Keith says: I can easily understand anyone wishing for ...a more reasonable
deal when facing a 22 thousand dollar assessment for a repaving project. (see
Wizard, below)
Is it correct that Wizard's homestead, being residential, is already assessed
at a MUCH lower rate than an otherwise equal
Nick Coleman puts a face on the tragedy of an elected group of politicians
who seem incapable of either managing the City, and in addition is incapable
of fixing their mistakes when slapped in the face with them. Elected people
who tout their Executive Skills and management ability, yet whose
I don't find my self agreeing with Mr. Graham a whole lot on this list,
but he does have a point regarding the new stormwater fees.
It makes absolutely no sense that a duplex on the same size lot with
the same amount of impervious surface as my single family home is
paying $25.00 more a month
The article still reads as another story on how the rich are getting
richer and sticking it to the poor.
for example:
It is lovely to read politicians bragging that our taxes aren't going
up. But read the fine print: It's just the wealthiest whose taxes
aren't going up. The widows are paying
I found Council Member Johnson-Lee's comments regarding the elimination of
General College at the University of Minnesota offensive. Give me a break!
She calls the desire to eliminate the General College elitist and racist.
She clearly does not know what she is talking about, hasn't taken the
--- John Erwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let's remember that my response was to Natalie
Johnson Lee's public comments
where she suggested that the University (and by
extension its administration
and faculty) was racist and elitist because in a
time of significant budget
constraints the U
Incidentally,
I do think that I stepped over the decorum line with some of my personal
comments directed at Natalie and I apologize for that to the list and
Natalie.
However, I still contend that issues related to the existence of GC are not
motivated by racism or elitism as was suggested!
Message: 6
from: John Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Stormwatergate, con't.-The Fraud and Denial
They way i see it, the storm water fee collected was not very
accurate when tied to how much water you used. so for years and
years, the high water user was footing the bill for those
John Erwin wrote:
The faculty, administration and staff are trying to enhance a world class
institution in Minnesota in a competitive world. 70% of the people who are
attracted to this institution from out of the state stay in Minnesota! The U
of M provides jobs, much funding from outside of
As a Comcast customer I disagree with your review of the company.
being a directv and a cell phone only user, i only get my highspeed
internet from time warner. comcast charges $10 more a month for users
of only the cable internet service if they don't get cable tv. I am
not arguing if that
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dean Carlson writes:
an owner of a single family home, duplex or fourplex on a
5,000 square foot lot with best green intentions is not going to be
constructing rain gardens, drainage swales, green roofs, or any of the
other suggestions listed. To think otherwise is just
As a state land grant university supported by taxpayer dollars, the
University of Minnesota must make General College work or have some
alternative for
poorly prepared Minnesota high school students with a Minneapolis high school
diploma. If General College is closed with no alternative,
Sound familiar?
The fact is, investment in a new convention center often doesn't end
with the facility itself. Faced with convention centers that are
routinely failing to deliver on the promises of their proponents and the
forecasts of their feasibility study consultants, many cities wind up,
John Erwin writes:
I found Council Member Johnson-Lee's comments regarding the elimination
of General College at the University of Minnesota offensive. Give me a
break! She calls the desire to eliminate the General College elitist and
racist. She clearly does not know what she is talking
--- John Erwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
EVERYONE has access to the University of Minnesota.
Minnesota residents pay
significantly less for that access than anyone.
However, the standards are
increasing as the University is trying to attract
the best students from and
to Minnesota. If a
I am crazy about my Time Warner - AOL high speed Internet cable and Time
Warner cable television. I hope Comcast offers the same Internet cable and
cable
television lineup at the same price and that all I have to do is memorize a
new channel lineup. I hope the competition from satellite
Peter Vevang writes:
Many respectable people disagree with your view, it isn't fair to
belittle them or call them naive. It makes me angry that you would
say that.
Many respectable people have wanted to overhaul General College for
many years, and it isn't fair to call them racist or elitist.
I would like to tell you my experience with the city on this. I posted here
right after my first bill about the fact that my water bill went up by $20+,
a 60% increase. I called the city and, after some discussion, discovered
that my home was shown as a duplex, something that hasn't been true
The Crystal experience with Comcast may be good, but all one has to do
is check one of the tech news sites (broadbandreports.com, techweb.com)
or Google comcast+outage and there is plenty of evidence that they are
not performing well in other markets.
On Friday, April 22, 2005, at 11:12 AM,
Jim Graham writes:
In my community hundreds of poor homeowners are being defrauded and
stolen from by the City, just as Jan Gustafson is. They, like Jan, are
being told to PROVE IT before we will stop stealing from you. Elderly,
and the trusting, and in some cases less educated people are
And John, your experience at the university includes
being at the university as a person of color from a
disadvantaged background as a freshman undergrad?
I find your immediate presupposition to judge others
perspectives and experiences which you don't share to
be offensive and would have
Dean,
As a Comcast customer I disagree with your review of the company. Also a
few factual inaccuracies, Comcast has digital phone service, I have 4 lines
in my house from Comcast (also at a fraction of Qwest's prices). I have
always had good service from Comcast.
Brian Hanf
Crystal
Date:
In a way, the University, probably the single greatest asset in and of the
State of Minnesota, is responsible for this problem of trying to get rid of
General College, something they have been attempting to do for twenty or
more years.
Their own ego prevented them from emulating the University of
It is.
I am a product of Upward Bound and Trio/GC. Many working class and people of
color benefited from the environment and support being acclimated to the
University culture. This will gravely impact mobility for many persons that
deserve a second or third chance with the supportive
I do not have a problem with MCTC per se, however, I am concerned that
someone on this list cited a statistic that students that transfer in from a
two
year community college are less likely to get a degree from the U than
students who start at General College. If this is true, we need to
Becca Vargo Daggett wrote:
Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:25:49 -0700
Jeanne brings up the most important point - who will own it, whose rules
will guide operation?
That owner will have a natural monopoly over citywide wireless.
This is a big concern for me. Becca, I don't know if you you used the
The following press release was distributed today by Stonewall DFL.
Paul R Skrbec
Inver Grove Heights
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
STONEWALL DFL ELECTS NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PRESENTS ALLAN SPEAR AWARD
Additional endorsements for Minneapolis races also announced.
(Saint Paul, MN) April 21, 2005 -
There's a distressing article in today's Strib regarding consolidation
in the cable industry resulting in Comcast taking over Time Warner's
franchise in Minneapolis
http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5362049.html
As someone who has cable TV, High Speed Internet Access, and Digital
Phone
Dean Carlson writes:
Coleman's article also highlighted another absurdity with
stormwatergate and that is the information on how to reduce the amount
of drainage from your lot. The information is appropriate for a
developer of a new subdivision or a large lot apartment building but
I'm sorry, an
On Apr 22, 2005, at 2:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a state land grant university supported by taxpayer dollars, the
University of Minnesota must make General College work or have some
alternative for
poorly prepared Minnesota high school students with a Minneapolis
high school
diploma.
The beautifully renovated Franklin Community Library, a Carnegie library built
in 1914, opens for service on Saturday May 7, 2005 with grand opening
festivities planned from 12:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The oldest community library
in the city, Franklin is the Minneapolis Public Library's fourth
Let's remember that my response was to Natalie Johnson Lee's public comments
where she suggested that the University (and by extension its administration
and faculty) was racist and elitist because in a time of significant budget
constraints the U of M is looking at eliminating the General
I'm curious whether any of you have high school students who have noticed any
impacts from the cut in high school counselors this school year in Minneapolis.
Are students able to access counselors, get applications off to colleges, get
letters of reference, get help in finding jobs, etc.
I'd suggest that unless the city makes some early adjustments to how
billing is done for stormwater runoff that the whole idea of billing at
all for it is going to be lost. It's obvious that some things just
weren't contemplated when the initial system was setup. Unless some
fixes are put in
A recent article in Clamor Magazine, Down to the Wire Defending
Community WiFi from Verizon and Telecomm Giants by Gwen Shaffer
describes how other cities around the country, Philadelphia included,
seem to have found that when they try to develop cheap wifi they run
into resistance from large
Both sides of people on this issue make arguments that
I don't understand.
If the argument is elitism, then opponents of the GC
closure ought to be careful to avoid labeling 2 year
and 4 year MnSCU institutions as inferior to the U.
Incautious and fired-up GC defenders have been tossing
around a
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's a distressing article in today's Strib regarding consolidation
in the cable industry resulting in Comcast taking over Time Warner's
franchise in Minneapolis
http://www.startribune.com/stories/535/5362049.html
I too saw this article and was equally
Becca Vargo Daggett wrote:
Many respectable people have wanted to overhaul General College for
many years, and it isn't fair to call them racist or elitist. And I
don't think John was out of line to point out that Councilmember
Johnson Lee isn't making a good faith effort to understand where
I second Bill's comments. We live on a 4,500 sq ft lot. We put a rain garden
on our boulevard strip a couple of years ago (one day of digging), and last
year we tore up the back half of our driveway (maybe 500 sq ft) both to reduce
the stormwater running off our property and to add some more
New Trails and park improvements of the Upper river:
_http://www.minneapolisparks.org/documents/design/AboveFalls.pdf_
(http://www.minneapolisparks.org/documents/design/AboveFalls.pdf)is the
work of a
citizen task force working with the Park Board and Close Landscape architects
on
a
780 is not enough, editorialists say...
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5364572.html
David Brauer
List manager
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I can't lurk on this any longer -- I too am very uncomfortable with people
acting like the community college system is inferior. The community
colleges provide an extremely valuable education for many many students.
Some transfer to a four year institution, some use their education to get
jobs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Release 22 Apr 2005
Eighth Ward/DFL Convention Food Shelf Drive
Dear Delegate:
The shelves at Sabathani Community Food and Clothing Bank are running low and
need replenishing. There is, however, an easy solution!
Bringing just five or ten pounds of non-perishable
Thanks Aaron for your comments. I did not mean to
imply that Community Colleges were inferior but I do
think for many students who plan on getting a 4 year
degree and are the first individual in their family to
attend college, the general college offers an
opportunity to get acclimated to the
I found Bill Kahn's post both inaccurate as well as amusing. Perhaps Bill
should have read several of my previous posts on the subject, or perhaps he
did and just was unable to understand what I actually said. But Bill,
please read slowly so as to not miss this. I said the stormwater change
The StarTribune editorial on the need for more police officers on the street
is correct. But will the elected politicians and the Chief listen in time?
Minneapolis simply needs, and must have, more police officers. As many
readers know I have pushed the Mayor for almost four years to create a
Perhaps you can tell us what kind of online channel guide Comcast uses. I
like Time Warner's guide very much and find it much harder to use the TV
GUIDE system on my mother's system in the St Croix valley.
Steven M Nelson
Willard Hay
http://citizenshipchronicles.blogspot.com/
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