[Mpls] A Forum at the Kaplan's

2003-12-25 Thread m1r3201
For anyone who feels strongly- either postivie or negative-- about my posts on the forum or other acitivites you have the opportunity to meet with me. Yes! Taking a page from Mayor Rybak's open forums, I too am having an open forum. I will be available starting at 6p.m. on New Year's Eve

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2003-12-25 Thread Peter T Schmitz
Thank you, Wizard, Barb and Andy for the holiday messages. And I'd like to extend my holiday greetings and best wishes to all on this list as well, especially to my sparring partners (you all know who you are), I've learned a lot from you and have the deepest respect for your

[Mpls] What other Mayors are saying about homelessness

2003-12-25 Thread m1r3201
From Real Change newspaper: Issue dated from 12/24/03 to Jan.7, 2004 San Francisco Mayor-elect Gavin Newsom intends to make homelessness his administration's number-one priority, and his first moves will include creating a 10-year plan for ending chronic homelessness and going after tens of

[Mpls] Fwd: forgot to sign post

2003-12-25 Thread m1r3201
---BeginMessage--- the what mayors are saying post was submitted by Margaret Hastings-Mpls-Kingfield ---End Message---

[Mpls] A Mill City Christmas, 1958...

2003-12-25 Thread Dyna
December 24, 1958: This new typewriter is great! It's a portible so I can take it with me to school and everywhere. I just set it out on the old table here at granma's. open up the case put paper in and start typing! Oops. that lever sure is easy to bump by accident. Moms kinda sick so dad took

Re: [Mpls] McManus; Doing the right thing

2003-12-25 Thread Becker
Michael Atherton I think that it maybe impossible to find exactly the right candidate. How many bisexual, female, Black, Hispanic, Asian, and politically liberal police officers are there in the United States? To clarify a point I made in an earlier post. I argued that hiring a woman as a

RE: [Mpls] What other Mayors are saying about homelessness

2003-12-25 Thread Brandon Lacy
Unfortunately the Bush Administration has been less than friendly to programs that support homeless individuals. For example, the federal government assigned NO MONEY to the state of Minnesota this year for programs that provide basic drop-in centers for homeless and runaway youth. The result

[Mpls] Kola Project/Help the first Americans

2003-12-25 Thread Shawn Lewis
Editorial: Kola Project/Help the first Americans Published December 25, 2003 The lights have gone out at the Kola Project off of East Franklin Avenue -- and not just because it's Christmas. These days, the drop-in center for American Indian alcoholics is dark much of the time.

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2003-12-25 Thread Joncgord
Happy Hanachrismanza all!!! Hope you Pagans had a great solstice! Om to our new neighbors from the East. And a large Bah-Humbug to anyone writing about politics today. Jon Gorder Loring Park

[Mpls] Forwarding a post from Lydia Howell re: homelessness

2003-12-25 Thread m1r3201
Hi, Lydia Howell requested I reformat and send her post which she could not get on the forum due to the formating issue. Margaret Hastings-Mpls See her post below: Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 11:34:46 -0600 From: Lydia Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Much Homelessness CREATED by Public

Re: [Mpls] Forwarding a post from Lydia Howell re: homelessness

2003-12-25 Thread Anderson Turpin
Lydia Howell wrote, amongst other things: 4.Here's a reality-check on homeless folks:40+% are EMPLOYED--they just can't FIND houding threy can afford.Reality-check:a ONE-room efficiency averages $450 a month--IF you can FIND it;a 1-bd rm is $625 a month. Imagaine being a $5.50-6.00 an hour