I have a theory about all the work the Star Tribune did about the complexity
of Minneapolis and its independent boards and citizen commissions.
The real reason that the Strib wants to streamline these nodes of democracy
in action is not so that the legislature can understand us better. It
The rich would love to have us have only regressive taxes like the sales
tax. They would pay almost nothing. Money for public goods (eg schools,
public health) would decline; ordinary people be less educated, less
healthy, etc, in general weaker. Less able to defend themselves as the
rich move to
Steve Cross wrote:
If it is a societal problem, then expecting the schools to
solve the problem is going to be impossible for them. Society
has to fix the problem. Once it does, then the dropout rate
will go down even if nothing in the schools have changed.
There are a number of
Omar Jamal, the Executive Director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center will
addresses tomorrow members of the federal lawmakers and diplomats in Washington
D.C about the U.S policy towards Somali in light of the terrorism war at the
National Press Club.
Congratulations! That is a significant honor and accomplishment to address the
National Press Club. Will it be aired on public radio?
Ken Bradley
omar jamal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Omar Jamal, the Executive Director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center will
addresses tomorrow members of
KNOW-FM 91.1 (Minnesota Public Radio) usually has a live broadcast of
National Press Club speeches. I believe they also create an audio file that
stays
on their website for 48 hours.
Bill Dooley
Kenny - Ward 13
REMINDERS:
1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at
Good Morning,
Thanks. Personally, I'm not confident that the legislature will allow this.
If they let MPLStown do this, I can't see how they can say no to it for most
any town. MPLStown isn't the only municipality in a pinch right now. I'd
assume some others would come to the state asking for
On Feb 14, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Michael Atherton wrote:
a) Nothing has been done about the problem of there
being a disproportionate number of inexperienced teachers
in minority schools. A problem that everyone acknowledges
is a contributing factor to the poor performance of
minority students.
I
This is precisely why we need a nonpartisan glbtiq
organization that endorses candidates both in the city
of Minneapolis and in the state. Stonewall DFL will
ONLY endorse DFLer's whether they are the better
candidate on glbtiq issues or not.
They also are as interested, if not more interested at
Please attend the next Park Board Meeting, Wednesday Feb. 16 at 5:00pm.
Meeting will be held in the board room on the second floor of the Park Board
headquarters building at 2117 West River Road.
Schedule:
5:00pm Operations Environment
5:30pm Recreation
5:45pm Administration Finance
6:00pm
Britt Robson wrote:
This is not an either/or issue. Is the overall quality of education
adversely affected in a major way by BOTH an increasingly inequitable
economic system and an understandably selfish but still covertly (and
overtly) racist jiggering of the education bureaucracy by
Allen Graetz wrote:
I wish this were the case. BUt even this is based upon the assumption
that any of these children that move to a better school have parents
that are involved enough in their lives to make that happen. And
unfortunately in some of the neighborhoods where this occurs, there
Vicotria Heller wrote:
It's hard to keep track of all the anti-business crap coming out of City
Hall. Let's see
Destroy the bars,
Destroy the retailers,
Destroy the private apartment owners,
Spawn millions of square feet of vacant office space,
Regulate everything that
David == David Brauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
David On Feb 14, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Michael Atherton wrote:
a) Nothing has been done about the problem of there
being a disproportionate number of inexperienced teachers
in minority schools. A problem that everyone acknowledges
I just took my recycling out, but I guess I should have put it in the
garage, and not in my topless recycling bin. I get confused every other
week, and forget if they are going to pick up this week or next. If I
understand correctly, public works discontinued mailing their handy
schedules to cut
The longer the Mayor waits to pay for his campaign piece (posing as
communication), the worse his case becomes. When will politicians learn
that doing the right thing is more than just doing what a City Attorney
(ordered to render a particular opinion) says is legal. Just as justice
Recycling info for Minneapolis:
http://apps.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/pi.app/routeid_selection/address.asp
I know a lot of people in the city don't have internet access, but
anybody on this list should be able to use this handy resource.
Dean Lindberg
Minnehaha
Earl Netwal wrote:
should
Earl Netwal obviously has a couple personal beefs, I don't know what they
are, but they have nothing to do with the newsletter. His Senate district
web-site continues to push the worn out Commish's campaign, and he
constantly pushes his campaign at all costs. This seems more about a
personal
Jim--- very honest, well written, and totally-on-the-mark reflection on the
mayor's lack of integrity regarding this issue. Any politician like this who
has to wait until the city attorney decides right vs. wrong shouldn't be
re-elected. Thanks for keeping up the attention on this issue. Methinks
David On Feb 14, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Michael Atherton wrote:
a) Nothing has been done about the problem of there
being a disproportionate number of inexperienced teachers
in minority schools. A problem that everyone acknowledges
is a contributing factor to the poor
Chris Bonnik wrote: Earl Netwal obviously has a couple personal beefs, I
don't know what they are, but they have nothing to do with the newsletter.
His Senate district web-site continues to push the worn out Commish's
campaign, and he constantly pushes his campaign at all costs. This seems
more
I have been up for around 48 hours so I cannot comment in detail on the
Stonewall DFL endorsements and the Mayor's race. But I will say this.
Sometime in the early 90's (Ill find the exact year later), a proposal was
introduced before the County Board that anyone who came into any
ArtiCulture is a 5 year old 501(c)3 nonprofit visual arts organization is
looking for a new home. We've outgrown our present space and would like to move
ASAP (potential expansion in our present space fell through).
We have been looking since last summer with some frustrating outcomes. So far
It's bad form to respond to my own post, but it's not the first time and
probably not the last.
In my post yesterday I neglected to include the link to my Stonewall
questionnaire.
Stonewall DFL Questionnaire
http://tinyurl.com/3mhjx
Jason Stone
Diamond Lake
Candidate for Park Board, Dist.
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