As a user of an electric leaf blower, I want to say that I use one for
the following reasons:
1. My yard is heavily shaded by trees (so I have a lot of leaves).
The grass under trees is fragile. A leaf blower will remove the leaves
and leave the grass. Raking takes much of the grass along
I am not sitting here waiting for the Park Board to screw up just so I can
point out problems. As a citizen and a Park Board candidate I need the Park
Board to be a well run, well managed organization that includes and involves
the
public.
I listened last night to a vociferous apology by
David Shove says
And building trades [unions] LOVE LRT. LRT costs a huge bundle of cash per
mile,
MUCH more than PRT, so guess which mode they will favor? Guess which mode
will make them go ballistic?
But wait. I've seen Dean Z claim that it is PRT that creates union jobs.
Again,
depending
Scott,
Sounds like a lot of baloney (and other cold cuts) goes on a Park Board
meetings.
Failure to consider community engagement has become epidemic as well as
endemic throughout the City of Minneapolis in the last few years. The Park
Board is doing nothing that the rest of the City has been
On Jan 5, 2005, at 10:24 PM, Jay Clark wrote:
A few weeks ago I was doing some research, and stumbled across a 2001
article by the City Pages on Basim Sabri. As I read the article, I
was struck by what seemed to me to be flattering and at times even
cozy comments offered up by minneapolis
Oh, Man! This will just push the leaf blowers into the arms of the smoking
ban opponents, likely forming a city or state-wide Blowers Alliance (not to
be confused with the less politically powerful Bowlers Alliance). Ugh. I
can see it now: We're Not Just Blowing Smoke Anymore. Think of the
Are there also noise differences between electric and gas powered lawnmowers,
blowers, chainsaws, etc? Are these differences taken in to account?
Amy Bonifas
Whittier
Dan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mike Wrote:
At first, when I read this post, I thought it was some sort of joke. Then
I
On Jan 6, 2005, at 10:08 AM, Amy wrote:
Are there also noise differences between electric and gas powered
lawnmowers, blowers, chainsaws, etc? Are these differences taken in
to account?
Amy Bonifas
Whittier
The new SW Journal has a story on the isssue:
Excellent points raised by Allen Graetz concerning the technical
complexities and financial risks associated with PRT. Good bus service and
higher density, mixed-use development along major transit corridors probably
represents the most cost-efficient method of moving large numbers of people
in
I want to mention Sami Risouli, former owner of
Sindbad's International Foods, as an unsung hero. He
left his life here to return to Iraq to help his
family and his people through the horrible war. I just
got an e-mail from him and am sharing it with the list
so you get an idea of what daily life
The REAL link this time...
http://www.swjournal.com/articles/2005/01/06/neighbors/neighbors01.txt
If it breaks, go to www.swjournal.com and hit the neighbors tab at
the top. It's the first story.
David Brauer
List manager
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A big THANK YOU to the Minneapolis Tree Advisory Committee for their clear and
forward-looking
recommendations!
Jason Stone
Diamond Lake
--- Elizabeth Wielinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The committee had 6 recommendations...
1) FUND sufficiently the removal of all marked public diseased elm
David Shove writes:
I am for giant slingshots. You the traveller step into the pocket, both
are drawn back back back, aimed in the general direction of the
destination, and FWUPP!! you're on your way! You fly out of downtown Mpls
in no time at all, far over those poor slobs on 35W. You laugh your
Bill Kahn wrote the following in response to an Ed Felien post:
Now the evolution of species through adaptation in the process of Natural
Selection is of overwhelming interest to me and a much better angle to view
government of human beings, corrupt or not. The species we are interested in
Bless Lisa McDonald for being ahead of her time and
telling it like it is!
The article doesn't seem to indicate that any of these
council members considered Mr. Sabri a 'friend'
--but how often do you see that many city council
members express such a level of united praise for one
single (and
It's certainly more serious than I thought...They have a logo! YIKES!
-Jenny
Jennifer Rubenzer
Plymouth
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Yesterday's Star Tribune had an interesting article about the school
superintendent, saying her manner was brash, unnerving, and (apparently)
too abrupt to fit in well with teachers in the schools.
Peebles brushed the criticism off by saying her manner is an East Coasty
thing.
I'm thinking that
In regard to our discussion of PRT, I have to say that
I like the bus system, but just one thing could be
improved if it were technically possible. Having
ridden the LRT enough times now, I think the use of
the electric motor is the nicest part of it. The
noise and fumes are so much less than any
Part 1 - Maybe I'm missing something, but electricity doesn't grow on
trees. Right? It's produced in power plants that pollute too - barring
water and wind electricity production.
Part 2 - The other point I've been holding back for awhile now is the
attack on the suburbs and relating it to
Picky, picky, picky and parochial too. It's past time for Minnesotans
face the fact that people coming here from all points are going to be
bringing different cultural norms. We knew when we hired Peebles that
she was from the East Coast. If she is described as brash, unnerving
and too abrupt
Loved the post.
However, I honestly believe, in this particular case, considering the way
the Minneapolis City Council behaves, that the answer is actually none of
the above. I believe the reason why councilpersons Zimmerman and Niziolek
(and Minneapolis councilpersons in general) want to pass
Part 1 - Maybe I'm missing something, but electricity doesn't grow on
trees. Right? It's produced in power plants that pollute too - barring
water and wind electricity production.
. . .
-Jennifer Rubenzer
Evil Suburban Dweller and I Drive All Over!
Plymouth
Yes, but the generation is
Just to complicate this issue (without resolving
anything), I seem to recall from the debates in
California about leaf blowers, that they cause
additional air pollution because they raise a
lot of dust and other particulate matter into
the air.
My pet peeve is lawn mowers, not leaf blowers,
but
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 6, 2005
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On Saturday, Jan. 8, Minnesota E-Democracy
Jennifer L. Rubenzer wrote:
Part 1 - Maybe I'm missing something, but electricity doesn't grow on
trees. Right? It's produced in power plants that pollute too - barring
water and wind electricity production.
You are missing several things.
1. There is only one, finite, rapidly being used up
Douglas Johnson, executive director of the Minneapolis-based Center for
Victims of Torture was one of the experts testifying in the Gonzales
confirmation hearings today. Interesting that none of the leftist local
TV news covered this Minneapolis connection. See http://www.cvt.org/main.php
for
Forwarded by Ken Avidor:
David Shove thinks PRT is opposed to the highway
industry. PRT has close ties with SEH, the 35W Excess
Project engineering firm... they even share a
lobbyist, Edwin Cain, (Registration Number: 9152)
http://www.state.mn.us/ebranch/epb/lobby/lbdetail/lb9152.html
SEH's
WizardMarks wrote:
Picky, picky, picky and parochial too. It's past time for Minnesotans
face the fact that people coming here from all points are going to be
bringing different cultural norms. We knew when we hired Peebles that
she was from the East Coast. If she is described as brash,
Wizard,
My read of the article is that it was Ms. Peebles who made her behavior an
East Coast thing. It seems to me that it
was her way of attempting to blunt negative comments about her behavior.
By the way, I thought Steve's article was a nice job of reporting what is
happening in the
Administration and Finance Committee
7.1 to approve a contract with OSIRIS for computer lab support
Bill Roddy of OSIRIS gave a brief presentation as to the amount of
software/ hardware/staff support hours and youth employment hours they
had provided and would again be providing.
7.2 Approve
Here is an attempt to answer some of the questions posted regarding blowers:
THE QUIET COMMUNITY COALITION believes that leaf blowers are more of a nuisance
than a convenience and are a health hazard. We would like the Minneapolis City
Council to review the actions of the 200 or-so other North
The post of George Janssen on the MPRA issue is so outrageous, my first
thought was to totally ignore it. The problem is that might end up like
Kerry and the Swift Boat guys. I have been told that they are the
musings of a embittered cop who got removed from the MPRA for violating
the bylaws of
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