Dennis Plante wrote:
I grew-up in a land far away from here. However, the democratic party
where I grew-up felt as strongly about the creation of job
opportunities for disadvantaged minorities as it did in its support of
unions. Under this set of circumstances, Don's campaign would have
List Members -
Wizard Marks:However, when he went to at least one union printer, the entire plant was white, from the manager down to the heavy lifters. I checked that out, he was correct about that shop.Dyna Sluter: There are several union printers in Minnesota, and it was prejudicial of Don
>From the sound of Jeff Carlson's post on the last STRIDE meeting, good things were accomplished. We had a Sustainable Transportation Project last week as well - more folks are joining in this process of creating an infrastructure of peace in our city.
It seems that the topic of getting
I'm not sure if I am hearing that the case for not using a Union printer was because they didn't employ minorities, or there weren't any in the 3rd ward.
While I cannot address the availability of union printers in the 3rd ward, I can speak on the availability of minority union printers.
The state
Hello List,
I recently returned from a conference in Portland, Oregon, and got to
experience riding on their light rail system. It was clean, efficient, and
they had a place to hang bikes for passengers on the inside of the train.
Ground transportation from the airport would have cost us $10,
List members, Even though I've always used a union printer, I think this union printer issue with Don Samuels is just so much drival. I sure hope the voters in the third ward choose the best candidate for the job based on their viewpoints on the big issues..not whether or not they use a union
Title: Re: [Mpls] Pregnant Women On Pedicabs, Peaceful Infrastructure, Healthy Hospitals
Gary You once told me about a vehicle that a neighborhood could own and share for those short errands that we currently use a 2-ton vehicle to return a 7 oz. video to the store. In my experience, many
Seems odd that we're hung up on crowd counts. Look
at all the forces that are against this war. Most
European leaders. The Pope. All our Arab allies.
To some extent, Powell. If the Star Tribune thinks
it can undermine the groundswell that all this
represents with low counts for one
Phillips wants to be divided and LCC wants the neighborhoods combined.
Diversity even with e-lists, gotta love it.
The idea of neighborhood lists is not a bad idea, to bad it took so long to
happen. I agree with Annie that subscriptions may be too low to be of any
value, but I know a lot of
It was written by one of the wise contributors to this list:
The union printer thing is one of the many on the list of pc things one
has to do to run as a DFL'er and perhaps that is what is wrong with the
party. Focus on the politically correct rather than on the real issues.
I'm really
I agree with Lisa that the issue of union print shops is a
trivial distraction. BUT...
There IS a good, small, union print shop in the 3rd ward,
Shafer Feld. A lot of elected officials and those who ran
for office (some familiar names on this list) have used it.
(Disclaimer: I once worked for
Lisa McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
List members,
The union printer thing is one of the many on the list of pc things one has to do to run as a DFL'er and perhaps that is what is wrong with the party. Focus on the politically correct rather than on the real issues. I'm really disappointed
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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 07:59:38 -0800 (PST)
It was written by one of the wise contributors to this list:
The
Everybody has to make their own choices from the local
news media menu. It would be great if Minneapolis
were served with the kind of television and daily print
journalism that I would enjoy spending my time with.
But we just have what we have. There's *no point*
to complaining about the
Denny, Sorry I didn't mention you folks. This is the union printer I have always used. They're great. They even did my wedding invitation. Lisa McDonald East Harriet - Original Message - From: Schapiro Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 11:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] union
Jeff Carlson wrote:
From yesterday's Star Tribune:
http://startribune.com/stories/462/3594941.html
This front page article critiques MNDOT for
irresponsible contracting practices, including one
with SEH, the firm working on the 35W Access Project.
It looks like we should expect cost overruns on
Jim McGuire says:
It's wrong for the DFL party to give preferential treatment to union shops
in light of the above?
MM: I think is certainly not wrong for the DFL to have the practice of
using union printers. It is a good thing for campaigns to make a positive
statement about labor by
As I recall, while the sub-head of the Strib piece
mentioned 30,000 marchers, later in the article there
was a reference to those marchers joining a larger
demonstration. The number of people in this group was
not reported. So, of course, the head was misleading.
Jeff Radford
Kingfield
Some good points have been raised about the benefits
of a connected politician vs. a business person.
For what it's worth, I tend to value individual
accomplishment far more than connectedness (is that
a word?). It's true, connections can help get things
done, but depending on who owes whom
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Hear Hear Lisa, the problem is that all of the detractors want you to pay no
attention to the man behind the curtain as it were and obfuscate the true issues with
political sound bytes.
Wizard raised an interesting argument except for one thing...no printer was selected
prior to the
As a middle of the road or conservative Democrat, I am totally floored by
the amount and nature of criticism about the StarTribune's Washington Peace
Rally. Apparently some folks are unhappy about the Strib's running an AP
story on the numbers marching in Washington. I have two questions for
Sums-up my feelings pretty well Jonathan. Apparently, even though we live in a city that is made-up of what 22%African American, the DFL stillchooses to place a much higher priority on being politically correct (in hiring a union printer) than itdoes on furthering the cause of job creation for
There ARE Kinko's-type copy shops available that are Union. You just have
to make the effort to find them. And I've used them for several print
jobs, with same-day turnaround and no extra costs in giving our business
to a printer that provides union benefits to their workers.
One example,
For the record, I want to put in writing for readers of this forum that Abbott
Northwestern Hospital fully supports the 35W access project for many reasons. Having
worked with the community for over three years to study and plan it, we are convinced
that the project will improve access to
To David Piehl, David, Please contact Jim Grube, Director of Transportation
regarding the contracting with Smith Parker to manage the I-35W Access Project.
The Strib. article regarding MN/DOT's contracting with SEH did not pertain to
the Access Project but you can get more information from
Dave Piehl:
It's nice that Olin Moore may have helped Sabo create
jobs by spending my tax dollars, but I'm more
impressed with people who work long hours and invest
their own cash to create jobs.
This doesn't sound like a DFLer talking, so he's probably being forced to vote for a
member of the
Below is information about the Getting to the Bottom of the Ballot's After
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A draft plan to retool bus routes near I-35W is available for public
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The smallest class sizes in the Twin Cities metro area would grow under a
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Under the proposal, class sizes in kindergarten through second grade would
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http://www.startribune.com/stories/709/3605697.html
--
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War is cruelty, and you cannot refine
Straight Talk About Sharing The Pain.
Since Lisa Goodman, Barret Lane, and Scott Benson wish to SHARE THE PAIN I
have a proposal for them. How about turning back the pay raise you folks
voted for YOURSELF this past year? In addition how about voting to cut
Council Member and Senior Staff
WizardMarks wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hear Hear Lisa, the problem is that all of the detractors want you to
pay no attention to the man behind the curtain as it were and
obfuscate the true issues with political sound bytes.
Wizard raised an interesting argument except for one
I have not had the time to fully digest Lisa Goodman's post, but the
response below demonstrates why elected officials find it so damn difficult
to do anything about the budget crisis. I'm all for looking at paring back
executive staff raises but what's that going to actually do, save $250,000
to
Sums-up my feelings pretty well Jonathan. Apparently, even though
we live in a city that is made-up of what 22% African American, the
DFL still chooses to place a much higher priority on being
politically correct (in hiring a union printer) than it does on
furthering the cause of job creation
I think you missed the point. The cuts to the council and staff salaries
would not 'fix' the budget. Neither will cutting 200 police officers. But
all together, with all the other cuts, it will make a difference. The key
is to SHARE the cuts. It's easy to say that the larger the department the
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