Re: famous, or not so watering holes
OOPS. Forgot to signscatterbrained due to the upcoming holidays I'm sure.. JBurns, Cleveland From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: famous, or not so watering holes Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 18:04:29 EST You didn't sign your post. Valerie Powers Ward 10 _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
RE: Another stadium scheme
Here is the critical quote from the Strib article: "You do something for us, private sector, and we'll (the city) do something for you." It doesn't make any difference if it is cash, TIF financing, land, or some other transaction. Our city hall is determined to get a new stadium, by giving the wealthy private sector our precious community resources. I think the critical quote should be: "Ask not what Minneapolis can do for you, but what you can do for Minneapolis." That is the kind of new leadership we need downtown. Russell W. Peterson Ward 9 Standish R U S S E L L P E T E R S O N D E S I G N "You can only fly if you stretch your wings." Russell W. Peterson, RA, CID Founder 3857 23rd Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55407 612-724-2331 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gary C Bowman, Jr Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 8:56 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Another stadium scheme As I was working OT overnight last night, I had the opportunity to read today's Strib. Once again, we have another stadium scheme. This one takes a little different approach and I'll let you each read the story for yourselves (Sorry, being up all night leaves me a little too tired to do much recapping). Here again we have select members of the Council and a Mayor who are absolutely obstinate and unwilling to hear their constituents who have said repeatedly NO to public outlays to a stadium. I must say that I find it immensely sad and frustrating that a DFL Council and DFL Mayor are continually pushing to take resources out of public hands (say working and middle class peoples hands) and put it into the hands of the immensely wealthy. The questions I have asked before and will ask again of the business community are these: You say that government should stay out of the private market. Why now the big turnaround? Are you going to admit that you don't mind government intervention as long as you are the beneficiary? Furthermore, common sense tells me that if accomplished businesspeople are unwilling to step up to the plate (excuse the pun) to pay for this in its entireity, then why should the clods in government expect to do any better? Obviously, if businesspeople won't in! ! vest in this project, it's a questionable one- at best. I also found it interesting that New Ballpark, Inc. who is pushing the latest stadium schemes and has argued for a smaller stadium that blends more into a neighborhood (in theory something like Wrigley Stadium) earlier this year was talking about a $150 million stadium (if memory serves me correct). Now, in today's article, that number is ballooning to $260-300 million. Should we have any doubt in our minds that with these little changes we will also see changes in how this will go from "mostly privately financed" to something much different? The newest approach to financing a stadium is exactly that, a new approach. However, this new approach still smacks of being nothing more than a shell game to get the public to pay for something businesspeople should be paying for. Off the topic but included in the article in the paper was the announcement that Lisa McDonald is running for Mayor and has also been a staunch critic of public stadium schemes. Get me a lawnsign, Lisa! Gary Bowman, Jr. Ward 1-Audubon Park Gary Bowman, Jr. Ward 1-Aububon Park Get FREE Email/Voicemail with 15MB at Lycos Communications at http://comm.lycos.com
RE: Property Taxes
Brauer, you sound a little defensive here. That wasn't the Minneapolis GOP chair - it was the entire Minneapolis GOP committee who voted to support the library referendum. It voted to support the school referendum as well. And then later requested that this be printed on the GOP sample ballot sent to every Republican in Minneapolis. The Minneapolis GOP chair, Lee Eklund, also wrote and submitted a separate op-ed piece for each, only one of which the Strib printed. How many votes did that add to the pile? Nobody knows, but if you or anybody else wanted to write Lee Eklund a thank you note I'm sure he'll read it to the committee. Adam mentions his own tax ideas and you opine that conservatives have yet to "make a convincing case that they could both restrain spending and intelligently encourage city development through reasonable public investments." Did you pay attention to our last two legislative cycles? We got a tax cut AND a nice bump in education spending. Now I know you are going to tell me that is not Minneapolis, but since Minneapolis hasn't elected a Republican recently, this lets you off just a little too easily. The case has been made, and made resoundingly. Rich Chandler - Ward 9 -Original Message- From: David Brauer This seems contradictory: if we're all DFLers here, and you agree we need to work across party lines, you should have worked to convince us, especially all the 60Bers here. (Plus, Mpls-issues readers are a captive - dare I say fixated? -- audience.) I think Terrell Brown took the time to make moderate Republican points - but aiming his fire more at DFL politicos than DFLers who actually express sympathy with tax frustration. I think the mini-debate that occurred between Terrell and Myron during the summer was great, and am sorry you didn't attempt it here, Adam. However, I must take issue with your complaints that this is a "list of DFLers." The list was set up to be open to all, and there may be a higher percentage of non-DFLers on the list than in the city as a whole. (I think most people haven't disclosed their party affiliation; it's reasonable to think a majority are DFL, given the city's make-up, but never assume!) I welcome any and all non-DFLers to mix it up - a one-sided list isn't much fun. Also, whatever folks' affiliation, this list has been fairly critical of DFL governance of the city. Adam might have exploited that. One excellent way to combat ignorance is to be specific. Instead of basically claiming that anyone who is a DFLer can't complain about property taxes, you'd do well to detail where, exactly you would draw the line about city spending. That way, perhaps, we can look past the label. But so far, it's all been partisan labeling - which I admit I shot back at you. I did check out the Stenberg website. From the issues section: A pledge not to raise taxes (that's nuanced - better hope there aren't emergencies, recessions, welfare reform doesn't crash, and god forbid additional investments that might actually be worth it.) The phrase "government monopoly on education" - code for vouchers (without actually saying so.) Pro-life. Pro-death penalty. Anti-same sex marriage. No public incentives for affordable housing other than property tax cuts. On these major, major issues, all GOP boilerplate - not that a GOPer can't have that, but not one claiming to break the mold. There are a few unconventional positions: 100 percent state funding of education. Pro-LRT (but not in the Hiawatha corridor) - a new exurban airport connected by LRT. Pro-new stadium (!) as long as it's less than 10 percent of the total cost. Domestic partner benefits through cafeteria plans where employees get a set amount of money they can spend on benefits. So there's something. (To be fair, Rod Grams would never go for a stadium...but then, neither would Jim Niland.) Not enough to convince me the GOP has turned over a new leaf, but list members can now judge for themselves. (http://www.stenberg.org/issues.htm) To take my own advice about not strictly labeling the other side, I was pleasantly surprised that the city GOP chair endorsed the library referendum. Even though I was only a lukewarm supporter, and it seems a curious place to acknowledge higher taxes can, at times, be good, I took it as a positive sign that Republicans can be open-minded. I look for more evidence of same. And I can't speak for others, but I can say that I would gladly vote for the candidate with the best platform - Republicans, to my mind, probably won't get there, but there is an opening. David Brauer King Field - Ward 10 - Fabulous 60B! -Original Message- From: Adam Stenberg Admittedly, we didn't take the time to post our ideas to this list of DFLers, but I'll seriously reconsider that in the future (many 60Bers are on this list). Iam well aware that we can't solve these problems without working
Re: new finance director
i don't know patrick born. he may be a good choice. the best even, a real phenom. but as ms mcdonald was qouted as saying in the paper today regarding the new stadium proposal, " i don't think it will pass the smell test." I don't get it. The voters have said NO repeatedly to stadium subsidies. Yet the requests keep on coming in. I agree with Lisa McDonald, and I think I'd like a McDonald lawn sign also. Terrell said it eloquently and well about TIF financing and what it does to our city. Another thing worth noting: in our heavily DFL dominated city, we seem to have a bit of a problem with the police killing mentally ill people. That latest shooting of Alfred Saunders. There was quite a gathering at 35th and Chicago on Saturday demanding a full investigation into this shooting. I hope that this goes beyond investigation, and that the MPD re-evaluates there procedures--because they need to get better at dealing with situations when they are prepared ahead of time knowing the person is mentally ill. In this case, apparently the family of Saunders had called the police, and told them he was mentally ill. Eva Young Central
Re: new finance director
If you read my piece accurately ms berget you will see that what i object to is the process and the lack of transparency. i believe i made clear that i do not know pat born and that he in fact may be a fine and ethical person. what i object to are smoke and mirrors. if you like them. fine. keep voting the way you do and you'll get exactly what you want and deserve. frankly, i am insulted by a mayor, for instance, who goes before the city council, an audience of political appointees and city workers, and states how proud she is of chief olson for finding $1 million dollars of savings for the upcoming budget in the police department only to find three days later that the overall city police budget has increased by $4 million. Do you think that out of a current $90 million budget this police chief could have found a few dollars to train his force on how to deal with people who unfor- tunately suffer from mental disorders? That's what I impugn Ms Berget. This city smells to high hell of insider politics and corruption. it is shameful beyond comprehension and worst of all are apologists who support it. your words roll off my back. next time read the mail carefully before you come charging at me. tim connolly ward 7 --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know about the rest of you, but I wince when I hear another character inuendo about a public figure before there are any facts to support such inuendo. I don't know if this is the same Pat Born who facilitated many bond sales for Mpls. Public Schools in recent years, but I hope it is. THAT Pat Born is an outstanding finance head and a man of good judgement and strong personal character. The City and its residents would be well served by THAT Pat Born. Were you talking about a different one? Ann Berget Kingfield 10-10 __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the holidays! http://calendar.yahoo.com/
Re: new finance director - Attack on new Finance Director
I hate to tell you guys but first off, no finance officer "brokers" political deals like the ones that you are talking about. No consultants broker those kind of deals either. Politicians broker those kind of deals. No staff person would get within a mile of the kind of heavy politics it would take to put together a deal like that. Second off, how many people on this list have been asked to work on things at their jobs that they didn't personally believe in but had to because it was there job? In finance, you work on a lot of deals and frankly at a base level they are all the same. Money is money whether you are selling bonds for libraries, stadiums, convention centers, street construction, schools. It is all pretty much the same on the finance end as far as selling bonds. Third, to insinuate that some hired gun was brought in to just do this one deal is pretty demeaning for the person who was hired. A finance director deals with a whole bunch of very not sexy things - CAFR preparation, state auditors, cash flow management, CIP development, etc, etc, etc. To insinuate that this guy was brought in because of one deal is just simply inaccurate and demeaning to someone who needs a plethora of skills to do this job. Fourth, if this is the Pat Born who worked on the Convention Center, I can attest that he was a really good smart guy who will be an asset to the City. I also believe that he is a resident to boot. I am looking forward to good things from him if he is the Pat Born I remember. Carol Becker Longfellow - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 2:06 PM Subject: Re: new finance director 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. Louis on the publicly funded football stadium. wade russell longfellow
Another attempts at Questionnaire
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Sucessful transfers
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One more time
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --5135ECAF47BE0888E15E4F13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm really sorry that the attachment keeps getting messed up. The text version is not as pretty but works on my computer so here it is: --5135ECAF47BE0888E15E4F13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.txt" MINNEAPOLIS 2001 CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE: BRIAN HANNINEN Candidate for City Council, Ward 2 Neighborhoods of Cedar-Riverside, Como, Downtown East, Elliot Park, Marcy- Holmes, Prospect Park East River Road, Seward, and University Comments: I envision Minneapolis becoming a city that provides opportunities for all of its residents to achieve fulfilling lives. The individual defines fulfillment whether it is defined by career, religion, family, art, physical exercise, music, philosophy, or other fields of human endeavor. Government can assist individuals by investing in public infrastructure, parks, commercial districts, housing, education, consumer protection regulations, the courts, and all other facets of civic life. The City of Minneapolis must continue to maintain and invest in the civic life of the City. Residents must be engaged in the decisions that occur within their neighborhoods and communities. Greater participation by individuals in civic life will create the Community that all of us seek. Under what circumstances would you support any public funding for sports facilities intended primarily for the use of private professional teams? I will support the public financing of sports facilities if both 1) the sports facility will advance the creation of community among the residents of the City and the region; and 2) the City of Minneapolis receives a reasonable return on its investment. For condition #1 to occur, the sports facility will have to work with the residents of the surrounding neighborhood to identify how the facility could: support the commercial success of community business; reduce concerns of safety around the facility; provide meeting space for community events; and support the philanthropic organizations within the neighborhood and Twin Cities region. For condition #2 to occur, the professional sports team and the City would have to reach agreement on the City's share of: concessions' sales, revenue generated from luxury boxes, proceeds from advertising within and outside the sports facility, as well as any other revenue-generating activities. The project would also have to return to the property tax rolls as soon as financially possible. Under what circumstances would you support subsidies or special tax breaks for for-profit corporations engaged in commercial development? Business subsidies can be provided to strengthen the long-term economic success of the residents and businesses within the City of Minneapolis. Among the goals to be supported by business subsidies include: 1) new employment opportunities; 2) livable wages; 3) support of local entrepreneurs; 4) brownfield cleanup and redevelopment; and 5) repairs to the City's physical infrastructure. Ideally business subsidies would go to local businesses that will create linkages with several other local businesses. Development on brownfields is desired because of the infrastructure already present at these sites and the need to reduce the commercial development on farmland and natural areas in the metropolitan region.The fiscal constraints faced by the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Community Development Agency (MCDA) will require careful selection of business subsidies and their recipients. What is your position on domestic partner benefits for city employees? Domestic partnerships, regardless of sexual orientation, should receive medical and retirement benefits from the City. All workers must be able to help support their families. Guidance from the State of Minnesota for a legal definition of a domestic union would be helpful. However, the City should proceed to apply benefits equally among its employees even if the State does not provide guidance in this matter. What, if any additional civilian oversight for the Minneapolis police department do you support? Will comment at a later time. Do you have any proposals to address racial profiling and other racial disparities in police encounters with citizens? The elevation of racial profiling to public awareness has revealed the underlying racial biases within the City of Minneapolis. The City and the region have never acknowledged the discrimination that its residents, businesses, and governments have practiced. I say "have practiced"
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --C7BF714F8D45583E8608E6ED Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --C7BF714F8D45583E8608E6ED Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: by amethyst.tc.umn.edu (mbox kushn002) (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.22 1998/04/11) Mon Nov 20 18:39:31 2000) X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 20 18:39 CST 2000 Received: from mhub3.tc.umn.edu by amethyst.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:39:28 -0600 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from [128.101.250.89] by mhub3.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:39:22 -0600 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:39:16 -0700 From: "Jordan S. Kushner" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Jordan S Kushner [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jordan S Kushner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Fwd: Candidate Questionnaire] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="1B1CE488A4659AA3D085C689" X-Mozilla-Status2: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --1B1CE488A4659AA3D085C689 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --1B1CE488A4659AA3D085C689 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: by amethyst.tc.umn.edu (mbox kushn002) (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.22 1998/04/11) Mon Nov 20 17:55:23 2000) X-From_: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Nov 20 16:28 CST 2000 Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from mhub5.tc.umn.edu by amethyst.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:28:02 -0600 Received: from [209.228.14.205] by mhub5.tc.umn.edu for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:28:01 -0600 Received: (cpmta 22355 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2000 14:28:00 -0800 Date: 20 Nov 2000 14:28:00 -0800 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sent: 20 Nov 2000 22:28:00 GMT Received: from [156.99.90.177] by mail.surfree.com with HTTP; 20 Nov 2000 14:27:59 PST Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--=_974759280-21485-0" Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Jordan S Kushner [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: Web Mail 3.8.1.1 Subject: Re: Candidate Questionnaire X-Mozilla-Status2: This is a multi-part message in MIME format... =_974759280-21485-0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Jordan - I am sending my responses to the questionnaire -- or at least a portion of the questionnaire. Forgive me for not having had time yet to complete the questionnaire. This has been very helpful for me as a candidate. This lets me imagine how I would respond to these issues if I were on the City Council. I submit these responses for you to use to help spark discussion. Please allow me the opportunity to submit my responses to other questions as time becomes available to me. Sincerely, Brian Hanninen Cedar-Riverside On Tue, 07 November 2000, "Jordan S. Kushner" wrote: In truth, the two-week deadline is a more of a goal. After all, how could it be enforced anyway. I appreciate the feedback and suggestions, and will continue to present the questionnaire and refine it. At the same time, i think that some prompt and thoughful responses could be very helpful to developing productive focus and discussion. jsk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jordan - How definite is the two-week deadline? I am assembling supporters and defining issues at this time. These questions are excellent and deserve well thought out responses. To be honest, I think that whatever candidates state right now may change over the course of the campaign -- conversations with voters will help a candidate clarify his/her own stands. I'll do my best to complete as much of the questionnaire within the time limits you give. I'd ask that you offer this questionnaire or a similar one again in February as the endorsing conventions approach. Brian Hanninen Cedar-Riversdide Surfree.com - nationwide internet access http://www.surfree.com =_974759280-21485-0 Content-Type: application/msword; name="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.doc" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="CITY CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE.doc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 0M8R4KGxGuEAPgADAP7/CQAGAAAB IQAAEAAAIgEAAAD+ACD/
Stadium Deal/Finance Director
1 A Finance Director is named after a national search and there was no mention of process or finalists. 2 A Finance Director is named who has had extensive experience with public funding of professional sports facilities. 3 It is revealed that the city is indeed considering giving away precious community assets to wealthy team owners and players to fund a new stadium which is not in alignment with what the community wishes to see happen. What conclusion do we think most people will draw? Many concerned citizens have not only political differences, but also process differences with City Hall. I believe that is why we end up yelling at each other sometimes without hearing the other side. Many people like Carol (and I do appreciate her many detailed posts, thank you) may be working very hard, but if there isn't either political or process agreement at a minimum, those efforts can be undermined quite easily. And we are at a crossroads where many of us believe that the process is flawed and that the political outcome is not what we desire, the two are linked right now in way that portrays that there is the potential for intentional deception. It seems to me it is human nature to assume that scenario even if it might not be true? I don't think there is any surprise here that people think the system is flawed and perhaps even corrupt no matter how unintentional. After we've had a revolving door with Northwest Airlines, the Mayor's office and the Planning Commission and an MCDA head who helped give city money to a developer and then jumped ship to work for them, we are all a little skeptical about the boundaries and, yes as Timothy said, the lack of transparency in this city about process. With this history, it is easy to see why people are concerned about fairness in our system and that they can easily become enraged about another back door/insider arrangement. Sometimes hearing the passion behind a message is just as important as hearing the message. But alas, that is hard to do. On face value, it seems both the process and the pre-determined political outcome are questionable in the Finance Director/Sports Stadium Scenario that is being discussed. There might not be outright corruption, but there is a need to step back and see our system for what it is. If we do step back and look at the three points I started out with, there should be a lot of questions. That is what we are seeing here. Unfortunately many of them go unanswered because the silence from City Hall is deafening. That is what makes this even worse than it might be. Russell W. Peterson Ward 9 Standish R U S S E L L P E T E R S O N D E S I G N "You can only fly if you stretch your wings." Russell W. Peterson, RA, CID Founder 3857 23rd Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55407 612-724-2331 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
