[Mpls] Policing Priorities: Ganbangers or Loud Motorcycles?

2005-06-07 Thread Dyna
As I sit here at 1;30 A.M. ON SUN MORNING for the I've lost count of weeks, this is because it's now going on the second year with this group of Drug dealers. IF YOU DON'T CALL THIS TERRORISM WELL I DO it's now 1:45 and I'm back to wrighting after kicking them out of my yard when the Police

Re: [Mpls] Stormwatergate robbery gets personal

2005-06-07 Thread gemgram
I apparently did not complete my analyze this list. A reader off list suggested that I also add to it and mention that the same eight Impacted Neighborhoods, that absolutely do NOT have adequate public safety and police protection, are also the same neighborhoods where the greatest percentage

[Mpls] Minneapolis Unwired

2005-06-07 Thread WLDJ36
Minneapolis has a low wi-fi rate for its population. Thank goodness for the independent coffee shops. Here is the link: _http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5443822.html_ (http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5443822.html) Bill Dooley Kenny REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW

[Mpls] Health and Wellness Program

2005-06-07 Thread Jennifer Anderson
North Memorial Medical Center and the Jordan Area Community Council are sponsoring a six week health and wellness series focused on Chronic Conditions, such as asthma, high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, lupus etc. This series offers self management tools that

Re: [Mpls] Taking the Recreation out of Minneapolis Park Recreation Board

2005-06-07 Thread Elizabeth Wielinski
The issue of giving the land away could come back and haunt the Park Board just like the sale of the Fuji-Ya site. With the Fuji-Ya site the legislature kept a substantial amount and the rest of the money derived from the sale was shared with strings attached. The MPRB is short $2.5

[Mpls] Uptown Lagoon Project

2005-06-07 Thread Nick Frank
REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions

Re: [Mpls] Taking the Recreation out of Minneapolis Park Recreation Board

2005-06-07 Thread nikkicarlson001
Hi Liz: Thanks for the thoughtful post. My understanding is that currently the plot of land on Nicollet Island that DeLaSalle wants to use for the playing field is not generating any revenue. Am I incorrect? Also, is there some other plan for turning that plot into something that generates

[Mpls] Uptown Lagoon Project

2005-06-07 Thread Nick Frank
Dorie Rae Gallagher said Getting back to Uptown...we have a Downtown...we don't need two. I can see some 3-4 stories but that is personal preference. I like to see sky, open spaces, unique buildings and not rubber stamped housing that's 12 stories creating shadows and mold on the neighbors.

[Mpls] Uptown/Lagoon

2005-06-07 Thread Terrell Brown
Dorie Rae Gallagher said Getting back to Uptown...we have a Downtown...we don't need two. I can see some 3-4 stories but that is personal preference. I like to see sky, open spaces, unique buildings and not rubber stamped housing that's 12 stories creating shadows and mold on the neighbors. just

Re: [Mpls] Re: Lagoon Project (Uptown)

2005-06-07 Thread Harvey Zuckman
I do object to the Lagoon project for many reasons, first and foremost is not about the project itself, but about the intense demand for development in the Uptown area with no consideration to how all these developments will burden the infrastructure. This is just one of several projects on the

Re: [Mpls] Re: Lagoon Project (Uptown)

2005-06-07 Thread David Greene
Dorie Rae Gallagher wrote: Part of this is self-interest. I own a single-family home in the Wedge and there has been lots of tension lately over rezoning parts of the neighborhood to eliminate single-family homes. I like the historic character of my neighborhood and I want to preserve the

[Mpls] Pension Promises and City Budgets

2005-06-07 Thread WLDJ36
The current issue of BusinessWeek has the cover story Sinkhole: How Public Pension Promises Are Draining State and City Budgets. Although this problem has been discussed on this list along with the links to SOUTHWEST JOURNAL and STAR TRIBUNE stories, interesting that the problem is now

[Mpls] Reminder - Tomorrow, Zimmermann @ Maria's re: 311

2005-06-07 Thread Collins, Natalie M
Council Member Zimmermann will meet constituents in the back room at Maria's Café tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. Stop by for coffee, conversation, and delicious corn pancakes! We will discuss 311: Minneapolis One Call with Steven Bosacker. The One Call system, scheduled to begin next January,

[Mpls] Public pensions...

2005-06-07 Thread George Janssen
The current issue of BusinessWeek has the cover story Sinkhole: How Public Pension Promises Are Draining State and City Budgets. Although this problem has been discussed on this list along with the links to SOUTHWEST JOURNAL and STAR TRIBUNE stories, interesting that the problem is now

[Mpls] RE: Mpls Digest, Vol 18, Issue 12

2005-06-07 Thread Angela Dawson
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[Mpls] Taking the recreation out...

2005-06-07 Thread RyanTCurry
I don't think the proposed stadium on Nicollet Island should move forward at all without an overwhelming public expression of support. But, should it move forward, Liz W's point stands regardless of whether or not the plot of land in question was, is, or ever will be generating revenue. I

Re: [Mpls] Re: Lagoon Project (Uptown)/Hiawatha

2005-06-07 Thread Dorie Rae Gallagher
Nokomis? I don't understand why you object to my support for the project. Apparently, welcoming a project like this in one's own neighborhood two blocks from one's own house is NIMBY and is not equivalent in legitimacy to opinions from the other side of the city. David Greene I don't

[Mpls] Photo Cop/ Photo Op/ RT cited on West Bro

2005-06-07 Thread PennBroKeith
The Northside welcomed Hissoner today at West Bro and Lyndale. The Press, and a friendly phalanx of Mpls. Finest in-blue, were in view on the corners of Lyndale N. and West Bro. Beaming for the camera; RT, I am sure, was extolling the promise of the Brave New World of Photo Cop. I look forward

[Mpls] Neal St Anthony does Puff Piece on Colin Powell Center Boondoggle

2005-06-07 Thread Eva Young
This is following up on my post here yesterday (reprinted on Lloydletta): http://lloydletta.blogspot.com/2005/06/colin-powell-in-town-to-raise-money.html Neal St Anthony does a puff piece on the Colin Powell Youth Center: