I've been a Campaign Chair or Treasurer for School Board campaigns for the
past half-dozen or so elections, and have talked with a whole lot of
teachers during this time.
By far, the most common reason they give for the concentration of more
experienced teachers at specific schools is one
How does any of this justify the county paying tenants to move out?
The county did the right thing by giving the tenants as much
notice as possible and adaquate compensation for their moving
expenses.
The
county should not interfere with a private business in such a matter.
Agreed, it
The triage continues... 310 25th Avenue North continues to be
occupied by the same homeless thugs who've been hanging around our
block for the better part of a year now. During their tenure the
newly installed wiring in the rehabbed fourplexes up the street has
disappeared. The water and
Ray Marshall
Hiawatha
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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 23:00:01 -0500
From: Chris Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Lagoon Project and Other Uptown Developments
Uptown resident for 6 years, ECCO homeowner for 4 years, Uptown patron since
1979.
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Chris Johnson
Dyna et al,
I am stunned at your comments. From what I have read, Ms. LaVanier is not
asking for a buy out. Why would you consider the government seizure of
property against an owner's will as corporate buyout?
I did not know Ms. LaVanier's original purchase price of the property.
However,
I have read the words..*.this is the city, don't like it move to Lakeville*.
Reminds me that because I am against the war
I am not a patriot, move out of the country God save the dissenter!
David asked how many stories...I favor 8 max. That height seems the best to be
an intergal part of
Terrell Brown wrote:
City of Minneapolis seeks new Mayor and City Council members (13) for 4
year terms beginning January 2006. All positions pay livable wages. The
annual rate of pay for Mayor is currently $92,376.42 The annual rate of
pay for Council Members is currently $70,312.60,
Tim is absolutely right on this being one of the major reasons teachers
move. It's also a big factor in families moving kids from one school to
another.
Work on the seniority issues for principals will go a long way to
solving the teacher seniority issues.
Dan McGuire
Ericsson
Tim Bonham
I want to apologize to the forum readers and real estate developers in general
for some of the coarse language I used in describing them in my posting about
the Lagoon project.
I'm sorry.
It was late and I was suffering a bad headache, so I will plead that I wasn't
thinking straight, by the
Once again, when anyone disagrees with him, Michael A decides to call
that person a racist, and a segregationist.
He doesn't seem to feel any desire to engage in answering my question
which was to ask how do we get teachers to WANT to take on the
challenge of high-poverty schools? Name-calling
Keith says;
Lowry Corridor stakeholder Jamie LaVanier E-mailed quick summary of her
experience at 3123 6th street. As legal issues are pending, the actual numbers
have
been with held from view. The numbers are not important for a property
investor/citizen has the right to buy, sell or hold
In Ballot Box: Notes from the 2nd, 12th, and 10th Ward Council races
Go to: http://www.mplsobserver.com and click on Ballot Box
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REMINDERS:
Chris Johnson wrote:
In the former vein, there is David Greene's statement: We have a
million more people moving into the area over the next 25 years and they
have to live _somewhere_. Wow. It sounds like darn near a crisis, and
gosh, well, many of those million people will need to live in
At the corner of 34th and Bryant, just a block and a
half from Patterson's house, a pair of blue Converse
high-tops dangle from the electrical wire crossing the
street, an indicator that dope can be purchased at the
intersection. On the southwest corner two kids, around
14 years old by Patterson's
http://urbanlegends.about.com/cs/factoids/a/sneakers.htm
should have included this in my original post. looks
like another drug buying selling myth
Another folk belief holds that teenage boys who've
just scored for the first time (i.e., lost their
virginity) heave an old pair of sneakers over
EK == Ed Kohler [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
EK I'm still trying to understand the resistance to the Lagoon
EK Project.
Here are four reasons why I resist the project:
1. It seems to reflect a capricious flouting of the existing zoning
ordinances and planning. I don't want to see
David Greene wrote:
Chris Johnson wrote:
In the former vein, there is David Greene's statement: We have a
million more people moving into the area over the next 25 years and
they have to live _somewhere_. Wow. It sounds like darn near a
crisis, and gosh, well, many of those million
Joan Thom, Hawthorne writes,
In all the comments I've read I don't see anyone placing responsibility on
the PARENTS of the children. The facts I want to know behind each test score is
how many days the child has been in school and how many different schools the
child has attended. Everyone
hi - i'm new to the forum here. i posted about the lagoon project on my
candidate's blog yesterday (i'm running in ward ten)
www.candidatemoore.blogspot.com
it seems to me that most people in the ward and the city are fine with a
thirteen-story building in the heart of a commercial/retail
Ed Kohler wrote:
First reported 3/28/2005 (Central):
Alley between 4th and 5th Ave S North of 31st St
This alley is notorious for drug dealers, gang bangers, and hookers--not
to mention graffiti that the businesses try to keep up with, but can't
always. I'll alert the guys at Aftercare,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nevertheless, I would still like to see some discussion of how
teachers could be made to want to take on this challenge. And I'd
like to see the school system do this by leveling UP, not leveling
down.
I think one part of the solution is to recruit bright kids from
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Ed Kohler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BTW, David Greene has been suggesting that tons of people are going to
be moving in in the near future. Is this really true? My impression
is that, with exceptions in favored neighborhoods, the central
Forwarded on behalf of Phillips West Neighborhood
Organization:
As you're all aware there has been an increase in
violence with in the Phillips community over the last
week. In a response to the violence, Phillips West
has gathered forces with MADDADS, Phillips Weed
Seed, Powderhorn, Central
Steve Brandt, Star Tribune (education beat) writes,
...overall there's a clear pattern that high-poverty schools have
less-experienced teachers, and there's a correlation between that and test
scores.
The district did a correlation analysis a year ago that covered middle
schools and the
Eva Young wrote:
The Pride map had included an entry for Minnesota
Secretary of State - at booth number 2009. There was
a booth 2008 and booth 2010 which had tenants. Booth
number 2009 was unoccupied.
I remember last year Kiffmeyer claimed to have been at
TC Pride - and noone recalled
In response to Ed Kohler's post on trying to get Xcel to remove the shoes
hanging over power lines:
We have lots of those on the northside, too. My suggested solution is not
to take the shoes down but for all of us to visit the thrift stores, buy
pairs of shoes, tie the laces together and to
Dyna said:
Agreed, it should not be the job of government to provide
corporate welfare to bail out businesses that make dumb investments.
In the instant case, Ms. LaVanier paid $400,000 in March 2004 for a
building with a taxable market value of $284,000. This is a 8 unit
building in a
Terrell == Terrell Brown Terrell writes:
Terrell - Original Message -
Terrell From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Terrell To: Ed Kohler [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BTW, David Greene has been suggesting that tons of people are going to
be moving in in the near future. Is this
WOW! a $139,000 jump in valuation in one year? If anything, I would say
this favors the landlord.
The thing I am left scratching my head over is how someone can plunk-down
$400k for the purchase of a property and NOT know it's going to be taken for
a redevelopment project a year later.
And
Chris Johnson wrote:
This is a question of urban planning. Do we really want to increase the
already excessive land area of the metro? It is extremely expensive
to run services (bus, sewers, etc.) out into the exurbs. Our metro area
is going to be in for a major change over the next
Comments such as this:
For goodness' sake, what the HELL is wrong with this list that the
level of civility is so INSANELY LOW? Why do no posters even CONSIDER
THE POSSIBILITY that a person with different opinions might be missing
horns, a forked tongue and a trident?
...are really
Of course she wasn't there, that really goes without
saying - last year
too. Even if her booth was there, it would have
been staffed with
employees, she wouldn't have likely come.
Mark Richie, DFL candidate for Secretary of State,
on the other hand, WAS
there. He walked the route
Subject: Harriet SE and Calhoun 32nd St. Beaches Closed
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:23:04 -0500
The Harriet SE Beach and the Calhoun 32nd Street Beach are temporarily
closed today due to high bacteria levels. The E. coli results from
yesterday are over the EPA's guideline of 235.
The high
DENNIS PLANET WROTE:
It seems to me that requesting the list of emailers to MTN on the issue goes
way beyond what most would consider doing.
I have been accused of being very tenacious in matters I care deeply about.
And I am sure that most on this list know I feel very strongly about who the
Robert P. Goldman wrote:
Once again, when anyone disagrees with him, Michael A decides to
call that person a racist, and a segregationist.
Excuse me?
He doesn't seem to feel any desire to engage in answering my question
which was to ask how do we get teachers to WANT to take on the
WizardMarks wrote: You're right, though, around here shoes on the wires are
a signal about where to look for drugs.
Ed Kohler: Those are the ones I'm after. As Mark Wilde pointed out, there is
little good information on why shoes end up on power lines. I don't know for
sure why they're there
A couple of years back when the Park Board dedicated a new totlot at
Clinton Field off 25th and Clinton Ave. So. there were probably 15-20
pairs of shoes across an electric wire. When I asked what that was all
about I was told it was a Latino sign for something and no one else seemed
to know
On 6/28/05 1:33 AM, Dyna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I finally managed to corner Peter and asked how he would fund the 200 cops
and firefighters that he blames R.T. for losing. His answer- a one time
twenty five million dollar paper transfer from merging Minneapolis pension
programs into he
Dyna writes:
Increase my taxes!- It'd be a lot cheaper for me to pay for
safe streets rather than move out of Minneapolis.
Remember, the current budget - including police staffing cuts - already
assumes a pretty stiff tax hike: 8 percent overall property tax increase per
annum. It will be
Hello List,
I just asked my daughter's friend (who is in his 20's) and he said that the
shoes signify that someone has died. He did not specify whether it was
connected to a gang thing or not. That's all I have on the subject so far.
Pamela Taylor
(Lyndale)
Annie Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tuesday, June 28, 2005, at 08:36 PM, Michael Atherton wrote:
Once again, the point of my argument is that the seniority system
results in poorer educational opportunities for African
American students and I think that the numbers clearly show
that it does. Can we please stay on the same
dennis plante said:
(KR- I will comment in parenthesis)
WOW! a $139,000 jump in valuation in one year? If anything, I would say
this favors the landlord.
(KR- Not germane to the issue of eminent domain; just smoke, sometimes called
a red herring)
The thing I am left scratching my head
We own and live at the property directly north of Clinton Field and
know exactly what Ms. Young has reported regarding shoes and power
lines. After a year of complaining to the MPRB about overgrown brush
on park property directly underneath this power line, a crew finally
cleared it out last fall.
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