I guess I'm lost. If the city does not fund schools, according to Ms.
Collier, who does? I seriously want to know how it breaks down. Does the
state or county fund public schools? If so, than why aren't urban schools as
lavish as the suburban schools.
Oh, and by the way, there is absolute
Carol Becker wrote:
I argue, that higher levels of respect must be earned by people in positions
of leadership. It is not the office one holds that makes the decision, but
the individual. We can all respect the office and still hold the individuals
accountable and criticize/praise their pe
Wow Russell, looks like you offended one of our esteemed "professional"
citizen/resident/volonteers/organizers or what ever they want to be called,
pretty badly. A little too close to home perhaps.
The majority of city residents are trying to make a living and pay the bills,
they don't have
How about a public caning, like they do to graffiti vandals in Singapore?
wade russell
Mholm writes:
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Wow! $110,.000 is sure a lot of money to earn per year for just giving
financial advice and recommendations to city leaders when they request.
Especially when they often don't follow the advice. In fact, Mr Moir
resigned essentially because he was tired of rendering his pr
I think it's terrific that issues have been raised about possible motives
and agendas of the new finance director and those who appointed him. I wish
him well with his new assignment, and I hope he does a fine job for the
citizens of Mpls.
But, if and when, Pat Born begins to broker a
Jan Del Calzo wrote,
"My point is: People just can't go around saying things that aren't true.
Talk radio drives me crazy because people say things that aren't true and
pretty soon dozens of others are quoting it because "They heard it on the
radio, it must be true." This is dangerous, dange
Actually Ann, I was talking about the Pat Born that St. Paul hired in 1999 to
help try and negotiate a deal with the MN twins for a publicly funded
stadium. I was talking about the Pat Born who worked with Milwaukee on the
publicly funded, Miller Park and the Pat Born who worked with St. Loui
To help get their stadium, the mayor and our city coordinator are bringing in
new finance director, Patrick Born. Born has brokered many publicly financed
stadiums and is licking his chops to add another to his list.
wade russell
longfellow
ps. How did, or how will the city council vote t
Exactly! Belton should have made a stand against business extorting city
gov. Instead her and the majority of our city council opened the flood
gates, our services are going down and our taxes are going up. Public trash
cans are being removed as trash is strewn about our community. We h
PRIVATE SCHOOL using public tax dollars? PRIVATE BUSINESSES using public tax
dollars? Supporters of funding private school with tax dollars are wrong
plain and simple. The ever-increasing practice of corporations and other
private entities stealing finances from the public is a threat to our
Isn't it interesting that politicians and the rich talk about responsibility
and accountability when demanding social "welfare reform," but when we talk
about corporate welfare reform or argue against more tax benefits for the
rich, all of a sudden it's class warfare. Don't be fooled by the ri
Just why hasn't the dam been opened up? Isn't Minnehaha Creek deserving of
it's rightful water. The dam is a man-made structure, why should Minnehaha
Creek be allowed to dry up. This is an environmental outrage. I guess while
Minnehaha Falls Park is being paved over and hundreds of trees cu
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