Dennis Plante said:
So, as I clearly understand the process, on a forced ranking for the
stonewall endorsement it is:
1) whether or not you publicly endorse a non-partisan candidate
2) whether or not you agree to abide by the party endorsement process
3) what your views and record are towards the
In a message dated 2/21/2005 7:52:35 PM Central Standard Time, Carl Breeding
THERE WILL NOT BE A SPECIAL MEETING ON FEBRUARY 25, 2005.
SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS.
Carl L. Breeding
2/21/05 8:54pm est.
[Full unedited text of reply by Doug Mann]
Mr. Breeding,
Based on statements of Frank
A friendly reminder that tomorrow night the Senate District 60 DFL is hosting a
Minneapolis Mayoral debate between Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Hennepin
County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin. The debate is tomorrow, February 23 at
Washburn H.S. The event begins at 7 p.m. MPR's Kerri
Bill,
KFAI will be taping and rebroadcasting at least twice. MTN will also be
showing it on public access. When I know the times I will post them to the
list.
Joel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I will be at the Neighborhood Groups and Citizen Participation conference at
the U o M Law School.
Candidates Night for the Prospect Park East River Road Neighborhood on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
at St. Frances Cabrini Church Hall in Garvy Hall (enter from Franklin Avenue). While it's intended for the neighborhood,
anyone may attend.
The following candidates have
I agree with you, Michael. My car was totaled just four weeks ago by an
egregious red light runner. It was in rush hour traffic at 5:30 p.m. I
was traveling west on W. Broadway and intended to make a left turn onto
Lyndale (to go south). It was obvious there was no way to get across the
JB: Jason is mistaken on three other counts. First, the Charter
Commission does not have the authority to reject charter proposals
JS: The Charter Commission has two statutory obligations for dealing
with amendment proposals by petition:
1. The charter commission [shall] propose
-Original Message-
From: Dorothy Titus
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:43 PM
I agree with you, Michael. My car was totaled just four weeks ago by an
egregious red light runner.
-Original Message-
From: Michael Thompson
Red light running is a serious problem in this city.
[Below is the text of a letter to members of the executive committee of the
Minneapolis NAACP branch. Since the meeting was not called as a closed meeting,
it should be open to members of the NAACP (bring your membership cards), who
may observe, but not participate (unless the executive
Terrell Brown wrote:
[TB] The long established local custom in Minneapolis is
that you can get 3 cars through after the light turns red.
That is likely why there is a delay from the light turning
red until the cross street turns green; it protects those
who are not familiar
I can't but think this is a bunch of whining. The majority of drivers I
have witnessed wait until the light is green before proceeding through
the intersection and stop when the light turns red. Sure, I have seen a
few drivers blow through red lights but, as I said, I saw them, so I
did not
One feature any red light camera system will need is a long yellow. I
believe in other cities where there is a very short yellow, there have been
problems with rear end accidents as persons slam on their brakes rather than
risk
going through the intersection.
Bill Dooley
Kenny - Ward 13
O.K. Scott, maybe you can give me a pull yourself up by the bootstraps answer
for this scenario.
The Minnesota legislature decides that you cannot get a Minnesota Driver's
License if you are an immigrant unless the green card or visa number is on it.
Was their rationale that this would stop
Scott McGerik wrote:
I can't but think this is a bunch of whining. The majority
of drivers I have witnessed wait until the light is green before
proceeding through the intersection and stop when the light turns
red. Sure, I have seen a few drivers blow through red lights but,
as
Barb,
Accidents happen. Try to collect from the person that hit your car.
But, really, how would a red light camera or anything else have
prevented your car from getting hit (except maybe if you had not parked
on the street)? As you said, Did anyone honestly think not being able
to get a
I can't help but think this is some warped attempt to antagonize list
members and drivers. Please don't whine Mr. McGerik, when it's your wife
or kids killed by the red light runner.
Mike Thompson
Windom
- Original Message -
From: Scott McGerik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Mpls Issues List
Scott M. wrote:
I can't but think this is a bunch of whining.
Any driver that is offended by the behavior of the local drivers needs to
ask themselves: Where do I get off expecting that others conform to my
expected behaviors? Maybe instead of asking the authorities to step in
and police us,
Speeding through an intersection on a yellow, but hitting the red. or
running through an intersection on a red, when the oppsoing traffic has a
green light, is not an accident. It is not an unwanted event. In fact,
it's a wanted event. It is an intentional, willful, and volitional act
that
Dear List Members,
Our vigilant List Manager may be in bed.
I would like to humbly suggest that this thread has degraded from its
original topic, which I believe was red-light cameras, into some personal
attacks.
Perhaps the Subject Line is correct--not a real Minneapolis Problem?
Perhaps we could
I can't but think this is a bunch of whining. The majority of drivers I
have witnessed wait until the light is green before proceeding through
the intersection and stop when the light turns red. .
Any driver that is offended by the behavior of the local drivers needs
to ask themselves:
Actually, the way it works is that our list manager is just that, a manager.
He's not a moderator who follows what's posted 24/7 since he's allowed to
have a life, too.
If anyone thinks someone's post violated the list rules, then, like it says
in reminder #1 below, forward the post to the list
On 2/22/05 10:24 PM, Scott McGerik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Accidents happen. Try to collect from the person that hit your car.
But, really, how would a red light camera or anything else have
prevented your car from getting hit (except maybe if you had not parked
on the street)? As you said,
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