It has been my contention that LRT is for the rich. Land values will soar,
yuppies will move in, the poor will be forced out, first financially, then
by cops who will tell them to move on. Developers will build condos along
the line, with TIF and perhaps eminent domain.
The LRT cheerleaders tell
Mike Jensvold writes:
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w050523s=kotkin052305
-Myth No. 1: Cities are again gaining people.
..Cities, meanwhile, are becoming ever smaller parts of their metro
areas.
Minneapolis is a prime example. In the '90s the Midwestern city's
population grew roughly
David Brauer
It's true people leave cities, especially downtowns, when they start
families. However, the writer ignores the OTHER major group flocking to
downtowns - empty nesters. The 50-60-year-olds are a MAJOR driving force
behind Downtown Minneapolis growth, and at least half come from the
I wrote, re: empty nesters fueling the condo boom -
Also, here's a little tidbit from local research firm DSU: nine of the 10
fastest-growing demographic groups in America are people without kids. So
kidlessness is a growth industry.
Then Jeanne wrote:
It's about a twenty year growth
For details on the MnDOT's proposed I-35W/I-94 project, take a look
at Scott Russell's article in the Skyway News:
http://www.skywaynews.net/articles/2005/05/25/news/news02.txt
I found this line by Tom O'Keefe, West Metro area manager for the Minnesota
Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT),
TO the Mpls Public Libraries and anyone else on this list:
The Women's Prison Book Project is a collectively-run, volunteer-operated,
not-for-any-profit organization located at ARISE Bookstore on Lyndale Ave South
and 24-25th. For more than ten years they have been collecting paperbacks and
Mark S scribed, in part:
As for folks who are not baseball/Twins fans who have a problem with this
proposal, I guess my response is tough cookies. We all pay out plenty of
tax
dollars for stuff that we don't necessarily agree with or personally
benefit
from. Go shop in Ramsey or Anoka if it's
I have e-mailed all of the City Council and the Mayor urging them to give
Simpson Housing development rights for their supportive housing.
This scenario has been played out over and over again for years in Mpls.
Not enough money to provide suitable, truly affordable housing and, even when
money
This was given to me by a young man outside of Henry High School:
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While I know I could never convince Gary, here's my attempt to answer
his questions about the Twins Ballpark.
1. We ought not to spend tax money on this when there are a number of
more pressing uses of tax dollars -- from public safety to health care
to education to sustainable urban
Dean tries, but falls short of giving convincing argument for the is new tax
for the stadium. That was the point Gary was making in his post and with his
questions. If its true there are so many fans that want this then lets have
the state required vote. Lets cut the crap about trying to
This letter was in the Spokesman-Recorder. I may shed light to end all
speculation and to end this matter for good. Or maybe not. It helped me. I hope
it
helps others.
EDITORIAL
The real reason were being silenced
By: Booker T Hodges
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Originally posted 5/25/2005
Minneapolis Folks,
I am disappointed to read that 12th Ward Council Member Sandy Colvin Roy
opposed affordable housing for her district. The Simpson Housing project seems
perfect for that LRT corridor. We need to build more high density, affordable
housing along transit corridors, and this
After reading the CITY PAGES article, it appears the problem is that this
was to be all low-income subsidized housing. I doubt if you will find urban
planners, neighborhood groups or politicians anywhere in this country who
would
be enthusiastic about stand alone all-low-income-affordable
For more background re this controversy see Don Samuels's op-ed piece on the
front page of this week's INSIGHT NEWS. Not online so you will have to pick
up a free copy where this paper is dropped.
Bill Dooley
Kenny
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I have no dog in this fight and I have not spoken to
CM Colvin Roy but in reading her response I picked up
on the fact that she was raising issues about the fact
that the proposed development was not a mixed use
development.
My neighborhood developed several affordable housing
cooperatives in the
On Thursday, May 26, 2005, at 06:00 AM, Jeanne Massey wrote:
According to state forecasts, the fastest population growth will be
among
people aged 50 to 64 through 2010. By 2015, this age group begins to
decline
rapidly as the retirement of the baby-boom generation gets underway.
Boomers
Barb,
Thanks for your very informative response. I hope you are right, and it is more
an issue about creating a reliable funding structure that the city will not
have to bail out, then actually oposition to having affordable housing built in
the 12th Ward.
I am only afraid that it was
Hakeem Announces Her Candidacy for Mayor
Green Party mayoral candidate Farheen Hakeem officially kicked off
her campaign this morning at a City Hall press conference in which
she stressed her commitment to affordable housing, health care,
economic justice, and political accountability.
And
Forwarded with permission of the author
Shame and Advantage
By Don Samuels
Published in Insight news 5/23/05
American History is so deliberately devoid of information on slavery
that any mention of the subject seems to conjure fear, speculation,
irrational anger or flight. Our commitment to
This is a recurring problem with projects of this kind. People who
raise objections in good faith are lumped in with the NIMBY types,
and real problems with the proposal are dismissed out of hand.
Layered on top of this, of course, are developers whose vested
interests colors their
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For state and national discussions
Forwarded at the request of the paper:
MTN show suspended for 'threatening' speech
By: Shannon Gibney
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder
Originally posted 5/25/2005
War of words erupts over 'Big House' statements
On May 18, community activists Booker Hodges and Al Flowers were told by
Minneapolis
The people at MN Dot still don't get it.
http://www.skywaynews.net/articles/2005/05/25/news/news02.txt
If they 'smooth out the corner' of 35W so that people can drive 55 mph,
people should be well aware of what that means. It means they plan to
increase the radius of the turn. It is physics,
To see the type of books that were discarded makes one really think about
who makes policies and what do they
get paid. EE Cummings happens
to be one of my favorite poets and I would have gladly given money for that
book along with several others
mentioned on Fox 9.
Because someone,
And here's Booker's most recent MSR editorial regarding the matter. A few
inaccuracies to point-out:
http://www.spokesman-recorder.com/news/Article/Article.asp?NewsID=57490sID=16
1) the show is not transcribed in its entirety. Fully 75% of the show was
spent speaking about CM Samuels.
2)
Cities must return to a progressive focus on fixing their real
problems--that is, the problems of the majority of the people who live
there--not serving the interests of artists, hipsters, and their wealthy
patrons. Right now* school reform is often hostage to the power of
teachers' unions*.
Jeanne Massey wrote:
By the 2020s, baby boomleters (kids of baby boomers) will be having kids
and likely buying homes in big numbers (though not as big as in their
parents'
generation), filling in some (but not likely all) those homes built for
their parents' generation.
Not quite accurate.
Jeanne Massey wrote:
By the 2020s, baby boomleters (kids of baby boomers) will be having kids
And likely buying homes in big numbers (though not as big as in their
parents' generation), filling in some (but not likely all) those homes built
for their parents' generation.
Dottie Titus responds:
What an unbelievable waste.
I hope they at least stacked the books neatly in a
clean dumpster to make life easier for dumpster
divers...
I'm tempted to swing by tonight and check out the
pickings!
Connie Nompelis
West Phillips and Powderhorn
__
It takes a village to raise a child but it takes a government subsidy
thiiis BIG to build an affordable housing unit.
Fact is you cannot build an affordable housing unit; as it costs as much
as building a normal housing unit. Why should we give subsidies to billionaire
Sport Team
So, you saw something on TV that got you excited, huh?
Well DUH!
It's sweeps month for the boob tube industry.
If they gave you the full story, it wouldn't be as exciting.
We're talking about television here. They make their living off of
advertising. There's one born every minute is their motto.
You might want to recall the three most common reasons why books get thrown
out.
1. They become obsolete (i.e. a science textbook from the 1970's or earlier)
or as the news story pointed out, a book on how to comply with a law that's
no longer on the books.
2. They fall apart due to age and
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Jeanne Massey wrote:
By the 2020s, baby boomleters (kids of baby boomers)
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