Re: [Mpls] Snowmen Statues

2002-11-16 Thread David Strand
Isn't this more or less what the Green Chair project was about? David Strand Loring Park --- ken bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Folks: > > I will not make my decision to support an elected > official based primarily on the snowmen issue. Thank > goodness they opposed this poor copy

(forgot to sign) Re: [Mpls] Snowmen Statues

2002-11-15 Thread Michael C. Libby
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Apologies for the unsigned post! I am: Michael Libby of the Cleveland neighborhood in North Mpls. On Friday 15 November 2002 20:22, Michael C. Libby wrote: > On Friday 15 November 2002 17:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Well, excuse me, can't we jus

Re: [Mpls] Snowmen Statues

2002-11-15 Thread Michael C. Libby
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 15 November 2002 17:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, excuse me, can't we just > have some fun once in awhile? I don't know, can we? Personally I don't think there's anything fun about fiberglass replicas of snowmen (not snow-persons?) i

Re: [Mpls] Snowmen Statues

2002-11-15 Thread KarenCollier
Hear, Hear!  Good post Jan.  I felt exactly the same way.  I also felt a little disgusted because I thought it smacked of elitism and makes smaller communities even more disappointed with "the big city."  In the words of the Art Council it's "not art."  Well, excuse me, can't we just have some fun

Re: [Mpls] Snowmen Statues

2002-11-15 Thread ken bradley
Hello Folks: I will not make my decision to support an elected official based primarily on the snowmen issue. Thank goodness they opposed this poor copycat idea. I think we should have local youth make their own unique statues that represent their communities. Not from factory molds. Created by our

Re: [Mpls] Snowmen Statues

2002-11-15 Thread KHarley471
I have to agree with David here... Though there are more pressing issues to be passionate about, the Peanuts statues are lame, and have made me thoroughly sick of one of my favorite cartoons. (Thank God that St. Paul hasn't picked on Linus yet.) The whole thing has been a corporate, self-promot

Re: [Mpls] Snowmen Statues

2002-11-15 Thread David Brauer
Jan writes: > Oh, come on City Council members, lighten up! This morning's paper carried a > story about a Council Committee's rejection to participating in the Snowmen > statue program for some reasons I truly didn't understand. Now as a person > who has had "Statue Envy" of St. Paul because o

[Mpls] Snowmen Statues

2002-11-15 Thread Delcalzojan
Oh, come on City Council members, lighten up! This morning's paper carried a story about a Council Committee's rejection to participating in the Snowmen statue program for some reasons I truly didn't understand. Now as a person who has had "Statue Envy" of St. Paul because of their wonderful p