A.H. "Thanks for posting the codes, Dan. However I guess I wonder if
you mean homeless people should not be around children? If that is the
case then children should be kept out of Target, the convention center,
Southdale, Subway, the Target Center, the Metrodome, (the list goes on)
because I kn
In a message dated 12/3/03 8:30:52 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Why can we afford things like a new stadium, block E, downtown target,
etc. when we have so many people homeless and in need of basic life elements?
>>
Keith says; Clearly they are not the funders for the
As a result of Federal Mediation between Minneapolis Police
and representatives of various communities has led to an agreement. The signing will
take place Thursday,
Dec. 4, 2003 9:30 am at the Minneapolis Urban
League's Northside Office.
Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood
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OOPS I hit enter too soon. To continue from my
previous post..
Every time the people in my neighborhood have raised
issues about the location of a supportive housing
facility and brought up the subject of concentration
the conversation always seems to digress into the
merits of the individual
Paul said:
Lets look at the facts of each project and
talk about the merits of specific projects in both
impacted and non-impacted
neighborhoods.
I say:
That's where we get in trouble. Many of those who
speak out against the long term policy of
concentrating affordable and service related hous
The main code issue raised was that a children's mission
operating at this location for nearly 100 years was alive and well, and
the city code clearly prohibited a mission site from hosting an
overnight shelter. Mixing these two groups was also a very bad idea.
Dan Prozinski
Cedar Riverside
All
So lets stop stereotyping. Lets look at the facts of each project and
talk
about the merits of specific projects in both impacted and non-impacted
neighborhoods. And lets not interpret the loud voices of a few to speak
for everyone.
Paul Lohman
Lynnhurst
Where we have voted in favor of every
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I believe with some sincerity, that all History curriculum should
> consist of flat out lies (with the children's knowledge of that fact). In second
> grade the class would consist of little funny fibs and it would just ramp up
> from there. By Se
In a message dated 12/3/03 2:00:00 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The other thing that's forgotten in this discussion is that kids, no
matter what particular hogwash adults indoctrinate them with, usually
throw it off, knowing it for what it is.
I believe with some si
Hello Minneapolis Folks,
DB wrote: "The count is something like this: units of actual housing: 77 at 50% MMI and 103 at 30% MMI, plus 32 transitional housing 306 shelter beds 518 total"
IKB writes: Mayor Sharron Sayles Belton adminstration counted affordable housing in the same way and affordable h
Michael
What is your position on JROTC - Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps -
in the public schools, directed by the military, but financed in part by
city property taxes?
That's the situation in St Paul (and many other cities in the US).
--David Shove
Roseville
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Michael A
Dyna wrote:
"I sat in on the housing committee meeting where your minion presented
PPL's original scheme. We were told that PPL only wanted to build new
whole block sized rental projects. Our Hawthorne neighbors held the
line and said no. That's why PPL had to work "cooperatively" with the
neighbo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am for exposing students to a variety of perspectives and facts, and foe helping them to develop the skills needed to reach their own conclusions.
However, the "peace curriculum" appears to be something else: A "values-based"
curriculum, i.e., religious indoctrinatio
In a message dated 12/3/2003 8:53:38 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> "Mission : To involve as many people as we can,
> starting with the children, in activities that promote
> a Peaceful, Healthy and Non-Violent World."
>
Why is the world not "peaceful, healthy, and n
Or how about we stay away from the hot button History class and talk about
Math and Science. In Math and Sciences classes our students are taught
basically that anything and everything we know about Math and Science was
developed by the Ancient Greeks and later Europeans either omitting or
dis
I have brought this up before and apparently it didn't register. From what
I'm able to determine, 17 of the roughly 100 registered level III sex
offenders in Minnesota currently reside in the 55411 zip code.
In my neighborhood - Jordan (part of the 55411 zip code) we have one of the
youngest p
on 12/3/03 11:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I was not asking for links to web sites regarding Tom L's post on affordable
> housing.
> I was asking for Tom to define what he meant by affordable housing when he
> talked of it in his post.
> and when he said that most of the
I was not asking for links to web sites regarding Tom L's post on affordable housing.
I was asking for Tom to define what he meant by affordable housing when he talked of
it in his post.
and when he said that most of the numeric goals have been meant-- does that include
the counting of shelt
Sorry I can't respond extensively to all of the good clarifying question right now,
but I want to say something about the definition of affordable housing, and provide a
link to some relevant material.
There's a good reason it's hard to pin down the definition of affordable housing.
Different
Thomas Leighton has done a good job of illuminating the planning landscape
re the location of affordable housing. This is a familiar vocabulary to many
of us who have been championing the cause of housing affordable to folks at
the low end of the income scale.
I confess not to have read the many r
Allysen Hoberg Writes:
As a shelter provider who has tried to site shelter in non-impacted
neighborhoods, we come up against just as much resistance from those
neighborhoods as we do in "impacted neighborhoods." Are we supposed to
spend years (YEARS!) banging our heads against a wall to try to sit
Amen to some clarification here.
I've been watching these posts on "affordable housing" and my head hurts from the
overload of information given and the lack of clarity in what it all means.
What is "affordable housing"? Do we need multiple definitions or classifications?
What are the numbers o
Tom L. notes that most of the numerical goals of affordable housing have been met:
As always-- the term affordable housing gets used without definition of what
affordable means.
Also, as we now know, shelter beds, mats are being counted as affordable housing, is
Tom using those numbers as p
Comparing this agenda to the Alabama Chief Justice's posting of the Ten
Commandments is akin to comparing oranges to Bibles. The posting of the Ten
Commandments was illegal. The United States Constitution clearly delineates
a separation of Church and State. Having the foundation for Judeo-Christ
Several recent posts have expressed the viewpoint that new affordable housing should
be located in neighborhoods where such housing is not already concentrated. I share
this view, and more importantly it is very much in line with City policy.
As an example, the following goal statement is state
on 12/3/03 8:52 AM, Michael Atherton at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "Mission : To involve as many people as we can,
> starting with the children, in activities that promote
> a Peaceful, Healthy and Non-Violent World."
>
> And it's intention to influence public school curriculum
> is just as clea
School Board Member Dennis Schapiro wrote:
> I'd be interested in the specifics of the flyer.
I think that Mr. Schapiro should be able to obtain a copy
of the flyer; it does appear to be distributed by one of
his schools and the contact person is one of the MPS
administrative staff (Andy Vollm
Minneapolis Greens take heart. Matt Gonzalez is closing fast in the San Francisco
mayor's race. See 12/3/03 USA TODAY page 5A. Headline: Green win could have impact
beyond city race. Subhead: San Francisco candidate has serious shot at mayor's job,
altering Dem's landscape.
Bill Dooley
Kenny
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> All of the public funding for Armadillo Flats is in the form of loans.
I am surprised that a "grant" must be repaid. Why isn't it called a loan?
I assume the terms are very favorable or you would have gone with
conventional financing?
> 0 BR $363 PPL actual$469 Cullen
> 1BR $490 PPL ac
Regarding the post about the failed attempt to get a shelter in the Love Power Church.
Why is it a bad idea to have a children's mission and a homelessshelter in the same building?
Margaret Hastings-Mpls-Kingfield
Allysen Hoberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Allysen Hoberg: Why is no one asking that to the non-impacted neighborhoods where there currently is no affordable housing?
Pamela Taylor: It is being asked to non-impacted neighborhoods. They just have selective hearing and the backing of a city that ap
Aaron Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Police Slogan: Peter T Schmitz writes: > In Minneapolis we no longer have the "Protect and to Serve" motto on our> police vehicles. Why is that?It is my understanding that the MPD changed there tag (slogan) from "To Serve and Protect" to "Enforce and Regulate
Black church leaders praise Flynn for speaking out
Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune
Published December 3, 2003
Black church leaders praised Catholic Archbishop
Harry Flynn Tuesday for illuminating the problem of
racism in Minnesota, saying organized religion has
too often fostered attitudes of rac
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