On 7/6/05 11:02 PM, Nick Frank [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Madeline Douglass Said:
Neither Loring Park, Lowry Hill or Elliot Park need to be over-run
with these monolithic skypollutin towers. These neighborhoods
are the historic heart of Minneapolis. They should not be glassed
and steeled and
TB wrote...
We have acres of parks, lakes and a river that will never be built
on and provide both open spaces and recreational opportiunities.
You are making some pretty big assumptions here. I don't know if you
have been watching the MPRB in action lately but protecting our open
spaces
An alert reader sent me the 2003 tax return for PPL.
Data from PPL's first page of their 990 tax form:
Total revenue: $12,638,071
Total Expenses: $ 9,045,437
Excess income: $ 3,592,634
On page 3 of the balance sheet, PPL's Cash - non-interest-bearing account
was $6,128,302 at the end of
None of this is to malign the good people in the
Bernard campaign or the good people who support
Persons. It is however, a strike against this Karl
Rovian campaign and tone that Scott Persons is
seemingly conducting. This will not stand.
Mr. Remington.
city council candidate
Note to Mr.
Is Mr. McGuire saying that lack of state funding and the uncertainty about
how much funding schools will have in the coming biennium has very little
to do with teacher instability? Or is he hiding behind the state law
construction (as opposed to state action) so that he can lay the blame on
the
In Ballot Box: More on the Remington-Persons fracas
Go to: http://www.mplsobserver.com and click on Ballot Box
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Britt Robson asks: Finally, if peformance pay for teachers really becomes a
part
of the state solution to ending the shutdown, how will that affect teachers
in the MPS?
Brandt: Minneapolis teachers for several years have had a pay-for-performance
option that a number of teachers use, albeit
Britt Robson wrote:
Is Mr. McGuire saying that lack of state funding and the uncertainty about
how much funding schools will have in the coming biennium has very little
to do with teacher instability?
Yes.
Or is he hiding behind the state law
construction (as opposed to state action) so
In his letter to the Minneapolis Observer, City Council candidate
Ralph Remington accuses his opponent Scott Persons of being slimy and
manipulative, vile and petty, and (as if straining for the worst
epithet of all) Karl Rovian. All this in the process of complaining
about the tone of the Persons
Nick said:
We clearly have a lot of people in the city who prefer more intensity in
land use (tall buildings) rather than less. Why shouldn't we allow them a
place to live in our city? If not in the neighborhoods that are around
downtown, then where?
How are we not allowing them a place to
Minneapolis Folks,
The height of buildings has been an important discussion on this list for
several months.
I support larger-taller buildings because of the density it will help to
create, which will benefit development of mass transit, and help to slow the
sprawling development in our
I say it must be balanced with the quality of life issues high rises create.
I don't disagree that we should increase density and encourage mass transit
by almost any means necessary, including quality buildings higher than a
couple/three stories, but you can have ghettos going up 30 floors or
If tenants don't pay for the services they receive,
then the landlord has
to pay for them.
Since when? Aside from illegal duplexes I've
never heard of a landlord providing phone or electric
services.
Heat sure, but that's rolled into the rent.
Jon
Gee, what an innovative idea! But for a really innovative idea, why not
have those plainclothes cops ticket bicyclists who run stop lights and signs
and break every traffic regulation known to personkind?
And while they're at it, they might begin to enforce the speed limits on the
park bike
--- Jon Gorder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If tenants don't pay for the services they
receive,
then the landlord has
to pay for them.
Since when? Aside from illegal duplexes I've
never heard of a landlord providing phone or
electric
services.
Heat sure, but that's
Bill Cullen wrote:
Armidillo flats has been a problem for years. ... talking about the
Bogus Boys at Armidillo Flats.
She elaborated on how the police don’t help. The gang bangers
are not from Armidillo flats. The bangers know people at the building, but
the residents are not involved.
Phyllis Kahn writes: Sure wish they would do this in Minnesota:Bicycle Traps
Coming to Utah ...You've heard of speed traps but have you heard of a bicycle
trap? Five
Utah police agencies will be participating in a state-sponsored crackdown
on motorists who aren't sharing the roads with
Ray said:
Gee, what an innovative idea! But for a really innovative idea, why not have
those plainclothes cops ticket bicyclists who run stop lights and signs and
break every traffic regulation known to personkind?
And while they're at it, they might begin to enforce the speed limits on the
Nick said:
We clearly have a lot of people in the city who prefer more intensity in
land use (tall buildings) rather than less. Why shouldn't we allow them a
place to live in our city? If not in the neighborhoods that are around
downtown, then where?
Chris Johnson Said:
How are we not allowing
I propose that the city offer to except the height restriction if the
developer limits sale and rental to people that do not own an automobile.
For instance you could have enough parking spaces for 10 automobiles (10
units), and rent or sell to another 20, 30, or more people that did not
own
We find Ralph Remington to be a good person and
candidate for Ward 10. He has a great understanding of
the issues and concerns facing our neighborhood.
Whenever we've engaged him with tough questions on
issues that we care about, he has always been
forthright and direct. Directness is important
Keith asks: What ever happened with the proposed, Flop on the Floor , at
Seven Corners, West Bank? Was it ever opened? Is it still operating? Here is
one
more, and poetic, journey down memory lane I found while searching the
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