According to our last election, Lisa, we're "outa step" with more than the suburbs and hinterlands. Why we even think war in Iraq is insanity. Gotta hairshirt to spare? Anyway, if someone wants to waste corporate money, what can any of us do about it? But I do hope you understand why this is NOT a priority for public money. Taxpayers aren't having any "fun" right now.
I watched the show on Channel 17 last night. Was the List Manager there asking questions about affordable housing? I'm with Eva on the Franklin entrance. I've used it more times than I can count and found it quite useable. Don't have a clue what Wizard Marks is talking about on that. Lynell Mickelson gets at the cultural static that I've talked about. His "problem" is that he'd rather memorize top 40 songs or work on his jump shot. And whose fault is that? Basically, I'd say the TV is the top culprit. And not just because Lynell owns one. Also because the kid's PEERS own one. And kids are very susceptible of peer pressure. We have a country with GARBAGE VALUES folks. Look at what a nurse or teacher earns. And people complain about THAT! Yet, Kevin Garnett makes more in a year than a nurse or teacher will make in their LIFETIMES. And how much hot air emits about that outrage! So, why WOULD the kid think more of learning than a jump shot. I think teachers are swimming UPSTREAM in a raging river! I congratulate them on every kid they DO teach. And I excoriate all the adults who make it so hard by paying SO much attention to entertainment and sports that the entertainers are made cultural heroes. (Yeh, it makes me mad, since I and other childless adults have to pay to try to overcome those influences at school). Another comment on access. The more I read, the more it seems to me that with suburban power now entrenched at the state level, the Minneapolis resistance to building more throughput for suburban drivers on 35W is resurfacing disguised as a "Minneapolis project". The socalled "access' is really a trojan horse for what surrounding communities have tried to ram down Minneapolis throats for years. I noticed Carol Molnau on TV last night hammering on increasing highway capacity. She left it to Tinklenberg and others to talk about transportation alternatives. But her agenda is what Chaska and the other outlying towns want. Face it, folks, this is NOT what Minneapolis asked for. This is the Pawlenty-Day-Swiggum project. They managed to grab everything but the Attorney-General's office; and now they think that what residents of this city want is no longer an important item. And Lisa McDonald chiding us for being "out of step" is simply more fuel for that fire. I guess Lisa thinks we better give them the bigger gulch or we'll pay for it elsewhere. Is the tax increase the first installment of suburbs sticking it to the inner city through Pawlenty and the rest, Lisa? ===== Jim Mork Cooper Neighborhood ------------ Minneapolis is awaiting your input at [EMAIL PROTECTED] (before January 1, 2003) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
