Thanks to all who have made the discussion of Neiman fields a reasonable
discussion. Yes I am a History major (also Education Administration) as my old
friend Bob Gustafson points out. I think his analysis of the Neiman fields is
correct. We have expenditures for operating costs. Neiman
[Dorothy Titus] I don't see how it would be better to let the city council
determine where the money is spent.
[Vicky Heller] Excuse me! Why do you think they get elected? The City
Council is supposed to safeguard the public treasury; use money wisely.
They are supposed to deal with
I hope the charge below won't overly distract the list. There's no evidence
presented. There's also no indication that audit information - from NRP or
other government bodies - is unavailable.
There are many legitimate policy differences for us to discuss. But the
frequent criminalizing of
--- Victoria Heller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
They are supposed to deal with Potholes, Police, Parks, and
Pyrofighters.
That's it. [Note: Hennepin County provides libraries]
[TB] Where did you find your list? I always thought it was a bit
longer and included such things as snow plowing,
Terrell Brown wrote:
Every neighborhood group getting NRP money is audited. In
Loring Park its by the State Auditor. Last time I checked, the State
Auditor was a Republican. Last I checked she'd changed her name to
Anderson but hadn't changed political parties.
Remember the line from
If people want to see how the NRP money was spent you can go to www.nrp.org and
print a report for yourself. Click on the globe in the bottom right and create
a report. Every dime of NRP funds that have been allocated, contracted and
expended by neighborhoods is available on-line at any time.
Mike said
Fact: There are several different types of audits. The type
of audit required of NRP contractors only checks that required
documentation exists, it doesn't confirm the accuracy of that
documentation. The NRP orders full audits of contractors only
when there serious doubts.
Me:
Utne Magazine Executive Will Vie for Third Ward Council Seat
Jeremy Wieland, circulation director of the nationally known Utne
magazine, will seek the vacant City Council seat in the 3rd Ward.
FOR THE WHOLE STORY www.mplsobserver.com
--
Craig Cox
Founder/Editor
The Minneapolis Observer
I just finished reading Mayor Rybak's glossy newsletter and I find one area
very troubling. He talks about the vacancy rate in Minneapolis having
dropped to 4.9%, and the average rent for a 2 bedroom apartment jumping by
almost 20 % since 2001. THIS IS TOTALLY INCORRECT!!!
I as well as many
From this week's Minneapolis Observer:
6. When the mayor publishes and distributes what the state auditor calls
blatantly campaign-oriented literature with public money, how many photos of
the mayor are permitted before it's deemed illegal? And would the auditor
have called the media to report
Barbara Lickness wrote:
Mike is wrong. There are two types of audits. Those
neighborhoods receiving less than $50,000 a year are audited
for financial compliance. In other words, do they follow
standard accounting practices. Do they keep a general ledger?
Do they have financial policies
Senate Bill 318 (Local Government Property Tax and Fee Freeze):
Introduced by Sen. Lawrence J. Pogemiller on January 13, 2005, to prohibit
local governments from increasing property taxes or fees. The state would
be required to pay local governments for any reductions made to state aid
during
Randall Cutting said:
Auditor Anderson attacked R.T. without legal standing for her
acquisitions
(she has no authority to conduct legal finding of fact on the question
of
whether R.T. violated campaign laws or not). But she does appear to
be
beholden to the Rich Taxpayers League who seem to hate
In the early 1970s, the colored street signs were installed as a snow
emergency system (e.g. do not park on blue streets until 8:00 tomorrow
morning, etc.). Apparently it didn't work too well; they were only used
for a couple of seasons.
Victoria M. Ford
REMINDERS:
1. Be civil! Please read the
Mr. Luce said:
And when the Mayor's spokesperson deflects the issue by saying they
welcome clarification of the law and will abide by any standard that is
fairly applied to all, then my hackles go up and we must beg the question:
whatever happened to the Mayor's own ethical standards?
and
I
Greg Abbott quoted:
Subd. 3. Pictures prohibited. When a statutory or home rule charter
city, county, town, school district, metropolitan or regional
agency, or other political subdivision of this state, issues a
report or other publication for public distribution to inform the
Linda Higgins writes:
Perhaps the fact that people keep talking about this as a violation of
campaign law shows us that it indeed was a campaign piece and not a
government piece.
Dennis Plante responds:
Or perhaps if it had happened a year ago, the State Auditor would not even
be raising the
As an now long-ago but still long-time member of the legislative staff,
I would suggest that it's kind of pointless to pay much attention to
proposed legislation just because it has been introduced. Probably 90%
of all bills just lie there after introduction and that's because
nobody,
I forgot to sign my post...
dennis plante
jordan
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Probably more info then anyone really wanted to know,
but here's the source for the offical wording on
street signage.
--
The MN MUTCD (Manual of Uniform Traffic Control
Devices) provides some specifications on Street Name
Signs at this link:
In response to the recent posts about the value of NRP and the need for
housing that is affordable to households at or below 30% of Metropolitan
Median Income (MMI), I would like to remind everyone that there is an
opportunity to allocate some of the current, Phase II NRP funds to the
Tony:
We have expenditures for operating costs.
Neiman Fields takes in revenues but not enough to cover expenses. This is
true for all the
Parks. I do not think it was ever intended for the Parks to be revenue
producers.
Jason responds:
But it was intended for special interest
Dorothy Titus:
And what is wrong with the mayor giving himself enough time to determine
whether or not his action was wrong? If any official were to respond
immediately to any challenge without taking the time to check out whether or
not his actions were indeed incorrect, we would have chaos.
Hello Minneapolis Folks,
I agree with Earl's overall point that the Democratic Party needs to take the
high road, and clean up our act if we are going to be considered leaders in
Minnesota politics and attract voters. I also have lived in Senate District 62
and Commissioner McLaughlin's
I began work with the Minneapolis Police Department in 1966 and recall
tagging for snow emergency enforcement related violations for 32 years
since that date so the signs have bee in place longer than since the 70's.
I have also tagged cars as a part time job for the city between the hours
of
Tony Scallon writes:
Recently, students from MTS charter school went to Washington DC for
the inaugural. They raised about 1/2 the costs. The school paid for the rest. The trip would
not have happened without both the schools support and the fundraising activities of the
students. I see the
The color-coded street signs were not the FIRST snow emergency system
(so tickets certainly should have been given before the signs went up)
but an attempt at an improvement in the system.
Ah well.
Victoria Ford
Kingfield
Bill Lundquist said:
I began work with the Minneapolis Police
Several people have compared newsletters and list of electeds who do or do
not send them.
As the person who has been responsible for several of Commissioner
McLaughlin's newsletters, maybe I can help respond to some of the questions
being asked.
Peter sends all of his printed newsletters at
Michael Atherton asked:
So, I believe that my neighborhood association received $2M+ in NRP funds, but
they did not receive full audits
in every year of the program.
In answer:
I was President of PPERRIA for three years during which we were expending much of the NRP-1 funds. Barbara Lickness
is
How little people know about their government and the jobs to which they
elect other people.
Sen. Higgins is on the money with the role and responsiblities of the State
Auditor for monitoring compliance of local units of government. Might a
highly politicized auditor take every opportunity to
Dorie wrote:
No, it is not their responsibility but $200,000 invested in activities
for kids skateboarding is small in comparison to what we might spend if they
were out on the street doing drugs and killing shop clerks. In school, the
kid who really needed to be in sports could never get
Overall though, I do believe involvement in sports keeps more teens away
from drugs. Or at least delays their experimenting with them.
Don
Actually Don, perhaps this will spark some information from the MPBI
can't imagine they would put it by residental homes...Perhaps the MPB has
some
Vicky Heller writes:
Judging by results, the NRP is a colossal failure. Why do I think so?
Because City debts are skyrocketing and property taxes are
TRIPLING!!
And services that SHOULD be provided by local government are
disappearing.
The trouble with this claim is that it in no way makes
As a Policy Board member, I was pleased to receive a Memorandum dated January
19, 2005 from NRP Director Robert Miller certifying
that the Office of the State Auditor has again issued an unqualified opinion
on the Policy Board's financial statements. According to Mr. Miller's
Memo, This means
I thought it was interesting that the Strib didn't bother to mention those
facts in their article.
Lisa McDonald
East Harriet
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From: Karen Forbes
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 12:07 PM
To: Barbara Lickness; mpls@mnforum.org
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