be owned by a
publically traded corp. Correct me if I am wrong, please.
What is St. Paul doing differently
that they can avoid an increase in property taxes again
I would question whether or not hospital emergency rooms are equipped to deal
with the mentally ill in crisis. I read an article about this in the paper a
few months ago. Granted, hospital personnel don't shoot people, but they don't
necessarily know how to treat a mental health crisis either.
Here are the particulars, and it should be a wonderful event. The judges
have been sworn to accept bribes equally from all contestants, so as to be
fair to all. All proceeds of the graft to be donated for a good cause. So
bribe early and bribe often. Oh, I can almost taste the luscious things
Wander over to SE Main Street and you'll find a store front, right next to
the frame shop, and west of the Astor Cafe that sells wonderful things
about old Minneapolis, which should give you ideas of what to look for in
antique shops. (The SE Main store has only reproductions and history
books,
Lydia Howell wrote:
The Friends of Barabara Schneider (another mentally ill
person killed,IN HER OWN HOME,by police June 2000), worked with mental
health professionals and advocates to create alternatives.They propised
a mental heath crisis team that 911 would RE-ROUTE such calls to,AWAY
from
The irony of this is that another situation just like this is currently in
the 8th ward at Chicago Lake Liquors. Herron got the idea from Jackie. I
think this street impediment should be taken down before Chicago Lake
Liquors takes the city to court and it costs us another chunk of change.
The land under the Target Center cannot possibly be worth $95.00 per foot
if the market value of riverfront land (Guthrie) is $6.79.
An example of a lie is the MCDA telling the public that $6.79 is a fair
market value for riverfront land, knowing perfectly well they had just
paid $50.00 per
I am forwarding a message about a seminar on Parliamentary Law in
Real-Life Meetings that I am teaching next month for the Hennepin County
Bar Association. The seminar is geared toward nonlawyers as well as lawyers,
and will cover topics relevant to procedure in public bodies and
Excellent post Vicky! I hope these issues are investigated and reported
upon in the public press- before elections. Issues like these only serve
to document the continuing need for dramatic changes within the city
bureaucracy. There is need for more transparency and competition in these
This discussion is very complicated. Like how about
talking about Class and Race? I get so sick of hearing people say that the
African American kids aren't doing as well because of their parents -- how about
the schools taking some responsibility for years of white privilege and the
damage
Part 1.
More bad news on the Mpls. budget scene according to recent article by
Rochelle Olson in the STrib-- The city expects a deficit of $22 million by
2025 in the revenues they use to pay off the Target Center bonds. Then
there are 'needed' improvements (approx. $10-$20 million), that the
At 12:01 PM 10/9/02 -0500, Lisa McDonald wrote:
The irony of this is that another situation just like this is currently in
the 8th ward at Chicago Lake Liquors. Herron got the idea from Jackie. I
think this street impediment should be taken down before Chicago Lake
Liquors takes the city to
Hey folks:
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LCR/MN Meeting
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As I remember it, the solution for traffic problems now in place
around Lake and Chicago was a temporary solution to be used until the
Sears property was reconstituted. Then Ray Harris and the city got
themselves all in a tangle and the project didn't happen, but the
temporary solution did
At first I was upset about the long mail with the City Pages newsletter but
then it pointed me to some great discussion. Thanks, Craig. I don't check
the site enough can end up missing some things.
Here is something that I found:
http://www.citypages.com/databank/23/1140/article10766.asp
Excellent, Mike, excellent! Thank you.
And thanks too to Vicky Heller. I wish our newspapers and political party (there
seems only to be one, like on the School Board) would be looking at the record and
making it available to us (and not in a two year old archive that is not freely
From: Editor@PulseTC
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 3:39 AM
Let's discuss a topic that is death to most politicians, let's talk
about legalization of drugs.
The problem of course is that if drugs were legalized the pharmaceutical
companies would charge half as much for them in Canada as
Folks, we need to preserve the local, Minneapolis-specific character of
this list. The drug legalization debate is, as Ed Felien noted, not
handled at the city or even county level. Please, not start a thread
over the merits of legalization.
This is not a comment on the worth of that particular
The Billy Graham Association has apparently decided that historic
designation of their properties is enough reason to depart the Loring Park
Neighborhood. Since they won their lawsuit this week against designation
does that mean they want to stay? If so, who really cares?
I intend to say a lot
Minneapolis Collectibles as Heritage Preservation Thread
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I want to add to this existing topic/thread...
How about considering collectibles related to the Municipal Building? You
may recall the items that were produced in 1991 to celebrate the
My wife and I had a grand time, but it was too hard to match names with
faces. Wish I could have met more of you.
So which table had the balloons anyway, I only saw them on the ceiling.
There were a couple of southsiders present. Mike Holhman, the Wiz, Barb
Lickness, I'm sorry if I missed
I forwarded Victoria Hellers post a few days ago to Council Member Barret
Lane and asked him to respond. He asked me to post this message for him:
I think it is fair to say that there is, as yet, no complete plan for which
the Mayor and Council takes ownership. However, we have made substantial
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