As to the local aspect of the Minnesota [anti?]-"Patriot" Act and related bills, it would be informative to find out where Minneapolis legislators stand on the significant aspects of the proposed bills.
For example, how about the provision that requires all higher education institutions to make regular reports about the activities of all its "foreign" students to the Minnesota Attorney General? How about the provision that defines "terrorism" to include damage to property? Then there is the Emergency Health Powers Act, which [as I understand it] allows the governer to declare a state of emergency, and be permitted to make all sorts of intrusions on liberty and property that would never otherwise be allowed, and further prevents the actions from being challenged in court for 60 days. There is also another attempt to again make the pledge of allegiance mandatory in public schools. Proponents are obviously taking advantage of the political atmosphere to pass a bill that previously died in the Senate. It is important for our legislators to share their thoughts on these issues that most would probably agree to have significant local impact. Jordan Kushner Powderhorn, SD 61B List Manager wrote: > > Despite Doug's tastes, the Minnesota Patriot act is not a > Minneapolis-specific issue, it is a statewide one. Please take any > discussion on this statewide matter to our sibling forum, > Minnesota-Politics-Discuss, which can be found at > http://www.e-democracy.org. > > Also, on crows: it was me, acting as list manager, who asked that > crow-talk be kept strictly local. I'd appreciate it if people would > abide by that, given the local charter, rules, and purpose of our forum. > > David Brauer > List manager > > > People should be aware that the Minnesota House of Representatives is > > preparing to pass a state version of the Patriot Act. Like the Federal > law, > > this is being passed without a real debate and is completely under the > radar > > of the establishment media (but then, what else is new?) The authors > are Tuma > > and Stanek and the Civil Law committee of the house will be having > some sort > > of hearing on it Monday Feb. 4th at 10:15 am. The bill number is > HF2746 and > > more information may be obtained at http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us./ > Let's > > not allow them to sneak this repressive legislation past us like the > feds did! > > > > On a completely different topic, I want to take issue with the person > who > > posted a letter telling us not to stray off the topic of Minnesota > while > > discussing crows. I just love these stories and don't care where they > come > > from. Especially any more stories about crow funerals! bring them on! > > _______________________________________ > > 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 > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________ 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
