Vance Opperman will be a guest tomorrow on the Jason Lewis show the 7:00 hour -- AM 1500. So folks from Minneapolis Issues should call in to talk about it.
Jason Lewis was ranting about stadium boondoggles today -- and will be doing the same tomorrow -- one of the topics which I agree with him on. Apparently there is going to be a Save the Twins rally on Sunday -- I might go by there with a sign that says "Save the Taxpayers" -- that's who is going to be left holding the bag. Old and New Math I agree with the comments about the wisdom of using calculators in math classes. What you don't learn by using calculators is a sense of whether the answer you get makes sense or not -- that's the type of thing one learns by solving problems by hand. When I taught Chemistry at River Falls, some students were using calculators to multiply by 1. I thought that rather depressing. As one of the math professors says at the U -- Mathmaticians solve the problems Physicists plug numbers into a formula Engineers plug numbers into a formula but use the WRONG formula And English Majors don't know what the heck you are talking about. The Property Owner for November is out on the stands..... Meanwhile the Property Owner leads with an editorial in favor of stadium funding. I thought I was reading the Star Tribune for a minute. Some rather interesting -- and prophetic lines from the October edition: "Of course we might eventually elect honest people to the Council who would be helpful to the city, not taking it as a 'public trough from which to munch strawberries.' " Then in the November issue regarding Jackie Cherryhomes..... "Community activist Jim McCauley provided hard hitting articles that drove the stake through the most powerful person at City Hall, and shepherded work of lawn signs, phone banks, and limos provided for voters to win the removal of Cherryhomes from city offices. "She will forever be remembered for helping loose the City's bond rating by eroding the tax base with over 15,000 boarded up and demolished units. R.I.P. Jackie." Eva Eva Young Central ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/freevideo/ _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
