The Official Notice on Dr. Christenson
To: Mayor Sayles Belton
Council Members
Department Heads
Assistant City Coordinators
Finance Department Staff
From: Kathleen O'Brien,City Coordinator
Su
David states:
"John Moir gave several weeks notice."
Yes officially John Moir gave over a month's notice
but the fact of the matter is that most people saw the
handwriting on the wall last spring when Mr. Moir went
very public with his concerns about TIF and the city's
indebtedness reaching dang
This past Saturday I was walking down Nicollet Mall at
approximately 5pm. As I was crossed fifth street i saw
a tall man dressed in black jeans, a black tank top, a
tattoo on his left bicep, carrying a black canvas bag,
with a handgun and holster strapped to his waistband
crossing NSP(Excel)Plaza
I agree with your assessment, especially the question of whether this is
institutional intimidation. There is no doubt that it is. Whether it is
sanctioned as policy, or just the macho image prefferred by a few is quite
another story. The fact that these occurrences happen should be cause for
alar
In a message dated 9/20/00 12:23:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Consider the mindset of an individual bent on exhibiting power, or control,
over others through a show of force. What are the obvious outcomes of
encounters with the citizenry? An even larger concern is the inability of
the dep
We need to consider proportional rep and instant runoff and perhaps other
ideas we haven't heard about yet. The present system does not work well.
It is likely that proportional representation will attract more candidates,
but financing a campaign is still an uphill battle. Will the result be ju
Sorry about the War and Peace posts about the budget. The budget is the
main policy vehicle for the City and because of that, it is very complex.
Budget
I appreciate the debate that Council Member McDonald has brought to the
budget process during her tenure as Council Member. The debate that h
> From: Cameron A. Gordon >
>> ... City Council will still be made up of 13 Council Members but only
six will come from wards ... The other seven 'at large' council members
will be elected from among independents and party lists by all the voters in
the city. ... each voter will have two
David Stack asked about the percentages re the proportional repsentational model
I presented.
I see how my incomplete description led to the confusion
The complete idea is to use what they call a "compensatory" mixed member model
which means that:
1. first you look at a party's/list's overal
At 08:20 PM 9/20/2000 -0500, Dave Stack wrote:
>> From: Cameron A. Gordon >
>
>>> ... City Council will still be made up of 13 Council Members but only
>six will come from wards ... The other seven 'at large' council members
>will be elected from among independents and party lists by all the
Carol,
I really appreciate your diligence in defending and clarifying posts about
the budget. It helps me balance many things. However, I think some of your
assumptions are erroneous as to why some of us have been questioning the use
of TIF. For me, it is not about Monday morning quarterbacking
I haven't had a chance to thoroughly review the current charter, but how
about some good old off the top brainstorming for the Charter Commission to
consider:
1 Proportional Representation
2 Instant Runoff Voting
3 An elected Mayor with clearly delineated role in running the dep
Since I avoid our local corporate media, perhaps some could tell me what
kind of coverage the Friday 22 Nader event at Target Center is getting.
Is there any at all? Or is this news being "managed" in the interests of
Bush & Gore and killing all third parties?
David Shove
From: Dean Myerson
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