RE: [Mpls] From our list to their pages

2002-11-08 Thread Bob Alberti
But how do you know it wasn't an op-ed piece that he decided to share with the list? ;-) Congrats Jay! Bob Alberti, President Sanction, Inc. Data Security http://www.sanction.netCusp of Longfellow and Seward A Tempest! Grab the teabag and hang on for your life! -Original

[Mpls] List/Pages

2002-11-08 Thread Steve Brandt
Bob Alberti asks: But how do you know it wasn't an op-ed piece that he decided to share with the list? ;-) Steve Brandt: I read it on the list, and suggested to Jay Clark that it was well-written enough to have the makings of an op-ed piece. Steve Brandt Star Tribune

Re: [Mpls] CUB FOODS CORPORATE SUBSIDY SCAM IN NE

2002-11-08 Thread WizardMarks
If I remember correctly Walt Dzeidzic had been harping about a supermarket for that area for dog years. Walter was dogged about constituent services, so maybe that finally happened and it's a cub on Central. WizardMarks, Central [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not get the connection that

[Mpls] alley plowing, who pays?

2002-11-08 Thread Bruce Gaarder
Dain Lyngstad likes the idea of residents banding together to pay for alley plowing directly. Come to Saint Paul, we've been doing that for more than 22 years. One person one the block works with the plowing company or individual, the winter's cost on our block is $12 - $14 per household, if I

[Mpls] Subsidies; Future Fiscal Prudence

2002-11-08 Thread Victoria Heller
Jim Mork wrote.. THIS is where I'd love to see Victoria Heller ranting. Public subsidy? How about the city learning to live within its means? We have all this debt from past public sugar to private recipients. Wish granted by Vicky.. I've been ranting for two years - but nobody would

[Mpls] Sharon Sayles-Belton on the Access Project

2002-11-08 Thread Dave Piehl
There are many reasons people oppose the Access Project, and high among them is the expansion aspect tied to the project by MNDoT. In a memo to Govenor Ventura's chief of staff, Steven Bosacker, dated August 17, 2001, (a PDF copy will be posted to www.stride-mn.org this weekend) Sharon

Re: [Mpls] From our list to their pages

2002-11-08 Thread Jay Clark
So now the secret is out. The quickest and surest way to become Minnesota's newest Ole Rolvaag, land on the New York Times Best Sellers List, and win the Nobel Prize for Literature, is to participate in the Minneapolis Issues Forum. And have Steve Brandt as your agent. Jay Clark Cooper List

[Mpls] Re: Budget Cuts, Cub, and Library

2002-11-08 Thread phaedrus
This is another long post. A friend suggested that due to the length of my posts, they may be disregarded by many on the list. If anyone out there feels that they would prefer to read my posts if I kept them shorter, please send me a private email. My general concern is that I don't like sound

[Mpls] Heritage Park Hiring

2002-11-08 Thread Cooper, Bob
The MCDA does maintain on its Web site, a page dedicated to the Heritage Park development's employment and contracting participation. The figures are updated quarterly. Unfortunately, third quarter figures will not be available until later next week. But information through June of this year is

[Mpls] Re: CUB FOODS CORPORATE SUBSIDY SCAM IN NE

2002-11-08 Thread Tim Bonham
My understanding is Cub owns Supervalue and that they are going through financial difficulty, so what's the WHOLE story here. No, actually SuperValu Corp. owns CUB Foods, along with several other grocery chains. (See http://www.supervalu.com/home.html.) SuperValu is the 2nd largest public

Re: [Mpls] Budget cuts to come at expense of Minneapolis

2002-11-08 Thread ROBERT VELEZ
Tim Penny had mentioned cutting the LGA if he were elected and his solution for those governmental units most hard hit was for them to then institute a County-wide / City-wide sales tax or something. If Minneapolis was to do that by themselves, it would mean flight of business out of the City

[Mpls] Alternatives to Taxes

2002-11-08 Thread Jim Mork
Bruce Gaarder of Highland Park wrote: What do you do if someone in the middle of the block doesn't want to pony up for their piece of the action? Lift the plow by their garage and then drop it again? Personally, I don't need the alley cleared, I live on the end of the block with a driveway that

RE: [Mpls] Overcoming: The Autobiography of W. Harry Davis (Minneapolis Icon)

2002-11-08 Thread Feye-Stukas, Jan
This book is also available from your Minneapolis Public Libraries. Earlier today there were copies available at Sumner Community Library and at Central Library Marquette. Call #F614.M553 D38 2002. Jan Feye-Stukas, Acting Director Minneapolis Public Library 250 Marquette Avenue South

[Mpls] Nov. 14 Citizens Fair

2002-11-08 Thread List Manager
Forwarded on behalf of the mayor's office - David Brauer, list manager Want to get involved in local government? Have the urge to make a difference? Attend Minneapolis Citizens Fair, hosted by Mayor R.T. Rybak and the City Council, on Thursday, Nov. 14. WHEN: 5 - 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14