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Why did the district decide that it would ax 23 of its 88 music
teachers in June?
Steve Brandt wrote that vocal music teacher, Tara Stevenson, is
gone from Field School in Minneapolis, another example of a talented
young teacher lost
While the restoring some of the funds cut from LGA is welcomed and sorely
needed; it highlights the complications and consequences of funding
essential services, such as fire and police, from outside revenue sources.
LGA, after all, is a statewide program that levels the playing field for
My first job was at Great Northern Depot as a waitress the summer '62 before
going to MCAD. Great life lessons
were learned from Red Caps, a boss that pinched, and getting up at 3am to
walk from 22nd 1st to the Depot
at 17.
Second job that year was doing the Christmas windows at Woolworths
Below: An invitation to an Open House sponsored by Hennepin County and
Robbinsdale to highlight the fabulous road design plan for that City. We are
all
links on a chain called Highway 81, West Broadway here, and Bottineau Blvrd.
along the rest of, suburban, Highway 81 to Maple Grove and beyond.
As I sat through a 5 1/2 hour Park Board Meeting, I had plenty of time to
reflect on some of the problems at the Park Board and how they occur.
There has been a lot of conversation about the Park Board on this list and I
am sure it can be confusing to follow all this.
So here is a specific
Press release from the mayor's office:
Mayor Rybak to Budget
New City Money for Public Safety, Cops
snip State and federal governments have cut 120 cops from Minneapolis
streets since 2000.
[TB] More accurately: The Mayor and City Councils budgeting priorities
have reduced the size of
Terrell Brown states:
The city had options available to avoid or reduce this reduction
If they could, would you please list them for me? I'm sure others would
also be interested. Thank you
Anne McCandless
Jordan
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Megan Goodmundson wrote:
Mark Anderson asks a question: How exactly does having a rich section in
one's district make a council person more powerful?
When you were a kid growing up, did you want to always get stuck with the
'broken toys' or the hand-me-downs? Wasn't nice to have at least some
By accepting LGA, the city has
abdicated a portion of its ability to meet citizens needs and relies on a
subsidy
Subsidy???
What a pile of crap! You've fallen hook, line, sinker for the State
Republicans line that this money is somehow state money to be given to
Minneapolis out of
Tim Bonham's post is thought provoking. I've heard many say that 2/3 of
the state's revenue comes from the metro but only 1/3 is reinvested
there - but that's so often stated with so little backup that it's
almost urban legend.
Does anyone have the real numbers? What percentage of state
Mark,
There are many ways the money in a ward benefits the citizens. City
Councilpersons have the ability and obligation to look out for their
constituents. When Cub came to the Northside, a lot of people talked to
them about how important it was that jobs be made available to Northside
Barry Clegg writes:
Tim Bonham's post is thought provoking. I've heard many say that 2/3 of
the state's revenue comes from the metro but only 1/3 is reinvested
there - but that's so often stated with so little backup that it's
almost urban legend.
Does anyone have the real numbers? What
Bob Spaulding's message about property taxes was forwarded to the List. It
was a very good and clear explanation about how property taxes work. But
his description of TIF taxes wasn't right so I thought I'd clear that up.
Bob wrote:
ONE PROPERTY GETS A TIF DISTRICT; OTHERS PAY THE PRICE. TIF
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[Mpls] Carol Johnson's Legacy/Forcing youth to emulate gangsta rap
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For every four elms we lose, one tree is being planted.
The Strib profiles grassroots efforts to deal with Dutch Elm Disease:
Cathy Standing and other residents in the Cedar-Isles-Dean neighborhood of
Minneapolis have been
protecting their trees since the 1980s and have held onto a lot of
Not having the eloquence of others, nor apparently the fiscal insight, it seems
to me that if the city receives nearly every penny it sends off to the state;
why then does it need to wait at the doorstep as a poor suffering waif only
to have its own money given back under an elaborate set of
Don't know the reporter but I do know of Linda Leonard. She is as coca cola
would say the real thing. She is dedicated to her neighborhood and works
hard to have a positive impact on the future of the environment she lives in.
If there were more like her, the inner-city would be safer,
THIS WEEK IN THE OBSERVER:
* Heller to Sell Last of West Bank Holdings
* Park Board Will Trim Lake Calhoun Sailing Village Proposal
* North High Offering Summer Construction Trades Program
* Edison Arena, Hockey Program in Financial Trouble
Go to: http://www.mplsobserver.com
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Craig Cox
We get a lot of that in Jordan as well. Just this Saturday at around 4 or so
the corner of 26th and Knox was alive with the sounds of a street corner
revival. They kept it short, picked up some trash and didn't come knock on my
door. They're welcome to come back anytime. They tend to tick
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